On July 25, the Women's Singles Qualifier for Table Tennis at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 58-year-old legendary veteran Ni Xialian played against South Korea's 17-year-old Shin Yubin. One is the "living fossil" of table tennis who has participated in the Olympic Games five times, and the other is a future rising star who has just entered the Olympic Arena. This grandchildren-level "dialogue" did not expect it, and it was extremely intense. The two fought hard for 7 rounds to decide the winner. Ni Ishiren is also the oldest participant at the Tokyo Olympics.
The two sides fought to 3 draws in the first 6 sets, dragging the match into the decider. Especially in the first game, Ni Xialian, who pushed left and right, taught the youngster a lesson, and won the opening red with an 11-2 disparity. In the second set, Shen Yubin relied on a tenacious attack to win back a set 19-17. In the next 4 sets, both sides had their own victories and losses, and Teacher Ni Xialian guarded the near platform, and did not retreat half a step defensively to attack, which really made the young Shen Yubin suffer a lot. And this kind of mainstream play in the 80s is rare in the international table tennis world today, no wonder the small will be so uncomfortable. I am afraid that it is very difficult to prepare for the game and find relevant technical videos.
In the decider, Shen Yubin, who gradually adapted to Teacher Ni's playing style, finally showed his strength, leading 8-3 and finally winning the final victory 11-5. And Teacher Ni Xialian also regrettably stopped the qualification round and did not have the opportunity to qualify.
With the progress of the qualification round, the opponents in the first round of the national table tennis singles have also surfaced. Among them, Fan Zhendong played against France's Lebison in the first round; Chen Meng played against Switzerland's Moret And tonight's mixed doubles semi-final, France's Lebison will take the lead with teammate Yuan Jiannan against the national table tennis combination Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen to compete for the right to the final. The Pair of France beat Hong Kong's Huang Zhenting/Du Kaixuan 4-3 in the quarter-finals.