World War I fame! Who let Fan Zhendong score only 2 points in a single set? Xu Yingbin: "Relaxed mentality"

On January 22, the 2022 WTT Macau Competition ushered in the fourth day of competition at the Ta shek Stadium. In the men's singles quarterfinals, young player Xu Yingbin defeated Fan Zhendong, the men's singles "new branch champion" of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, 3-1. After the Mixed Doubles Champions Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of the World Table Tennis Championships missed the final four, the Macau Tournament was again a hit!

After the start, the two sides fell into a stalemate battle, Xu Yingbin took 18-16 to the next city, and this contest took 34 points longer! "The pre-match mentality was very relaxed, and I didn't have to win with him. The mentality is better, that is, to fight Dongge. In an interview after the game, Xu Yingbin admitted that she won in the mentality.

"The turning point was in the first inning, and the first inning was particularly critical. I won 18-16 and if I lost the first set I probably wouldn't have won later. After winning the first set, my heart dropped a little and I wasn't in such a hurry. The back slowly got better and better, and released some more. Subsequently, although the world's no. 1 Fan Zhendong returned to color 11-9, the youngster was not affected.

In the third set, he let Fan Zhendong score only 2 points; then Xu Yingbin took advantage of the victory to chase and lock in the victory 11-6, "When it came to 1-1, I told myself to be firmer and win another round. Today he was not in the best form, I felt like I had a chance to win him another round, just bite little by little. ”

After the game, when interviewed by the host on the sidelines, Xu Yingbin also modestly said: "I think this game gave me a lot of encouragement, the idea before the game is to fight Dongge, to win a round is a round." Thank you fans for cheering me on, I will continue to work hard to score a point. ”

In the semi-finals, he will play against Lin Gaoyuan. "[This ball has a big boost in self-confidence], and it is also an affirmation for him to be able to win a world-class player like Dongge." There are still games to come, to maintain this state, do not have distractions. Xu Yingbin admonished himself.

It is worth mentioning that today is still Fan Zhendong's 25th birthday. Although the men's singles did not reach the final four, tonight he will join his new partner Kuman to compete for the mixed doubles gold medal with xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, the 2019 World Table Tennis Champion and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Silver Medalist, hoping that he can use a victory to make up for his regret of losing in the men's singles.

(Text/He Xia Photo/See Watermark)