On March 14, Beijing time, the competition for the men's singles event of the 2022 World Table Tennis Singapore Grand Slam continued, and the world's number one Fan Zhendong ushered in the challenge of the Japanese team Masataka Morien. In the end, Fan Zhendong defeated his opponent in three straight sets and successfully advanced to the round of 16. For the goal of this competition, Fan Zhendong said in an interview that he hopes to get a good start in the first stop of the new season and make a good start to the Paris Olympic cycle. With the Singapore Grand Slam national table tennis all-in-one, for Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun are all threats on the road to the championship.
From the current strength, Fan Zhendong's promotion to the final is just around the corner. In the previous lottery group, Fan Zhendong was divided into the upper half as the No. 1 seed, and Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and so on were also in the half area. In the quarter-finals, Fan Zhendong's potential opponent is veteran Xu Xin. Because Lin Gaoyuan in the two-quarters zone has been out of the cold early, the national table tennis men's singles can only have one player in the top half of the semifinals at most. In the first round, Fan Zhendong was in good shape, although he lost a set, he said in an interview that playing one more round would allow him to fully warm up, which was conducive to the preparation of the subsequent game.
In the second round against Japan's Morien Masataka, Fan Zhendong was more well prepared, especially when he was behind in the game, he did not mess up, but used his backhand to rush multiple times to score. In the end, after three rounds of competition, Fan Zhendong successfully defeated his opponent to advance to the next round. After the game, Fan Zhendong said in an interview that in the first few games, he was more looking for the feeling of the game, preparing for the semi-finals and finals. Before this competition, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has announced the selection rules for the lineup of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
To get a singles ticket, Fan Could win the men's singles title at the Singapore Grand Slam or remain at the top of the World Singles Rankings in week 14 of the season. At present, Fan Zhendong has the greatest chance of getting a ticket for the Asian Games men's singles competition. Head coach Qin Zhijian revealed in an interview that Fan Zhendong is the absolute main force of the team and the perfect candidate for the Chinese team to attack the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, and Liu Guoliang, chairman of the national table tennis, often coaches him one-on-one in training. In this battle in Singapore, Fan Zhendong is the key object of the coaching team.
At present, Xu Xin is also unstoppable, and it is no accident that he will meet with Fan Zhendong in the quarterfinals. Judging from the record of the hand-to-hand, Fan Zhendong has an absolute advantage, and if he can reach the semi-finals, he will encounter a foreign war. But Fan Zhendong, who has a strong comprehensive strength, has become an insurmountable mountain for foreign players, so his difficulty is in the quarter-finals. In the second half of the district, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin can only have one person entering the final four at most, and whether Liang Jingkun can enter the top four depends on the on-site performance. No matter who breaks through from the second half, Fan Zhendong will not be easy in the battle for the championship and runners-up.
(Luo Treasurer)