On January 19, Beijing time, the WTT Table Tennis Macau Championship kicked off, in the mixed doubles competition, the national table tennis men's single brother Fan Zhendong partnered with the young player 2004, Ku Man, to welcome the Warring States table tennis women's singles strength of Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen, after four rounds of competition, Fan Zhendong was in full shape, 3-1 victory over Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen, entering the mixed doubles 8.
From the first set, Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen took the lead in launching a powerful attack, they were relatively tacit in cooperation, the first to get 3 points in the opening game, Fan Zhendong generally liked slow heat in the game, plus he and Ku Mann played as partners for the first time, the tacit understanding of each other was somewhat unfamiliar, after adjustment, the two consecutively chased points, equalized the point difference, the two sides from 3 to 3, all the way to 7 to 7, the point difference was always tight, Fan Zhendong seized Yuan Lichen's mistake, the backhand hit the ball, countered the score, in the first set of subsequent matches, Fan Zhendong and Ku Mann's tacit understanding increased, scoring consecutive points, 11-8, taking the lead in the first set.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong/Ku man attacked unabated, leading at the beginning, but Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen cooperated perfectly, consecutively equalizing, the point difference was leading each other again, from 8-8 to 11 draws again, Fan Zhendong did not grasp the key ball in this set, and lost 2 important innings in a row. However, with the mistakes of Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen, Fan Zhendong and Ku Man seized the opportunity to take the second set away with a backhand. In the third set, Wang Yidi's combination fought back, showing a strong offensive state, leading the opening, although Fan Zhendong's combination equalized the score, they used the defense to force the opponent to make mistakes, rebounded again, and did not give Fan Zhendong any chance at the innings point, 12-10, Wang Yidi's combination successfully pulled back a set.
In the fourth set, Wang Yidi's combination adjusted quickly, they started to maintain the lead, but Fan Zhendong is still Fan Zhendong, he can always find a way to crack at key moments, Ku man defends, he mainly attacks, they score consecutively, counter the score, maintain the lead, 11-7, completely did not give Wang Yidi any chance, the big score 3-1, successfully entered the top 8. Wang Yidi/Yuan Licen suffered the first round of travel.
In the game, we saw that Fan Zhendong's strength is still so strong, as a new brother of national table tennis, his ability is completely top men's singles, in the mixed doubles, partner young player Kuman, he is still stable, his forehand, backhand, horizontal pull are called top, after experiencing the National Games, the World Cup, Fan Zhendong has got rid of the shadow of Ma Long, truly become the strongest men's singles player in national table tennis. In the second set of the game, Fan Zhendong in order to save a sideline ball, Fan Zhendong directly crossed the billboard, leaped to the outside, hit the ball, and got the second set, which was too much effort.
After the game, Fan Zhendong was interviewed and said: I am very satisfied with being able to win this game, the game still needs to fight, go all out, but there are still some mistakes in the game, I hope that the later games can play better and better, Kuman's play style is relatively good, and the technical and tactical use in the mixed doubles game is very decisive. As an outstanding young player in 2004, Ku man praised Fan Zhendong after the game, she said: Dongge is here, I am not panicked, the first time I partnered with Dongge, it is to lower my position and use all my strength to fight the opponent.