Four games were all that CHEN Meng needed to see off defending Austrian Open champion WANG Manyu for the Women’s Singles title in a devastating final display (11-8, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7).
The result yielded the Chinese world no. 6’s first Women’s Singles title of the year and ninth of her career, as she approaches the World Tour Grand finals in the best possible fashion.
“I did not expect to win this match that easily. I focused a lot on my tactics rather than thinking about winning this tournament. Even though I am delighted about my victory, it is essential that I can learn something from my matches and improve myself.”
CHEN Meng
Preventing a third Chinese success of the day, Hina HAYATA and Mima ITO lived up to their billing as the no.1 seeds with an emphatic victory over 2017 Austrian Open champions CHEN Xingtong and SUN Yingsha (11-6, 11-7, 11-8) for their third Women’s Doubles gold on the 2018 ITTF World Tour.
