As the future star of national table tennis and a 19-year-old World Youth Champion Xiang Peng, after eliminating the world runner-up Ionescu in the doubles field, he played well in the singles field, beating the world champion and No. 4 seed Wang Chuqin 3-1, and successfully advanced to the final four.
In an earlier men's doubles semi-final, the Chinese nova duo Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong defeated the Romanian duo, which had world runners-up Ionescu, 3-1 to advance to the final. However, for him personally, he may pay more attention to his singles field. After all, in this game, he will undergo a huge test and challenge a team of big brother Wang Chuqin.
As a member of the first team, Wang Chuqin is currently ranked 12th in the men's singles world and is the No. 4 seed of this year's Oman Tournament. In the first two rounds, Wang Chuqin eliminated Brazil and national table tennis teammate Zhou Qihao with two 3-0. Compared with Wang Chuqin, who was smooth sailing, Xiang Peng's promotion process encountered a certain test. Facing Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan in the last round, Xiang Peng won 3 consecutive sets after falling behind 0-1 and staged a big reversal.
If you add the men's doubles elimination tournament top seed Liang Jingkun Wang Chuqin, Xiang Peng can be said to have undergone a psychological test before the men's singles against Wang Chuqin, and psychologically it has become very strong. It also set the stage for another reversal of the game.
In the first set of the two sides, Wang Chuqin showed his experience advantage from the beginning, taking the next city 11-9 first. In the second set, Xiang Peng resolutely adjusted, and the difference between the two has not been opened. In the end, Xiang Peng reversed and won 15-13.
In the crucial 3rd set, after the two fought 2-2, Xiang Peng won the next multi-round matchup. After playing to 5 draws, Wang Chuqin suddenly increased his mistakes, and Xiang Peng took the opportunity to widen the score, and finally 11-7 was the next city, and the big score was 2-1.
After losing 2 consecutive sets, Wang Chuqin was psychologically hit. On the contrary, Xiang Peng is more and more courageous in the Vietnam War. In the 4th set, Xiang Peng still grasped the initiative of the game, the score was almost always ahead, and the game once again played the advantage of holding the ball. After Wang Chuqin chased the score to 8-10, Xiang Peng decisively called a timeout. After the timeout returned, Wang Chuqin returned to the net and gave Xiang Peng the last one point, 8-11.
In this way, Xiang Peng won three consecutive sets in a backward set, eliminating the world champion and no. 4 seed Wang Chuqin in a 3-1 reversal, once again breaking a big cold. Being able to defeat the world champions and runners-up in a single day, and there is no shortage of examples of reversing victories, it can be seen that Xiang Peng has made rapid progress and his psychological quality has also undergone sufficient tests. In the future, whether it is men's singles or men's doubles, he deserves more attention.