Although p>T2 Diamond Tournament adopts the best-of-seven system, the "rule of chasing the ball" is not adopted in each game, and the player who gets 11 points first wins. If both sides fail to win four games within 24 minutes, the next small game will adopt the "Fast5" mode, that is, the player who gets five points first wins the game, which increases the chances of the weak being upset.
In the first game, Chen Meng quickly won 11-5; In the second game, Du Kaiyun started 4-1, Chen Meng chased 4 draws and led by 9-6. Du Kaiyun scored 4 points and 1-9 in a row, and Chen Menglian scored 2 points to take the lead in getting 11 points, and 11-1 won 2 games in a row. In the third game, Du Kaizhen led 6-4, Chen Meng made it to 6 draws, and Du Kaizhen pulled back 1 game 11-7;
In the fourth game, Chen Meng blasted out 7-1 and won 11-2; In the fifth game, Du Kai-shan pulled back 1 game 5-1 in the tiebreaker mode; In the sixth game, Chen Meng sealed the victory 5-3. Although he lost one game in the tie-break, Chen Meng beat Du Kaiwen 4-2 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the Australian Open, Chen Meng led 3-1 but lost three games in a row and collapsed, which was eliminated by Ishikawa Kasumi. Ishikawa had previously met the main force of table tennis, and it was hard to win, but she narrowly beat Chen Meng, the world's number one, which also made her more confident, and this off-court defeat also made Chen Meng feel a sharp increase in pressure. In this T2 Diamond Tournament, Chen Meng may encounter Miki Ito in the second round, which will be another severe test for her, and she really can't lose this time.
In the first match of men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan won four games in a row, defeated his younger brother Wang Chuqin 4-1, and advanced to the top eight of men's singles. The two men didn't finish the game after 24 minutes, and Lin Gaoyuan sealed the victory in the "Fast5" mode.