The 2nd matchday of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament was all over, and what I didn't expect was that 3 national table tennis players were out of the game within this day, 2 of whom were swept and 1 was reversed!
The first player to appear is Xiang Peng, a 19-year-old young player who recently won the doubles title with Lin Shidong at the WTT Oman Challenge. Xiang Peng is the leader of the young generation, but the singles results in the competition are not outstanding, and may not have passed their own psychological construction, and the other is that the technology is not very mature. Probably in order to exercise Xiang Peng's experience in the competition, the Table Tennis Association let Xiang Peng participate with a wild card, starting from the qualification tournament.
From the qualifiers, Xiang Peng was a thorn all the way, the first game was to cross the level 3-2, the second game improved, only one set was lost, and the third game was swept through, thus advancing to the main game. I thought that Xiang Peng's state had gradually entered a better state, and in the first round of the main round, he could easily pass the pass against the unknown Danish player Gross, but he did not want Xiang Peng to be swept 3-11, 8-11 and 10-12.
19 years old for the national table tennis players, it is time for the competition to produce results, in Xiang Peng's current state, his future road may not be too smooth, it is likely to become the second Lin Gaoyuan.
The next thing to talk about is another player who was swept away, he is Lin Gaoyuan, who is 27 years old but has no singles results. Lin Gaoyuan has always been not favored by fans, and he always gives people a feeling of weakness when he plays, so fans call him "Sister Lin".
In this match, Lin Gaoyuan's opponent is South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon. In the face of national table tennis players, foreign players can't keep it if they want to, and they can only let go of a fight to have the hope of winning. Lin Zhongxun also thought so, so as soon as he came up, he chose to take the initiative. Lin Gaoyuan was obviously not ready, appeared to be a bit self-confused, and lost a set at 6-11.
In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead and took a 3-0 lead. However, the good times did not last long, and then Lin Zhongxun equalized the score. The performance of the two on the court is also very different, Lin Gaoyuan seems to have no spirit, and Lin Zhongxun is every time he wins a goal, he will wave his fist and roar to improve his morale. Lin Zhongxun won the second set point 10-9, and after the timeout came back, Lin Gaoyuan received the ball out of bounds and lost another set.
In 5 games with 3 wins, Lin Gaoyuan lost two sets first and was already forced to a dead end. In the third set, Lin Gaoyuan played a 3-0 start to Lin Zhongxun, but unfortunately Lin Gaoyuan did not hold the advantage, after the two sides fought until 4 draws, Lin Gaoyuan began to hang his head, Lin Zhongxun was singing all the way, 11-6 and then the next city, thus winning the game 3-0, so that Lin Gaoyuan stopped in the first round.
The last thing to say is the reversed national table tennis actress Chen Xingtong, her losing fans can understand, because she was beaten by her teammate Wang Yidi, who is all too familiar with her. The two are not only national table tennis teammates, but also teammates of the Liaoning team. Wang Yidi plays fiercely and wins with strength, while Chen Xingtong is good at playing the ball.
In the first game, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong drew many times, and after the two sides fought to a 9-9 draw, Chen Xingtong scored 2 points in a row and went to the next city 11-9. In the second game, Wang Yidi adjusted his form and returned Chen Xingtong 11-9. In the third set, Chen Xingtong used the change in the landing point of his own shot to make Wang Yidi make mistakes many times, and it was 11-9 again. However, in the later matches, Chen Xingtong was not able to seize the opportunity, but was fully restrained by Wang Yidi's ferocious playing style, and was reversed by two 6-11s.