On January 19, Beijing time, the first battle of the mixed doubles of national table tennis began. The match was played by Fan Zhendong Kuman against Yuan Li cen Wang Yidi. It is worth mentioning that these two mixed doubles pairs are the first time to cooperate in the battle. The performance of these two pairs is very much expected by fans, because they do not know what kind of sparks will be between them.
At the beginning of the game, Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi quickly entered the atmosphere of the game, playing a small climax of 4:1. Later, Fan Zhendong and Ku Man actively adjusted their state, and chased the two sides step by step to six draws. Due to the extremely high quality of Fan Zhendong's veneer, the balls played were not good enough to return to the past strength in the game or much higher than the opponent, coupled with the fact that the two sides gradually entered the state of the game, so Fan Zhendong Kuman scored three points in a row and won the first game.
At the beginning of the second game, Fan Zhendong still actively played in the game, and gradually showed some advantages. However, Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi did not get discouraged but actively communicated and determined the tactics in the game, and it has to be said that although it was the first time to cooperate, the two sides were very trusting. When Fan Zhendong Kuoman was about to get the set point 10:8, he did not panic and scored two consecutive points to equalize the game. Then Fan Zhendong and Ku Man also withstood the pressure, one person actively attacked and the other used the previous mixed doubles experience to make a connection to win the game 13:11.
Probably because they lost two sets in a row, Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi also had pressure, and at the beginning of the third set, the two led Fan Zhendong Kuman. This momentum was also captured by Fan Zhendong and Ku man in time, and they scored three consecutive points in the next step to take a 6-5 lead. This kind of momentum brought about by taking the lead in the game but being overtaken is not good, so Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi also called a timeout in time. After the timeout, he used his own serve round to pull back a point, and the score was 6:6. After that, the score of the two sides also rose alternately, and when competing for the set point, It may be that Kuman's experience is still not enough to return to the ball to eat the boundary, losing this key point. The two pairs also played each other many times in the next key points competition, and in the end, Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi won the game 12:10, and the two sides scored a big score to 2-1.
The game came to the most critical fourth game, if Fan Zhendong and Ku Man won this game, they would directly win. If Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi win the game, the two sides will drag the game into the decider, so this game is very crucial. Fan Zhendong played several high-quality balls sideways many times at the beginning of the game, and Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi could not catch the ball due to the problem of strength. After that, both of them also made senseless mistakes. Encountering difficulties in the implementation of tactics, Wang Yidi shook his head frequently and looked embarrassed directly during the game, and it was obvious that the mentality was a bit too hasty. In the end, fan zhendong and Kuman won the game 11:8 with Yuan Lichen's departure.
This evening the mixed doubles pair of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will face Ma Long and Qian Tianyi. As the no. 1 seeds of the national table tennis mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will most likely win this game. In this way, Fan Zhendong and Ku man will encounter a hard battle in the next qualifying match. From this game, we can see that the communication between Fan Zhendong and Ku man is also very small, if the communication between the two in the next game is a little more, I believe it will be more tacit understanding.