On March 12, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the national table tennis world number one Fan Zhendong won the first game, after four sets of matches, finally defeated the Portuguese player Apollonia 3-1, advanced to the men's singles round of 32, and then played against Japan's famous MoriEn Masataka, who once partnered with Yuya Oshima to win the men's doubles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, when he lost to Xu Xin / Fan Zhendong in the final, the two sides are more familiar.
Fan Zhendong is very familiar to everyone, 25 years old ranked 1st in the world, just last year Fan Zhendong made consecutive breakthroughs, won the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championship and Olympic team gold medal, the overall performance is very stable, this time is also the number one favorite to win the championship, as well as two events, partner Wang Chuqin played in men's doubles, the overall schedule is not tense, today Fan Zhendong only has one singles, there is time to rest.
Portugal's Apollonia is 35 years old, ranked 57th in the world, he is an old opponent of national table tennis, has met many times on the international field, often swept, this game has no suspense, the two are not a level player, for Fan Zhendong, the first round of opponent strength is weak, the main purpose is to warm up, adapt to the field environment, can find the most suitable rhythm for their own game.
Apollonia mentality is good, as soon as it comes up, it strengthens the offensive, goes all out to impact Fan Zhendong, the two sides are caught in a fierce battle, the score alternately rises, Fan Zhendong has taken the lead many times, but soon was equalized by Apollonia, the opponent is very tenacious, the end of the game came to 8 draws, Fan Zhendong scored 3 points in a row to 11-8 first, Apollonia basically played the best level, but the difference between the two is too much.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong took advantage of the situation to chase, and soon gained the lead, Apollonia did not have an advantage in all aspects, Fan Zhendong's veneer quality was too high, as long as he entered the stalemate, Apollonia lost points, while Fan Zhendong grasped the initiative in the first three boards and received the serve, expanding the point difference to 7-3, at the end of the innings, Apollonia chased points continuously, Fan Zhendong got the set point 10-8, and then won another set at 11-8.
In the third set, Fan Zhendong was somewhat relaxed, there was a sudden drop, Apollonia fought backwaters, took a 3-1 lead, Fan Zhendong's senseless mistakes gradually increased, Apollonia pulled the point difference to 8-2, and soon blasted 11-5 to pull back a set, in the fourth set Apollonia scored 3 points in a row, Fan Zhendong began to accelerate, to take a 6-4 lead, and Apollonia called a timeout.
Fan Zhendong was the coach of the men's team qin zhijian, after returning Apollonia chased 7 draws, Fan Zhendong 10-9 match point, Qin Zhijian called a timeout, then Fan Zhendong ended the game 11-9, and finally eliminated Apollonia 3-1 to advance to the men's singles round of 32, and then Fan Zhendong's opponent was Japan's famous Mori Yuan Masataka, who eliminated Slovakia's chipper Wang Yang 3-0.