On January 19, in the men's singles quarterfinals of the WTT Macau Championship, Fan Zhendong swept Zhang Zicheng (Macau, China) 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. At the same time, in today's mixed doubles 1/8 final, Fan Zhendong and Ku Man defeated Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi 3-1, and Fan Zhendong won 2 times in 1 day, performing strongly.
At the beginning of the first set, Zhang Zicheng of Macau showed strong resilience, leading Fan Zhendong 6-3, and he played very energetically, compared with Fan Zhendong's mistakes. Soon Fan Zhendong actively adjusted, and he chased to a 7-7 draw. Zhang Zicheng is very impactful and scores strongly. The two sides drew 9-9, and Fan Zhendong was still very stable at the critical moment, and he won the first set 11-9 with a thrilling score, leading 1-0 on aggregate.
In the second set, the two sides drew consecutively, Fan Zhendong 7-5 led the case and Zhang Zicheng staged a wonderful tug-of-war, Fan Zhendong transformed into a defensive posture, although far away from the table, but every time the ball can be let the ball fall smoothly on Zhang Zicheng's table, the two similar exhibition matches lasted for many rounds, and finally Zhang Zicheng made a mistake. In this round, although Fan Zhendong was a little slack in the later stage, he still won 11-9, leading 2-0 on aggregate.
In the third set, although Zhang Zicheng once overtook the score, when Fan Zhendong began to exert force, the score was quickly pulled away. It was still a multi-round tug-of-war, Fan Zhendong gave a chance, but Zhang Zicheng made a mistake. In this way, Fan Zhendong won the set 11-6, sweeping Zhang Zicheng with a total score of 3-0 and advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
In the past 2021, Fan Zhendong performed strongly, winning the men's singles championship of the National Games, the World Championships and the World Cup Finals, which can be said to have opened the "Fan Zhendong Year" and has strongly succeeded Ma Long. In the first competition in 2022, Fan Zhendong won 2 victories on the first match day, performing well in both the mixed doubles and men's singles.
Also looking forward to the next performance of Fan Zhendong, he has a strong strength in the mixed doubles and men's singles, especially the men's singles, if you want to start 2022 with a championship, the WTT Macau Championship is a good opportunity.