On March 12, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued to compete in the first round of singles, the national table tennis suffered the first defeat in the foreign war, the men's singles world youth champion Xiang Peng lost 0-3 to the Danish one brother Gross, became the first player out of the national table tennis, no chance to play against Zhang Benzhihe, facing an unfamiliar opponent, Xiang Peng had a collapse situation, and finally lost three consecutive sets and was swept away, Gross defeated the national table tennis players to advance.
Xiang Peng is 19 years old, ranked 87th in the world, just last year he successfully defended the Men's Singles Championship of the World Youth Championships, this year's Oman partner Lin Shidong won the men's doubles championship, eliminated Wang Chuqin to advance to the men's singles final four, unfortunately defeated Liang Jingkun out, recently Xiang Peng improved very quickly, came to the adult group competition to perform well, this time he was shortlisted through wild cards, the qualifier won three consecutive promotions, drawn to Lin Gaoyuan's 2/4 district.
The first round against Denmark's brother Gross, the latter 29 years old ranked 38th in the world, although in front of Xiang Peng, the competition experience is very rich, but the personal results are mediocre, and the national table tennis players have lost many times, so for Xiang Peng, as long as the mentality is adjusted, play a normal level, there is a chance to continue to move forward, before the game, the outside fans are generally optimistic about Xiang Peng's victory over Gross to advance.
In the first set, Xiang Peng was a bit slow and hot, not adapted to the opponent's way of playing, Gross took a 5-1 lead, and then Gross scored 2 consecutive points, widened the point difference to 7-1, Xiang Peng ate the opponent's serve, in this regard, consecutive points were lost, both sides scored 2 points, Gross scored 2 points in a row to blast 11-3 to take the lead, Xiang Peng could not find a rhythm that suited him, was fully suppressed by Gross, and fell into a bad situation.
In the second set to improve the quality of the veneers to Peng, in the near stage with Gross to fight, the two sides fell into a battle, the score alternately rose, Gross chose to take the initiative to attack, bringing a lot of pressure to Xiang Peng, Gross 5 draw 3 points 8-5 lead, Xiang Peng stabilized the position and began to chase points, Gross 9-8 lead called a suspension, after returning Gros scored 2 points in a row, played 11-8 to win another set, Xiang Peng key ball is not OK.
In the third set, Xiang Peng fought backwaters, but Gross was more stable, did not give him too many opportunities, Xiang Peng was 2-3 behind and called a timeout, and after returning to Peng, he chased Xiang Peng to 10 draws, Gross scored 2 consecutive points to win 12-10, and finally Gross won 3-0 against Xiang Peng and advanced to the men's singles round of 32.
This is the first foreign game lost by the national table tennis in the Grand Slam, the lack of stability of the young players' on-the-spot play, Xiang Peng can win the king Chu Qin, and Liang Jingkun to play the decider, but this time it lost three consecutive games against Gross, some unexpected, I hope to return to Peng after the positive summary, and strive to have a better performance in the next performance, Gross rarely can win a national table tennis player, it is indeed not easy.