At 17:30 Beijing time on January 19, the first match day of the WTT Macau Championship ushered in the competition for the second stage, with a total of 6 matches in this stage. The first match that just ended was a singles between Zhang Rui and Liu Fei.
Zhang Rui, the secret weapon of the national table tennis sparring team China, successfully completed the task of imitating Ito Mimako in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, and was once the bitter master of Sun Yingsha;
Liu Fei, the chipping style of play, and Matt's double-chipping ball combination, once won the Xinxiang Straight Through Mixed Doubles Championship! Previously, Liu Fei had withdrawn from the national team, and this competition was participated as a special invitee.
01
Zhang Rui 11-8 Liu Fei
The two sides played a wonderful round in the 13th point, Zhang Rui played a multi-shot attack again after 8-7, very exciting, Liu Fei bumped the racket in defense, and handed over the set point 8-10.
Zhang Rui grabbed the ball with his forehand after serving and wiped the edge to win the first set!
02
Zhang Rui 11-5 Liu Fei
Zhang Rui started 4-2, the forehand played a high ball, Liu Fei went out of bounds one after another, 2-7 behind, Zhang Rui forced Liu Fei to take points in the middle of the road in the attack, Liu Fei picked up the opponent's mistakes and chased to 4-8;
Zhang Rui did not succeed in sucking short, asked for a timeout, and then won the second set 11-5!
03
Zhang Rui 10-12 Liu Fei
The two sides played a wonderful round in the 13th point, Zhang Rui forehand friction, 8-6 gradually approaching victory, Liu Fei chased the score to 7-8, the two sides in the wonderful round Zhang Rui forehand pulled the ball out of bounds, 8-8;
Zhang Rui's forehand attack continued to go out of bounds, handing over the advantage, and then pulled a straight line gap hit with the forehand, 9-9; Zhang Rui served or rushed to attack without hitting, and after sending a long backhand ball, the forehand pulled the diagonal sideways, 10-10;
Zhang Ruila's ball wiped the net out of bounds, Liu Fei asked for a timeout at this time, and after returning, he cut the ball to wipe the edge, 12-10 to chase back a round!
04
The two sides played a multi-shot round in the 8th point, at this time both people were conservative and did not dare to take the initiative to add quality, Zhang Rui led 6-5 when the two sides played each other again, Liu Fei chased 6-6 through the change of landing point;
Zhang Rui long pull short tone, forehand found the opportunity to cross the slash, Liu Fei scored 7-7, Zhang Ruila ball after the backhand wonderful bounce a board score, Liu Fei cut the ball after the counterattack, 8-8; Zhang Rui forehand continued to pull the middle road to chase the score, Liu Fei cut the ball off the net, Zhang Rui forehand pulled the ball to score, 11-8!
In this way, Zhang Rui defeated Liu Fei 3-1 with a big score and advanced to the women's singles round of 8 of this event!