With Fan Zhendong beating teammate Lin Gaoyuan 4-1 to get a place in the final four, he also took a step towards his dream of winning the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships. Wait for the winner between his teammate Liang Jingkun and Brazil's Hugo to compete for a place in the final four. From a certain point of view, Liang Jingkun still played his own hard strength in this World Table Tennis Championships, and also showed a better psychological state than before, obviously playing until the eight-in-four battle, he ushered in his most powerful opponent in the entire schedule. After all, Hugo is the world's highest-ranked foreign association player besides Lin Yunru and Zhang Benzhihe, three times higher than Liang Jingkun's seed ranking in this competition. For Liang Jingkun, this is also a threshold that he must cross if he wants to become the core main force of national table tennis.
In the first set of the game, Hugo obviously entered the state quickly, and whether it was the first three boards or holding the ball, his comprehensive ability gave him a slight advantage in the all-round competition with Liang Jingkun. And his backhand was also very strong, at the end of the set when the two sides played 8-9, Hugo had the luck to wipe the tennis score, but also dared to directly serve to grab the attack, 11-8, Hugo won the first set. After losing the first set, Liang Jingkun moved quickly in the second set, and also took the initiative to hit the ball to the position of the forehand in the middle of the road, so that the quality of Hugo's return ball decreased, and Da Fat once took a 9-6 lead. However, in the key points at the end of the game, Hugo played more calmly than Liang Jingkun, several opportunities Liang Jingkun did not catch, when he served the ball, he also appeared to be a little hesitant and ill-prepared, Hugo took the opportunity to catch up with the score, and after the two sides played 9 draws, 10 draws and 11 draws, 12 draws, 14-12 reverse wins, the big score of the two sides also came to 2-0, Liang Jingkun handled the unfavorable situation.
Since the first two sets were lost, the third set was naturally quite critical for Liang Jingkun, who was in adversity. But Hugo clearly didn't want to give Liang a chance and opened with a 4-1 lead. However, then Hugo continued to have a service and a mistake in the first three board attacks, coupled with Liang Jingkun also carried Hugo's multi-board attack, the score of the two sides began to glue, from 5 draws, 7 draws to 8 draws, however, Hugo after the two sides returned to the balance of power, continuously at the end of the game with the ball issued by the half of the game to make liang Jingkun difficult to exert force, while his own backhand attack remained high quality, to achieve a comprehensive suppression of Liang Jingkun, 11-8, Hugo next city, his momentum on the field was completely ignited. By the time he won the game, he had raised his arms high to prove that his confidence in the game was further stimulated.
In the fourth game of the game, Liang Jingkun has no way to retreat. He seized the shortcomings of Hugo's forehand short ball at the beginning of the game to achieve a 5-0 big score lead, but unfortunately, in the middle of the game, he was killed by the serve, and the service directly lost points, and the score between the two sides soon came to 6-6. Fortunately, after this draw, Fan Zhendong once again returned to the most effective routine of attacking the opponent's forehand short ball, and 11-8 Liang Jingkun was able to pull back a city with difficulty. The big score between the two sides came to 3-1. With the release of the fourth game, Liang Jingkun finally returned to normal state in the fifth game, daring to give Hugo's forehand center position in the attack, and the two large angles of transfer, the quality of the veneer was also significantly improved. On the contrary, Hugo appeared to have some only the ability to fight back in this innings, and was quickly pulled apart by Liang Jingkun to 8-1, although Liang Jingkun also had some small mistakes at the end of the innings, but he still held the winning momentum at the beginning of the game, 11-4 and then pulled a city, and the two sides scored to 3-2.
The sixth inning was crucial for both sides. At the beginning of the game, Liang Jingkun took the lead and continued to insist on attacking Hugo's forehand short ball to take a 3-1 lead. And Hugo after being chased for two consecutive sets, the offensive advantage of the backhand has also declined, but he still plays very tenaciously, the two sides also once played 8-8 draws, the key points at the end of the game, Liang Jingkun's tactical execution is very resolute, a backhand quickly tears the score, coupled with the continuous grasp of Hugo's forehand loophole to preemptively get started to cause Hugo to return the ball but the net, 11-8, Liang Jingkun after winning the sixth set, also let the two sides come to 3-3 draw.
In the seventh set of the decisive victory, Liang Jingkun insisted on sending Hugo's forehand short ball, and his heart on the field became more and more determined, and Hugo was more and more hesitant to return the ball, and it was obvious that the quality of his backhand attack had also declined. Liang Jingkun took a 3-0 lead at the beginning and then extended the difference to 8-3. However, Hugo, who has no way to retreat, also played very firmly at this time, without other more ideas, but played a good offensive state, while Liang Jingkun appeared to be somewhat conservative after taking a big lead, and the point difference was quickly reduced to 7-8, and the suspense on the field reappeared. Fortunately, Liang Jingkun regained his spirits, and the whole person was relatively calm, continuously attacking the opponent's weak position of the forehand, and finally won the seventh set 11-8. Thus, with a big score of 4-3 against Hugo, he achieved a victory with Fan Zhendong in the semi-finals. After winning the whole game, Liang Jingkun also quickly came to the sidelines and warmly embraced with Qin Zhijian's guidance, this thrilling victory is indeed very meaningful to Da Fat. Let us congratulate Liang Jingkun on resisting the pressure and proving himself, and also hope that he can bring a more wonderful semi-final showdown to everyone together with Xiao Fat Fan Zhendong.