Table tennis WTT Grand Slam fierce battle is in full swing, Beijing time on March 11, the first round of the main tournament broke out a super unpopular - men's singles No. 3 seeded player, the world's No. 3 Brazilian fierce Hugo Caldano just came on the field on the "round trip" was eliminated, after 5 rounds of hard fighting lost to the world's only 62nd Portuguese player Girald, the single game was even bombarded 3-11 score.
As an athlete who is currently ranked second only to the national table tennis players Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, Hugo's performance is really disappointing, and his record reminds fans and friends all the time: the world ranking can only partially reflect the level of athletes, but definitely not all!
Speaking of Hugo's world rankings, it is indeed a "confused account": with his performance in international competitions, it is still a bit difficult to rank in the top ten of the world, and the top three words are too watery; but because Hugo is invincible in the Americas, he can continue to get the Olympic Games, world table tennis and other major competition opportunities, and can easily crown the singles champion of the continent.
Because of this, Hugo's ranking has been rising, because compared to athletes on other continents, he has more channels to brush points and more stable, and as a result, he has now reached the third position in the world. However, once out of the gates of the Americas, Hugo was easily filled.
Although Hugo has defeated Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Bohr, Zhang Benzhihe and other Asian and European first-line masters, it is all a short-lived play, and in most cases he can't even reach the quarterfinals. And this Grand Slam tournament is even more disturbing, facing the unknown Portuguese player Girald, Hugo is even more upset, "round trip" out.
After the game began, although Hugo won the first set, he played very hard, and won 12-10. Immediately after that, Girard began to threaten, winning 11-3 in the second set and winning 11-7 in the third set, but reversing the big score to a 2-1 lead, while forcing Hugo into a desperate situation.
In the fourth set, Hugo fought back and struggled to finally win back a city 12-10, but he quickly collapsed again in the decider battle, and finally lost the whole game 6-11, and even the key points were not played to end the battle, so the world's 3rd lost to the world's 62nd player.
At present, It seems that Hugo's backhand technology is indeed world-class, physical fitness is also very strong, but the stability is not guaranteed, the state of the game fluctuates, there is no way to play, purely follow the feeling, the overall control ability is very insufficient, if you can have a famous teacher to point out or will achieve better results, otherwise it is difficult to make a big difference.
I look forward to his next performance to be more exciting.