On January 19, Beijing time, in the quarter-final of the WTT Macau Mixed Doubles Tournament, Xue Fei and Wang Xiaotong reversed Zhou Qihao and He Zhuojia 3:2 in the case of falling behind 1:2, and Zhou Qihao lost the opportunity to continue the game in the men's singles and mixed doubles events.
This game came to the third game of the mixed doubles quarterfinals, the previous two games Fan Zhendong, Ku Man and Zhang Rui, Xiang Peng two groups of mixed doubles all successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and this game against the national table tennis civil war, respectively, Zhou Qihao, He Zhuojia combination and Xue Fei, Wang Xiaotong combination, the current Zhou Qihao, Xue Fei two in the men's singles game did not play well to stop the first round, mixed doubles became the last opportunity for the two, so this game is still very noteworthy.
In the first set of the game, the opening Wang Xiaotong took the lead in serving, directly attacked he Zhuojia, Zhou Qihao's bottom line, the first point of the two sides played a multi-round attack, Xue Fei, Wang Xiaotong got the first point, but then He Zhuojia with the long glue in the rhythm to make changes in the rhythm with Zhou Qihao also got a point, came to He Zhuojia's serve wheel, the two sides made mistakes to each other, the score alternately rose to 2:2 draw.
Xue Fei served, first by Zhou Qihao directly with He Zhuojia offensive scoring, after the second serve Xue Fei, Wang Xiaotong attacked a little hastily, there were mistakes by Zhou Qihao, He Zhuojia 4:2 to take the lead to get a 2-point advantage, in the face of the backward Xue Fei, Wang Xiaotong two young players are still somewhat anxious, there are also some funnels in the rhythm, by Zhou Qihao, He Zhuojia caught, soon the score came to 8:4, Zhou Qihao, He Zhuojia expanded the advantage to 4 points.
Follow-up Wang Xiaotong, Xue Fei two in the key points failed to seize the opportunity, by Zhou Qihao, He Zhuojia put a high ball, Wang Xiaotong shot a mistake to lose points 10:5 He Zhuojia, Zhou Qihao got the innings point, and held 5 points advantage, but despite this, Wang Xiaotong, Xue Fei and the two still did not give up, but with a strong attack to chase the score to 9:10, fortunately in the end Zhou Qihao stood out, with the backhand attack score 11:9 There was no danger to win the first set.
From the performance of the four people in the first round, it is not difficult to see that although the combination is relatively new and the tacit understanding is average, but because everyone knows each other better in the game, so the real fight, there are still many rounds, but compared to the change in the rhythm of the game Last week, Qi Hao and He Zhuojia obviously have more advantages, while Wang Xiaotong and Xue Fei played slightly simpler.
In the second set, the opening He Zhuojia served, first Zhou Qihao with the upper hand mistake lost points, after the second serve Xue Fei tore out the high-quality ball score to 2:0, follow-up Xue Fei began to strengthen his offensive quality, and the stability is also very high, with Wang Xiaotong's serve after Xue Fei picked up the hand, Wang Xiaotong with the offensive score instantly came to 4:0, such a score is still somewhat surprising.
Coming to the front and back serve rounds, Xue Fei played quite bravely, with the forehand pull score and then received the serve to twist the straight line score, the score came to 6:0, but then Zhou Qihao broke out and got the first point with an active start, but the follow-up Xue Fei and Wang Xiaotong still played the score to 7:3, but Zhou Qihao and He Zhuojia continued to chase the score, forcing out xue Fei and Wang Xiaotong's suspension at 5:7, and after the suspension came back, the two youngsters still resisted the pressure to pull back a set of 11:7.
In the third set, the two sides were still fighting wits and courage, and the score alternately rose, but in the middle of the game, Zhou Qihao and He Zhuojia opened the point difference 6:3 and won the set point at 10:6, but xue fei and Wang Xiaotong forced out the timeout at 9:10, and after the suspension came back, Zhou Qihao and He Zhuojia resisted the pressure to play the next set at 11:9. In the fourth set, Wang Xiaotong and Xue Fei ushered in an outbreak to chase another round at 11:8, and in the fifth set, xue Fei and Wang Xiaotong still stabilized the state and reversed the opponent at 11:8 with a score of 3:2 to advance.