Another semi-final match of the women's team of the 2023 Table Tennis Super League is the battle between Shenzhen University and East China University of Technology, one of the key battles comes from the rematch between Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi, you must know that in the previous women's finals, Sun Yingsha just defeated Wang Yidi, and this game, as before, Sun Yingsha still easily limited Wang Yidi and did not give Wang Yidi any chance, and after this game, the match between Chen Meng and Li Yake broke out a small upset.
Third set: Chen Meng 0-3 Li Yake [9-11, 11-13, 6-11].
There were two sets between Shenzhen University and East China University of Technology, the first two sets were doubles and singles, doubles Chen Meng and Kuo Man won 3-0, and Sun Yingsha also defeated Wang Yidi 3-0, and the three singles were Chen Meng against Li Yake, although it was also a 3-0 score, but Chen Meng lost to Li Yake 0-3.
Maybe many fans saw this score and felt that it was written wrong, even if Chen Meng lost, it was impossible not to win a game, but it really happened, because in this game, Chen Meng was really right, and applauding Li Yake was also from the heart.
In the first two sets, Chen Meng lost, which was indeed a bit careless, because after losing in the first game, it was Chen Meng who took the lead in getting the game point in the second game, and it was a 10-5 lead, and in the case of holding five game points, a timeout was wasted, and Chen Meng did not win the second game. But the third game did give Chen Meng a sense of powerlessness.
In the third game, Chen Meng tried very hard to recover the score, and also tried his best, but Chen Meng was never able to penetrate Li Yake, you must know that Chen Meng's defensive ability is world-class, but Chen Meng seems to be in this game, seeing that the opposite side is standing alone, like a wall, any attack by Chen Meng will be broken by the opponent's unscathed return ball. This made Chen Meng feel powerless to resist.
Especially in the third game of the game, 3-1, after Li Yake took the lead, Chen Meng's offensive was strong enough, but Li Yake made a thousand pounds in four or two, and used two slashing balls to break through Chen Meng's ten finger pass, which caught Chen Meng off guard, and his mentality also collapsed at this time, and Li Yake's performance was really good, and Chen Meng also gave her applause, which was indeed heartfelt.
In the whole game, it was not that Chen Meng played badly, Chen Meng's error rate was extremely low, but in the face of Li Yake's defense, Chen Meng felt that the opposite side was like a wall, and any ball would be bounced back, in addition, Li Yake's offensive was also very fierce, in the transfer of the left and right wings, Li Yake's speed advantage was always half a beat faster than Chen Meng, so that Chen Meng did not have time to defend in place, and of course he couldn't talk about the next board of attack.
Summary
Summing up this game, Li Yake's match can be talked about at any time in the future, because she did use her strength advantage to defeat Chen Meng, and Chen Meng doesn't have to be annoyed by this game, because it is true that Li Yake's performance is very good, and the applause also proves Chen Meng's open-mindedness.