On January 19, Beijing time, the WTT Macau Championship kicked off, and in the first round of the men's singles showdown, Zhou Qihao met the challenge from young player Lin Shidong.
Lin Shidong is a representative player of the new generation of national table tennis, born in 2005, he was selected for the second team of national table tennis at the end of 2020. Last year, he successfully helped the Chinese team win the U19 men's team championship, and his personal strength is constantly growing, and this Macau station is a very rare opportunity for him.
In the first set, Zhou Qihao took the lead in entering the game state, and once took a 6-3 lead. Behind, Lin Shidong increased the intensity of the attack by taking the initiative to change the line, and gradually chased the score to 8 draws. After the 8 draws, Lin Shidong was more determined, taking advantage of the serve to score two consecutive points, and finally won the first set with an 11-8 score.
In the second game, Zhou Qihao began to pay attention to the mobilization of Lin Shidong's forehand position, and repeatedly took advantage of the gap when Lin Shidong was sideways to pull back and score. After 4 draws, Zhou Qihao scored consecutive points to win back a set at 11-4!
In the third set, Zhou Qihao continuously used his backhand to suppress Lin Shidong and gained a 7-3 lead. At this time, Lin Shidong showed great tenacity, increased the intensity of the fight, and once tied the score, but at the critical moment, Zhou Qihao's continuous rebound score won another set at 12-10, leading 2-1.
Lin Shidong, who had no way back, called a timeout when he was 1-3 behind in the fourth set, and after the timeout came back, he launched a crazy counterattack. Zhou Qihao faced the fight of the young general, the mistakes began to increase, and in the end, Lin Shidong won back a set with an 11-8 score, and the big score was 2 draws.
In the decider, the two competed more fiercely, and the score was drawn many times! And Lin Shidong was not timid in the face of Zhou Qihao's forehand attack, whether it was the first three boards or the holding of the wind. After the 9 draw, Lin Shidong was more decisive, scoring two consecutive points to defeat Zhou Qihao with an 11-9 score and advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
In this game, it can be seen that although the young player Lin Shidong is young, he is very aggressive, and Zhou Qihao, as a player who stepped into the main layer with one foot, was a bit unable to let go in the game, facing the impact of the young general, it seemed that there were too many mistakes.
The second men's singles quarter-final battle is also staged between two powerful young players in national table tennis, which is also the finale of the noon time on the first matchday, and the two sides are Wang Chuqin and Xue Fei. Wang Chuqin and Xue Fei once won the men's doubles championship at the World Youth Championships together, and the two are very familiar with each other. After the start of the match, the "big head" was very strong, winning three straight sets 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In an interview after the game, Wang Chuqin admitted: "Although I won 3:0 today, Xue Fei's level is still very similar to mine, because we grew up as teammates as opponents. ”
Wang Chuqin's next game will be against the winners of Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, and there is a high probability that he will meet the defending Olympic men's singles champion Ma Long, to which he helplessly said: "The singles draw this signing goal is still to enter the top eight (laughs), eight into four try to fight no matter who the opponent is." Mixed doubles words or with Sasha to attack the championship. (Video image from WTT World Table Tennis Federation)
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