WTT Table Tennis Championships: Ma Long easily advanced to Chen Meng's victory

Xinhua News Agency, Budapest, July 18 (Reporter Chen Hao, Li Xuejun) The Budapest leg of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) championship kicked off at the Budapest Olympic Center on July 18. Chinese player Ma Long easily advanced, and Chen Meng reversed the victory.

The championship has two events, men's singles and women's singles, with 32 players participating in each event. In addition to the absence of Fan Zhendong, the world number one in men's singles, the top 15 men's and women's players all participated in the event.

On the men's side, the number one seed Malone defeated the Austrian veteran Gardos 3-0 to easily advance to the last 16.

On the women's side, Chen Meng, the top seed who withdrew from the Star Challenge due to illness last week, returned to play against Yang Xiaoxin of Monaco. She won three games in a row after losing two games first.

After the match, Chen Meng said that because he did not play in the last race, he felt worse when he came to the race that day. He did not find the rhythm and his breathing was not adjusted well, but he gradually found the feeling from the second half of the second game. She was very happy to win the game under such difficult circumstances.

On the 19th, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan of the Chinese team will play in the men's singles, and Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong will play in the women's singles.

This championship is part of the WTT European Summer Series and will be held from 18th to 23rd.