On March 14, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the men's singles top seed Fan Zhendong won a big victory, the clean sheet of Japan's famous Mori Engen Masahashi, followed by the South Korean player Ahn Jae-hyun, the national table tennis tonight there is Xu Xin, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi's singles match, the opponent is weaker, as long as the normal level, there is no problem in advancing to the singles round of 16.
Fan Zhendong is very familiar to everyone, the leader of the young generation of national table tennis, last year's World Table Tennis Championships was a breakthrough, won the men's singles championship, but also won the Olympic team gold medal, in the recent performance is very stable, although unexpectedly lost to the young player Xu Yingbin, but to the foreign war, Fan Zhendong maintained a winning streak, this time he registered two events, men's doubles partner Wang Chuqin ranked seventh seed.
Japan's Morien Masashi 26 years old, ranked 56th in the world, the highlight of his career is his partner Yuya Oshima, won the men's doubles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, when he lost to Xu Xin/Fan Zhendong in the final, Oshima Yuya is now basically fading out, not participating in international competitions, Morien Masashi's partner Zhang Benzhihe participated, the results are relatively mediocre, the two are not a level player, the result of the competition does not have any suspense.
For Fan Zhendong, it is still warm-up-based, through the game to find their own rhythm, the real point of view is still in the back, he is the number one seed to win the championship, but it is not easy to become the ultimate winner, especially the results are related to the qualification of the competition, all the national table tennis players will go all out to fight, everyone depends on their skills, Fan Zhendong's performance is expected by outside fans.
Mori Garden Masashi is very hard-working, his playing style is more radical, but there are too many unnecessary mistakes, the stability is very poor, and the quality of the single board is average, the lack of sufficient changes, the first set of Mori Garden Masashi 3 consecutive points scored 2 points, to achieve a 5-3 lead, Fan Zhendong chased to 7 draws, scored 3 points 10-7 consecutively to get the set point, and then took the lead at 11-8, this game is still the men's team head coach Qin Zhijian as Fan Zhendong's off-field guidance.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong stepped up his offensive attack and took a 3-1 lead, and then Fan Zhendong scored consecutively, widening the point difference to 7-4, Mori Garden Zhengchong was in good shape, and soon Fan Zhendong exploded 11-6 to win another set, in the third set Fan Zhendong fell behind 4-8 and scored 2 consecutive points, Mori Garden Zhengchong suspended, and after returning, Mori Garden Zhengchong scored 10-7 innings, Fan Zhendong scored consecutive points to reverse 13-11, 3-0 victory over Mori Garden Zhengchong.
Next Fan Zhendong against South Korea's dark horse Ahn Jae-hyun, who 0-2 behind to win three consecutive sets, 3-2 eliminated Chinese Taipei's Zhuang Zhiyuan, who once defeated Zhang Benzhihe and won the third place in the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships, tonight Fan Zhendong also has a men's doubles match, partner Wang Chuqin against the Portuguese combination Montero/Apolonia, the Japanese team is only Yukiya Utada in the men's singles event, and the second round against Germany's Pol.