The Thai women's team defeated the Austrian team to compete for the quarterfinals, and Chen Meng will play!
With the 16-16 match of the Busan Table Tennis Championships, the Thai women's team played a fierce duel with the Austrian women, and the final winning team will play a showdown with the Chinese women. In the Austrian women's team, apart from Polkanova, the other two young athletes Mishek and Reginova are not of a high level and are not good enough to beat either of them in the qualifiers. In addition, Liu Jia is also a veteran player who has just returned, and she still has to recover from injuries, so it will not be easy for the Austrian women's team to defeat the Thai women's team.
With the Austrian women's team lacking young players, even if Polkanova single-handedly took the battle into extra time by winning two points in the team event, the other member of her team had to find a way to win again. In contrast, Thailand has two good players, namely Paranamu and Savitabut.
These two players are on the same level as Zheng Yijing and Chen Siyu, while Savita Butt also defeated Tian Hina, who advanced early. In the chess game, Polkanova has the upper hand, and she could win against either opponent. But she only has two games in the team competition, and even if she wins, she will have to play one game against her teammates.
Paranan was louder, which was a big challenge for the slow-speaking Polkanova. On the whole, the overall level of the Thai women's team is indeed higher than that of the Austrian women, and they have a better chance of winning. So far, only Polkanova has advanced to the group stage, and this round is already a tough one.
In the group stage, Thailand and Singapore are the two strongest teams in Asia, but they still have the ability to compete with mid-level European teams. The last time she played against Hong Kong, Polkanova beat Zhu Chengzhu, but in the end, a Hong Kong women's victory over Austria earned her the victory.
It is almost impossible for the Thai women to beat the Chinese women, because they have already determined 16 into 8. Chen Meng's opponent this time is the Thai women's basketball team, Chen Meng defeated Thailand's Jinipa in last year's tournament and won 11-0 in one set.
Chen Meng has already fought against the Thai women's team, so she will certainly not miss this crucial elimination match. Chen Meng is the backbone of the national team, and she has a lot of experience, so she has to play the role of a backbone. Chen Meng had never fought Palanam, so her speed was very fast, which put a lot of pressure on Chen Meng.
Since Wang Yidi had defeated Paranam before, the coaches arranged Wang Yidi to the second round. Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Sun Yingsha participated in the competition, which can be regarded as a training exercise for the team. These three are also an ideal combination in the hearts of fans, and the three women will be able to sweep everything together.
The Thai women are also hoping to reach the quarter-finals, but after the first-leg clash with the Chinese women, their chances of reaching the quarter-finals have become slim. Thailand's Palanam, Savitabut and others are all experienced in battle, but they are vulnerable in front of the core of the national team, after all, this is a very important game, and there are many strong teams.
However, it will not be easy for Thailand to reach the round of 16, with 16 teams advancing to the final. Many of the finalists set their sights on the round of 16 from the start, including the favourites Japan, whose priority is to reach the round of 16. In addition to the French women's team, this is another proof that the competition is very tight in this tournament.
The French women's soccer team narrowly missed out on becoming second seeded by Croatia in the group stage. France is the host country of the Games, so they can participate directly without having to compete in international team competitions. Although the French women's team also reached the round of 16 this time, they are more focused on training the team and preparing for the Olympics.
Neither the French men nor the women have any pressure to compete, which is enviable. The Chinese women's overall level is higher, and they also took advantage of the international team championships at the World Championships to make an adjustment. Although the Japanese women's team is also hoping to win the championship, it is still difficult to beat the current women's team.
The South Korean men's and women's national teams have been placed in a group, while the South Korean women are opponents in the quarter-finals, so there is nothing special about the country's team for them. In fact, the essence of this game is not what fans think, because even if the Korean and Chinese women are in different groups, they will be placed in the bottom half of the Japanese women's basketball team.
It will not be easy for South Korea to defeat their archrivals, the Japanese women's basketball team. It was an honor for the South Korean women's football team to be defeated by the strongest women's football team. However, if they were defeated by the Japanese women's soccer team led by Hina Hayata, the Koreans were not satisfied. The women's team event will be a two-group competition, so it will be very difficult for South Korea to beat them in both events.
This time, Chen Meng is expected to qualify for a series of tournaments in the group stage, after which she will face the Japanese women's soccer team. In a previous report, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi have a high chance of being injured in the final game of the women's team. In the end, there may be some changes to the national team's playing list, and Chen Meng will not play in the showdown with Zhang Benmeihe, if she plays, it will be equivalent to arranging the playing time in advance.
So in the finals, the coaches of the national table tennis will send Chen Xingtong or Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong is more stable when facing Miyu Hirano, and Wang Manyu also has the absolute upper hand when facing Hina Hayata, and they have a great chance to win the championship.
In the Chinese women's group and the South Korea group, Szokos will play against the Japanese women's team, so there is no chance to play against Chen Meng.
The unexpected injuries of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi gave Wang Manyu a great upper hand and faced the Japanese woman.