On March 2, Beijing time, the first round of the Oman Challenge Men's Singles Match, Zhou Qihao won three consecutive sets in the case of losing one set at the beginning to reverse the opponent 3:1 to successfully advance to the next round of the game, and the opponent also practiced and shook his head after losing the game.
The two sides of this game are zhou Qihao, a dark horse from the national table tennis and a national champion, and the opponent is Dior Ibrahima, the two are also the first time to meet, and this opponent is not very familiar to everyone, so for Zhou Qihao, this game still has to be careful and cautious, after all, the opponent knows more or less about Zhou Qihao, and has also studied.
In the first set of the game, the opening Zhou Qihao's performance was not very good, and compared to the state of the qualifiers, Zhou Qihao's mistakes were also very many, the opening game was led by the opponent Dior Ibrahima 6:3, and then the two competed, but Dior Ibrahima performance was still very strong, especially the strong offensive ability of the forehand gave Zhou Qihao a lot of pressure, the score soon came to 8:4, the point difference was expanded to 4 points, and then Dior Ibrahima won the set point 10:4, although Zhou Qihao chased 2 points in a row, However, he was still won by his opponent in the first set 11:6.
Came to the second set, after adjustment, Zhou Qihao began to change the way of play, mainly defensive line changes, reduced some unnecessary mistakes, the score also started with 2:0 to lead the opponent, with Zhou Qihao's continuous forehand attack score after serving, the score came to 3:1, but the serve round Zhou Qihao was resisted by the opponent's attack, fortunately, Zhou Qihao used his own backhand to kill the score, and the score was 4:2 to stabilize his 2-point small advantage.
Coming to Zhou Qihao's serve wheel, first of all, his own swing short net lost points, after serving again, the opponent Dior Ibrahima took the initiative to split the long line and lost points, the two alternately rose, but Zhou Qihao still led by 2 points, and in the middle of the game, Zhou Qihao adjusted again and broke out with the offensive score to open up the difference with the opponent's points at 7:3, and once hit the score to 8:4, but unfortunately the advantage was chased by the opponent Dior Ibrahima to 7:8 consecutive points, Zhou Qihao had no choice but to hand over the suspension, and after the suspension came back, Zhou Qihao still stabilized the state and 11 : 7 Pulled back a set.
In the third set, the two sides returned to the same running line, but after losing one set, Dior Ibrahima obviously attacked more aggressively, leading Zhou Qihao 5:3 at the beginning, fortunately, with his own reverse rotation serve Zhou Qihao bit the score in 5 draws, as Zhou Qihao's attack scored again, Dior Ibrahima was forced to surrender the timeout, and after the suspension came back, Zhou Qihao scored again to open the difference with the opponent at 7:5, and then Zhou Qihao once again ushered in an outbreak to play 11:6 and then the next set.
In the fourth set, Zhou Qihao still resisted the pressure, although the opponent Dior Ibrahima did not give up, and his own fighting attack also gave Zhou Qihao a lot of pressure, but in the end, Zhou Qihao still reversed the opponent with a score of 11:4 3:1 and successfully advanced to the next round of the game.