According to some information, in the Chinese table tennis women's team, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha have the best relationship. It can be said that Sun Yingsha was "brought up" by Chen Meng in the national team, especially in terms of technology, Chen Meng helped Sun Yingsha a lot. This also shows from another side that the Chinese table tennis team is a united and cooperative team.
Chen Meng was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province in January 1994. Sun Yingsha was born in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province in November 2000. The age difference between the two is more than 6 years.
Chen Meng entered the national team in 2007, and Sun Yingsha entered the national team in 2017 (first team). It can be seen from this that Chen Meng's qualifications in the national team are obviously much older than Sun Yingsha's.
Especially after Chen Meng won the women's singles championship at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sun Yingsha almost regarded Chen Meng as an idol.
In the 10 years that the national team has fought side by side, although each has its own head coach, Chen Meng, who is the eldest sister in private, has given Sun Yingsha a lot of technical lessons in the daily training and competition process, and most of them are "sunflower treasures" that other teammates cannot obtain.
So far, the two have played each other 13 times in the domestic and international arenas, with Sun Yingsha winning 8 times and Chen Meng winning 5 times. Sun Yingsha has a clear advantage. At present, Sun Yingsha is ranked first in the world, and Chen Meng is ranked second. Although there is only one place in the rankings, the two have a long way to go in points.
It can be said that the current Sun Yingsha has far surpassed Chen Meng in terms of strength. The influence in the international table tennis world is also much greater than that of Chen Meng.
Therefore, some fans jokingly said that this is a typical "teaching the apprentice to starve to death the master".