On February 28, 2022, the table tennis Oman Tournament continued, the two national table tennis took the lead in advancing to the final round of the men's singles qualification tournament, Cao Wei eliminated Jordan's Aldermai, Sun Wen defeated teammate Yu Ziyang, and the national table tennis world championship qualifier was out, suffering the first defeat in the men's singles.
Yu Ziyang is 23 years old, ranked 150th in the world, once won the team world championship with the team, is a very powerful young player, but in recent years he has performed mediocrely, the decline in performance is very serious, there are many opportunities to participate, but in the regular qualification rounds out, it is worth mentioning that Yu Ziyang defeated the Japanese famous Hayabusa Mizutani at the age of 16, won the tour men's singles championship, and received the attention of fans.
Sun Wen is 25 years old, ranked 166th in the world, the highlight moment is to defeat Zhang Benzhihe, played into the Japanese men's singles final four, but with Yu Ziyang's situation is almost the same, in a long time has not taken too good results, the strength of the two is relatively close, the victory and defeat all depend on the on-site play, usually train and prepare together, it can be said that it is very familiar, Yu Ziyang's game experience is relatively richer.
Oman tournament belongs to the regular level challenge, doubles full 5 sets 3 wins, singles in the semi-final before 5 sets of 3 wins, the first set Sun Wen took the lead to open the score difference, to take a 6-4 lead, Yu Ziyang appeared unnecessary mistakes, Sun Wen scored 3 points, and then 10-5 to get the match point, Yu Ziyang chased 2 points, Sun Wen served directly to score, played 11-7 first, Sun Wen's veneer quality is higher, mastering the initiative of the game.
In the second set, Yu Ziyang strengthened the offensive, Sun Wen was not willing to show weakness, the quality of the attack between the two sides was very high, in the change of line and rhythm Sun Wen was better, to take the lead, Yu Ziyang chased points continuously, the score alternately rose, Sun Wen scored 3 points in a row, won another round at 11-8, came to the key ball Yu Ziyang was somewhat conservative, no Sun Wen dared to play, first of all, the momentum fell behind, so the odds were not great.
In the third set, Yu Ziyang fought backwaters, scoring 5 points in a row to establish an advantage, and then Yu Ziyang expanded the point difference to 8-2, Sun Wen chased 8-10, Yu Ziyang decisively used the timeout, after returning, Yu Ziyang scored, pulled back a set at 11-8, the fourth inning Yu Ziyang suddenly dropped the line, 3 draws and lost 3 points in a row, Sun Wen clenched his fist and roared to take advantage of the chase, banged out 11-6 to end the game, and finally eliminated Yu Ziyang 3-1 to advance.
Next, Sun Wen competed against Argentine youngster Sifuentes for a spot, the latter is the number one seed in the men's singles qualifier, or to avoid a light enemy, at the same time, Cao Wei won three consecutive sets 11-4, 11-5, 11-5, defeated Jordan's Aldermeisi, he will play against France's Picard, as long as he plays at a normal level, there is no problem in qualifying for the main tournament.