National table tennis to win the Grand Slam to open the door! The 18-year-old refused to be reversed, and narrowly won the tiebreaker by 3 points. The 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament has begun, the first round of the men's singles qualification tournament, the 18-year-old national table tennis player Xiang Peng against Alamyan, this campaign, Xiang Peng lost 2 consecutive sets in the case of a 2-0 lead, fortunately Xiang Peng won 11-8 in the decider, thus winning the opponent with a total score of 3-2, advancing to the next round, making a good start for the national table tennis, and this is also the first victory of the national table tennis in this Grand Slam.
Judging from the introduction of the International Table Tennis Federation, the level of the WTT Grand Slam is very high, so the national table tennis has also sent all the main players, even Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and other veterans will participate, in addition to two young players Xiang Peng, Ku Man will start from the qualification round, in the WTT regular season challenge Oman station a few days ago, Xiang Peng and Ku Man have a very good performance, of which Xiang Peng partner Lin Shidong won the men's doubles championship, and in the men's singles field Xiang Peng also defeated Wang Chuqin, And Ku Man won the women's singles and women's doubles championships, They became the double champions of Oman, so the two youngsters also qualified for the WTT Grand Slam. Since Xiang Peng and Ku Man have a relatively low world ranking, the two must participate in the qualifiers first, and only after three rounds of qualification can they advance to the main tournament.
The 18-year-old Xiang Peng took the lead against Alamyan, the first set, Xiang Peng was a bit slow and hot, Alamyan led 6-3, after which Xiang Peng gradually found the feel, winning the first set 11-8. In the second set, Alamyan started 4-1, then Xiang Peng chased the score to 5-6, Alamyan was forced to call a timeout, but this did not affect Xiang Peng, after the game resumed, Xiang Peng attacked consecutively to win another set at 11-8. In the third set, Xiang Peng made some mistakes and Alamyan seized the opportunity to pull back the set 11-9. In the fourth set, Alamyan started 3-1, followed by a mistake by Xiang Peng, Alamyan extended the score to 9-4, although Xiang Peng chased the score to 9-10, but Alamyan still won another set at 11-9. In the decider, Xiang Peng once fell behind 4-8, but fortunately Xiang Peng found his form in time to score 7 consecutive points and lock up the victory 11-8, thus winning 3-2 on aggregate.
From the perspective of the whole game, Xiang Peng spent most of his time in catching up, starting behind, starting to chase points in the middle of the game, and surpassing at the end of the game, although the opponent also created great difficulties, but Xiang Peng still insisted until the end, which shows that Xiang Peng's psychological quality is still very good, the next round xiang Peng will play against the Danish player Linde, hoping that Xiang Peng can continue to move forward.