On February 26, Beijing time, the Table Tennis T League staged a closely watched duel - 38-year-old national table tennis world champion Hao Shuai once again appeared to meet the 18-year-old Zhang Benzhihe, the 18-year-old Japanese Olympic main force who recently hit him 11-0.
Hao Shuai fought very fiercely in this battle, the first two innings were 1 point to determine the winner (special format), and many times to get the lead, get a number of innings, but unfortunately was finally overturned, and the big score was also 0-3 was swept miserably, once again lost to this 20-year-younger junior: he has tried his best, it is indeed the Yangtze River after the wave to push the front wave, the era that belongs to Hao Shuai has passed!
Hao Shuai was born in 1983, zhang Benzhihe was born in 2003, the former can be regarded as the latter's father's athlete. I think the first high point of Hao Shuai's career that year was to meet with Wang Hao in the 2003 ITTF Finals Men's Singles Final, and Zhang Benzhihe was born in that year, and he did not expect that the two could meet on the field, which was really like a world away.
On February 12, Beijing time, the two athletes had a fight in the T League, and as a result, Hao Shuai not only lost 1-3, but also kept a clean sheet in the first set of 0-11, so everyone hoped to see the veteran succeed in revenge and defeat this powerful opponent, so the battle was staged again on February 26.
After the showdown began, the two sides played a difficult score in the first set, and the score continued to rise alternately. Hao Shuai fell behind 6-9 at one point, but then scored four consecutive points to win the set point 10-9. At the critical moment, the young people were indeed full of hard work, and Zhang Benzhihe also scored 2 points in a row, and then won the top 11-10 with the special rules of the T League.
In the second set, Hao Shuai did not lose heart, and after constantly scoring, he won the set point 10-7. However, this time, the veteran also failed to hold the advantage, and as a result, Zhang Benzhihe scored 4 consecutive points and lost another 10-11. In the third set, Hao Shuai was already at the end of the crossbow, and as a result, there was a big collapse, and finally lost the whole game 4-11, and there was no chance to avenge Zhang Benzhihe: It's a pity!
At present, Hao Shuai has played 16 games in the singles matchup in the T League and won 12 games, this performance has been very prominent, but when facing Zhang Benzhihe, he lost two consecutive games, the first single game was swept by 0-11, and the second time although the small score did not "eat duck eggs", the big score was not as good as the last time, from 1-3 to 0-3, it is indeed not an opponent.
What is even more speechless is that Zhang Benzhi and other Japanese players have recently lost a lot of games, but when dealing with Hao Shuai, they played so steadily, I don't know whether it was because he paid more attention to the world championship opponent from China - I hope Hao Shuai can learn lessons, or look forward to his next victory over Zhang Benzhihe: Come on!