On November 28, Beijing time, the men's singles quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships began, and the 40-year-old German star Pol eliminated the 21-year-old American Kanak 4-2 and took the lead in entering the final four. This is Ball's return to the men's singles semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships after a gap of 10 years. This World Table Tennis Championships can be called the madness of veterans.
40-year-old Pol got the "Zhou Qihao script", the original national table tennis alone in the lower half of the zhou Qihao can be a blockbuster, but after losing to Pol early, Pol found that he has an open field in front of his eyes, plus this half of the district Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru and other big seeded players have been out, 40 years old, Pol saw a glimmer of possibility of entering the men's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships to impact the championship.
Kanak is the current representative of the young generation in the United States, and also the mixed doubles partner of Wang Manyu in this competition, which should be said to be worthy of attention. In this encounter, Karnak took the lead in the state and easily won the first set 11-4. Ball was Ball, and then adjusted in place to tie the score at 11-5. In the third set of the competition, Ball grasped the key points and won the score 12-10. Ball continued to play strongly in the fourth set, taking a 3-1 advantage at 11-7.
Karnak, who could not retreat, struggled to get the set point in the fifth set and successfully won the first set 11-9. However, Ball was unmoved, winning 11-7 in the sixth set and eliminating the opponent 4-2. Pol returned to the men's singles final four of the World Table Tennis Championships after 10 years, in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships, the top four at that time were Zhang Jike, Wang Hao, Ma Long and Pol, and now the other 3 have not come, but Pol has miraculously returned to the final four.
This World Table Tennis Championships can be called the madness of veterans. The 40-year-old Pol won the men's singles medal, while the 58-year-old Ni Xialian partnered Sarah in the women's doubles competition to reach the women's doubles semifinals, and Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, who challenged the national table tennis, also locked in a medal!