On the evening of March 12, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam once again had an 11-1 point difference, and the athlete who made this score was the national table tennis Olympic champion who is very familiar to everyone - Xu Xin.
In the first round of the men's singles showdown, Xu Xin and the host Singapore player Zhou Zheyu launched a not very fierce duel, the result is that Xu Xin not only swept 3-0 to win, but also the second set was 11-1 to completely collapse the opponent, winning can not be described as not to be happy, the scene is also very exciting, it is really evocative.
Friends who pay attention to national table tennis know that Xu Xin has not participated in international singles competitions with points for a long time, and was even rumored to retire before, but this time the WTT Grand Slam tournament he came as he wished, and the rumors about retirement were naturally self-defeating.
According to the signing position, Xu Xin's first opponent is the host athlete Zhou Zheyu, who is very average in level - although Xu Xin's ranking has dropped to the tenth position in the world, it is still more than enough to deal with the Singaporean player who is ranked 161st in the world, so this battle has also become a one-sided crush.
After the game began, Xu Xin was full of momentum as soon as he came up, and won an 11-3 quick victory in the first set, easily taking the top spot, and playing Zhou Zheyu had no way out. However, the score difference in the second set was more exaggerated, Xu Xin almost gave Zhou Zheyu a clean sheet, but in the end he still let the other party take 1 point, and did not completely give a hard hand.
In the third set, Zhou Zheyu fought backwaters, and Xu Xin seemed to be more relaxed, so this time Zhou Zheyu finally got 7 points, but the loss was naturally inevitable: in this way, Xu Xin won a big score of 3-0 and swept to the second round.
How to say it, from the perspective of strength comparison, Zhou Zheyu really has no way to threaten Xu Xin, and the result of this battle can be said to be doomed at the beginning, so there is not much good comment here. For Xu Xin, his main opponent in the 1/4 community is still his teammate Fan Zhendong, and the real vicious battle is still to come.
As an athlete born in 1990, Xu Xin's career has inevitably come to an end, and his ball is also one less game. Finally, I wish the veterans can continue to write their career glory as much as possible, leaving more wonderful for everyone: come on!