On January 20, 2022, the table tennis Macau Tournament continued, the second match day a number of main players played, the men's team two young players Yuan Licen and Xu Yingbin began to compete, competing for the quarter-final seat, the winner can get the opportunity to challenge the world's first Fan Zhendong, the result xu Yingbin's performance is better, he played five sets to narrowly beat Yuan Lichen, in the next round of opponents is Fan Zhendong.
Yuan Licen is 21 years old, ranked 381st in the world, he once won a battle in the Table Tennis Super League, but since that time the results are average, there is no particularly amazing performance, the coaching staff also values him, arranged Yuan Licen to participate in the competition of two events, mixed doubles partner Wang Yidi lost to Fan Zhendong / Ku Man in the first round out, the first round draw To Xu Yingbin is a good signing, do not play the main force to have a chance.
Xu Yingbin is 20 years old, ranked 117th in the world, this young player has had outstanding performances in the international arena, won the World Youth Championship many times, the men's doubles impact of partner Cao Wei is very strong, although the world ranking difference between the two sides is more than 200, but there is basically no gap, all depends on the individual on-the-spot play, in the team to carry out confrontation practice is also mutual victory and defeat, all want to seize this opportunity to go further.
In the first set, Yuan Licen was somewhat out of shape, there were too many unnecessary mistakes, every time let Xu Yingbin take the initiative to get started, Xu Yingbin led in an all-round way, continued to open up the point difference, and soon exploded 11-5 to take the lead, and in the second set Yuan Lichen gradually found his own rhythm of the game and improved the quality of the snowboard, Xu Yingbin was a little caught off guard, and came to the end of the innings Yuan Lichen led 9-3, followed by an 11-5 equalizer.
In the third set, Yuan Lichen took a 5-1 lead, Xu Yingbin chased 3 points in a row, Yuan Lichen called a timeout, after returning Xu Yingbin chased 6 draws, scored 3 points in a row to lead 9-6, Yuan Lichen recovered 2 points, Xu Yingbin suspended, after returning Xu Yingbin scored 10-8 inning points, Yuan Lichen resolved multiple inning points, the score came to 12 draws, Yuan Lichen withstood the pressure, scored 2 points in a row to win 14-12, Xu Yingbin had an advantage but did not grasp it.
Then Yuan Lichen suddenly dropped the line, Xu Yingbin led 5-1, and then Xu Yingbin took advantage of the chase, played 11-7 and also in color, entered the decider without suspension on both sides, just to see who could seize the opportunity, Xu Yingbin 10-4 to get the match point, Yuan Lichen backwater battle, chased 6 points and 10 draws, but at the critical moment Xu Yingbin's performance was better, resisting the pressure to win 13-11, 3-2 eliminating Yuan Lichen.
National table tennis now has five people to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Xu Yingbin, next Xu Yingbin will challenge the world's first Fan Zhendong, Yuan Licen double line out, in the men's singles and mixed doubles two projects have been eliminated.