(Beijing, China) - Two days into the women's Olympic singles competition and Chen Wang (New York City, N.Y.) let it be known that she is a force to be reckoned with when she defeated Krisztina Toth (HUN), 4-1, in the third round on Wednesday at Peking University Gymnasium.
Wang led throughout the first three games which she won with little challenge from the Hungarian, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-6.
Needing only one more game to finish the match, Wang showed weakness for the first time when she was down 9-10. After scoring two more points, Wang led 11-10 and needed one more to close out the match, but Toth pulled ahead, soon forcing another game point and winning the game, 11-13.
Determined to change things up, Wang came out in the fifth with a blazing paddle and Toth was left behind as Wang dominated the match and took the win, 11-2 in three minutes.
"In the fifth game, I changed my game to hit her forehand more," said Wang, who has lost to Toth twice previously. "She plays more softly, big sweeping hits, I just played more aggressively."
Wang will test her aggression tomorrow morning when she plays the winner of the match between 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Kyung-Ah Kim (KOR) and two-time World Team Championships bronze medalist Haruna Fukuoka (JPN) at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Wang led throughout the first three games which she won with little challenge from the Hungarian, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-6.
Needing only one more game to finish the match, Wang showed weakness for the first time when she was down 9-10. After scoring two more points, Wang led 11-10 and needed one more to close out the match, but Toth pulled ahead, soon forcing another game point and winning the game, 11-13.
Determined to change things up, Wang came out in the fifth with a blazing paddle and Toth was left behind as Wang dominated the match and took the win, 11-2 in three minutes.
"In the fifth game, I changed my game to hit her forehand more," said Wang, who has lost to Toth twice previously. "She plays more softly, big sweeping hits, I just played more aggressively."
Wang will test her aggression tomorrow morning when she plays the winner of the match between 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Kyung-Ah Kim (KOR) and two-time World Team Championships bronze medalist Haruna Fukuoka (JPN) at 10 a.m. on Thursday.