On January 22, the WTT Macau Tournament exploded the first super cold of the opening match, and the ST World Championship singles champion Fan Zhendong lost 1-3 to the 20-year-old youngster, missing the final four, which also made the dream of the dragon fat battle that fans were looking forward to, and it was disappointed.
Today, it is Fan Zhendong's 25th birthday, fans, WTT official Wei have sent him blessings, before the opening of the match, together with the 17-year-old little sister Ku Man (known by fans as the "Dongfeng Ku delivery" combination), 3-0 defeat xiang Peng / Zhang Rui, to break into the final, and Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin for the gold medal.
Judging from that mixed doubles game, Fan Zhendong's state has fluctuated, and there are a lot of mistakes. After a short break, he ushered in the quarter-final with 20-year-old Xu Yingbin, and in terms of comprehensive strength, Fan Zhendong was far higher than Xu Yingbin.
However, the civil war of national table tennis has always been prone to upset. After the game began, Xu Yingbin went all out to fight Fan Zhendong, and xiao Chu, who was not in good shape, started slowly and hotly, and lost the first set 16-18.
Entering the second set, Fan Zhendong had a courage to lead 8-4, the young player was very tenacious, scored 5 consecutive points, 9-8 rebound, fortunately, Xiao Fat was stable in the innings, and equalized 11-9. In the third set, Fan Zhendong completely dropped the line, too many backhand mistakes, came up 1-5 behind, after that, Xu Yingbin played crazy, suppressed the small fat momentum, 11-2, the big score 2-1 counterattack.
Entering the fourth set, Fan Zhendong continued to walk on the rhythm of mistakes, Xu Yingbin was like a bamboo, the Vietnam War became more and more courageous, 11-6, thus eliminating the world's first Fan Zhendong 3-1.
This result is incredible. Since the start of the game on the 19th, the main player singles has been exploded super cold only Fan Zhendong, although Liang Jingkun lost before, he was Ma Long.
Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu also lost, they lost in the mixed doubles, and Fan Zhendong lost like this on his birthday, which is a bit of a pity.
In this game, Liu Guoliang watched the game from the sidelines, and Qin Zhijian guided him as an off-field coach, witnessing Fan Zhendong's fiasco and seeing the young player's hard work. Don't know what kind of taste you have in your heart?
Xu Yingbin revealed the reason for winning, that is, To fight Dongge, to win a round is a game. As a result, he won. Fan Zhendong, who lost the game, walked away lonely. Xu Yingbin's next opponent is Lin Gaoyuan, who defeated 16-year-old Lin Shidong 3-2 in the match.
It doesn't matter if you lose, Fan Zhendong should sum it up. Hurry up and adjust your mood, go all out to mix doubles, and if you can win the championship, you can also make up for a little regret of losing a single.