On March 7, 2022, Beijing time, the first table tennis WTT Grand Slam Tournament kicked off, and the 18-year-old Xiang Peng took the lead on behalf of the Chinese team, and played against Alamyan, a 30-year-old Iranian veteran, and Alamyan, who once defeated the olympic champion of national table tennis in the Asian Cup.
The battle was very fierce, both sides played their technical expertise, of which Xiang Peng lost 2 consecutive sets when the victory was in sight, was forced to the decider by Alamyan, and then fell behind in the beginning, as a result, he chased 7 points in a row to achieve a reversal, and there was no danger to get promoted: it was really good, applauding Xiang Peng!
Xiang Peng believes that everyone is already very familiar with it, the young player born in 2003, the same age as Zhang Benzhihe, is also the most outstanding athlete in this age group of the current national table tennis men's team, just a few days ago in the WTT Oman Challenge men's singles eliminated Wang Chuqin, men's doubles defeated Wang Chuqin / Liang Jingkun and finally won the championship, the level is very high.
Alamyan is a 30-year-old veteran in Iran, who became famous in a battle when he was young, defeating Wang Liqin 4-1 in the 2012 Asian Cup, his technology is still relatively delicate, a bit of a "simple version of Pol" flavor, but now after all, he is older, it is difficult to compete with young players.
After the game began, Xiang Peng used his higher quality arc ball to attack to suppress Alamyan, while the opponent hoped to mobilize the youngster with the left-handed line advantage and the routine of control and counter-attack, which was still the style of the organic glue era. At one point, the two sides still played relatively stiffly, but in the end, the national table tennis players were superior, and they won the first place at 11-8.
In the second set, Alamyan started very well, once making it difficult for Xiang Peng to restore his actions, but after the middle set, there was a big gap in details, and then he lost an 8-11 score, and the big score was forced into a desperate situation after falling behind 0-2!
After the start of the third set, Alamyan once again took the lead, this time Xiang Peng played a little impatiently, resulting in a 9-11 defeat. In the fourth set, Alamyan drew the gourd, continued to control Xiang Peng and then forced him to make a mistake, quickly got 4 innings points, and even played a stunt of changing hands to hit the ball continuously, and then went to the next city at 11-9, and the game was dragged into the decider!
In the fifth game, Xiang Peng tried to simplify the ball, that is, to increase the quality of the attack and force the breakthrough of the opponent's defense line, but he still failed to get rid of the opponent's containment, and soon fell behind 2-7. At the critical moment, Xiang Peng did not tie his hands, first chased 4-8, and then scored 7 points in one breath to achieve a big reversal, which is really good: congratulations to Xiang Peng, but also praise for the performance of Iranian players!
Although the fight is bumpy, it is good that young people can withstand the pressure to win the game, and look forward to Xiang Peng's play behind can be more exciting: come on!