On March 14, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Men's Round of 16 began, and China's Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's Masataka Morien 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. 11-8 in the first inning, 11-7 in the second inning and 13-11 in the third inning. Fan Zhendong swept this game, but the third set was once 4-8 behind to complete the reversal, and Fan Zhendong's state was picking up.
Fan Zhendong in the first round of the game is 3-1 victory over Apollonia, his competitive state has obviously not fully recovered, held in January WTT Macau Championship Men's Final 4, Fan Zhendong had lost 1-3 to Xu Yingbin did not qualify for the final four, the subsequent mixed doubles final, Fan Zhendong / Ku Man 0-3 was swept by Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin to win the runner-up, it can be said that Fan Zhendong has not yet entered the state after entering 2022, last year's World Table Tennis Championships men's singles champion + World Cup men's singles champion + National Games men's singles gold medal + Olympic men's team gold medal + The Olympic men's singles runner-up was significantly better.
Sen Yuan Zhengchong's world ranking is only 56, he and Fan Zhendong's hard power has a huge gap, this game for Xiao Fat is to find the state of the game, the opening Fan Zhendong on the 3-2 lead, the pull process error 3-3, and then Sen Yuan Zhengchong made two consecutive Times Fan Zhendong did not pass the net 5-3 rebound, Fan Zhendong a short serve to get a strong attack opportunity and then made a mistake 5-6.
Fan Zhendong's ability to adjust was too strong, and then he scored 4 consecutive points to complete the counter-overtaking, quickly completing 10-7, and finally won the first set 11-8.
Fan Zhendong took a 4-1 lead at the beginning of the second set, and then continued to lead 6-2, Mori Yuan Masashige chased back a point 4-7 in the long stage with Fan Zhendong, but Xiao Fat pulled a short ball plus a snatch to pull 8-4 to 4 points again, Mori Yuan Zhengchong made a mistake after 9-4, Fan Zhendong scored 10-4 with a backhand, and finally won the second set 11-6.
In the third set, Fan Zhendong led from 2-1 to 2-4 backwards and then to a 4-4 draw, but four consecutive mistakes were pulled away to 4-8, but then a continuous strong attack 7-8, Mori Garden Masashi 9-7 after Fan Zhendong scored 2 points 9-9, followed by the two 10-10, 11-11, Fan Zhendong took the viewing room 12-11, and finally Mori Garden Masashi himself made a mistake to send points 11-13 to lose this set. Fan Zhendong swept 3-0 to advance.
Text/Yan Xiaobai