On November 27, the Houston World Table Tennis Championships ushered in an important match, the men's singles quarterfinals between Liang Jingkun and England's Pitchford.
In the men's singles quarter-finals, Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Germany's Qiu Dang 4-3. In the quarter-finals, Liang Jingkun defeated Germany's Duda 4-1. In this men's singles 1/8 final, Liang Jingkun encountered the tenacious resistance of his opponent and finally narrowly won 4-3. The seven innings were 14:12, 11:6, 9:11, 11:6, 7:11, 3:11, 11:4. Liang Jingkun's road to promotion is not easy. In the men's singles quarterfinals, Liang Jingkun will play against Hugo Calderano. This opponent is also very powerful.
In the first set, Pecheford put a lot of pressure on Liang Jingkun, who won the set 14:12. In the second set, Liang Jingkun came up with a feel and won easily 11:6 to take a 2-0 lead. Pitchford lost two innings in a row, was in a bad mood, put the ball on the racket, reversed his hand and threw it backwards, playing a child's game.
In the third inning, the two sides played very hard again. Liang Jingkun made a 5-3 start, and Pitcheford scored four consecutive points to back the top. Pitchford took another 9-6 lead, and Liang Jingkun scored three consecutive points to tie the score. Liang Jingkun made one mistake after another, and the bounce net was introduced, and the net was sleekly dropped. Pecheford pulled back the set 11-9.
In the fourth set, Liang Jingkun made a 5-2 start, and Pitcheford scored three consecutive points to tie. At 6 draws, Liang Jingkun scored 5 consecutive points to win another set. In the fifth set, Pitchford took a 3-0 lead, followed by an 8-3, 10-5 lead over Liang Jingkun. Liang Jingkun recovered 2 points, but immediately backhanded the long line. Peecheford won the set 11-7. Big scorer Liang Jingkun still led 3-2. However, Peecheford suffered a shoulder strain and had to go down for some simple treatment.
In the sixth set, Peecheford scored a 9-2 start. Liang Jingkun was difficult to recover, so he gave up the game. Pitchford won another set 11-3, making it 3-3. Pickeford won a quick set.
In the seventh set, Liang Jingkun felt hot, scoring 4 consecutive points at 3:2, and the point difference reached 5 points. Peecheford chased two points and Liang Scored three more points to win the final set 11-4. In the end, Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Pecheford 4-3.
The two sides joined forces to play a wonderful game. Pecheford's strength is still very good. He strained his shoulder during the game, not knowing whether it was an old injury or a new injury. This still had an impact on Peecheford and indirectly helped Liang Jingkun. Liang Jingkun is still not very reassuring in this event, and hopes that the later games will be played better.
In another women's singles quarterfinal, Wang Manyu played against France's 36-year-old Chinese veteran Yuan Jiannan. In the end, Wang Manyu defeated Yuan Jiannan 4-1 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Wang Manyu will face the winners of Chen Xingtong and Zheng Yijing.
In the quarter-finals, the national table tennis also had Chen Meng against The Japanese table tennis Miyu Hirano, and Fan Zhendong against Wang Chuqin in the national table tennis civil war. Hope they play a good game.