On January 19, 2022, the table tennis Macau Tournament continued, the women's singles quarterfinals produced three seats, Wang Xiaotong narrowly defeated Li Qian, Liu Weishan defeated Li Jie, Zhang Rui eliminated Liu Fei to advance, waiting for the winner of Chen Meng and Du Kaixuan, while partnering Xiang Peng for the first time to participate in the mixed doubles competition, after four rounds of fierce battles, finally defeated Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaixuan, Zhang Rui became the first player in this Macau competition to advance to the double line.
Zhang Rui and Liu Fei are behind the national table tennis heroes, long-term as the main player of the sparring many times meritorious, although can not get the opportunity to play in the world competition, but every time they will go with the team, provide a lot of help, Zhang Rui long-term imitation of Ito Mimachi, Liu Fei is a chipper, their playing style is very distinctive, if not drawn together in the Macau tournament, it is difficult to see the two fighting.
Liu Fei is 28 years old, ranked 74th in the world, just last year Liu Fei announced his retirement, but will continue to participate in the competition, this time she was also invited by the International Table Tennis Federation, the coaching staff hopes that she can create more difficulties for the young players, Zhang Rui is 24 years old, ranked 69th in the world, just before the end of the game, Zhang Rui partner Xiang Peng played in the mixed doubles, the first round of 3-1 elimination of Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaixuan to advance to the quarterfinals.
As Zhang Rui off the field is the female team leader Marlene, he will be responsible for Chen Meng, Liu Shiwen and other team members of the guidance work, the first set Zhang Rui steady and steady, the two used to practice together, Zhang Rui is too familiar with Liu Fei's rotation of the ball, soon established the lead, to the end of the set Zhang Rui scored consecutively, played 11-8 first, Liu Fei defense-oriented, and Zhang Rui is also very passive.
In the second set, Zhang Rui took advantage of the situation to chase, so as to fully lead the point difference, at the end of the innings Liu Fei chased points continuously, Zhang Rui led 8-5, Ma Lin sought stability and called a timeout, after returning Zhang Rui scored 3 points in a row to blast out 11-5 to win another round, the third set Liu Fei backwater a battle, and Zhang Rui in the near stage to start a contest, Liu Fei 6-8 trailed to 10 draws, Liu Fei had a sub-point, her off-field guidance Chen Xuan called a timeout, and then won 12-10.
In the fourth set, the two sides fell into a battle, and the confrontation with the chipper was indeed too tired, Zhang Rui did not want to play a decisive game with Liu Fei, or to be more active in the first three board links, through the change of the landing point to limit Liu Fei, both sides scored 8 points to play a draw, Zhang Rui scored 3 points to end the game at 11-8, and finally defeated Liu Fei 3-1, the double line advanced to the quarterfinals, Zhang Rui was in good shape, looking forward to her next performance.
Zhang Rui blasted two consecutive 3-1, women's singles and mixed doubles are the same score to win the opponent to advance, Liu Fei singles out of the first round, there are mixed doubles projects can be fought for, partner Zhao Zihao in the first round against Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu.