On March 15, in the quarterfinals of the men's singles of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong defeated Ahn Jae-hyun 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Ahn Jae-hyun, who reached the final four of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, is a famous Korean table tennis player. In this game, Fan Zhendong encountered a great challenge, losing two consecutive sets in the case of the first city, but he withstood the pressure and successfully reversed the victory.
In the first set, Fan Zhendong started 4-1, and the opponent's mistakes were also too many. Ahn Jae-hyun chased the stage, Fan Zhendong also withstood the pressure, a wave of continuous scoring, the last ball golden rooster independent pick, the opponent An Jae-hyun even wanted to use his hand to pick up. Fan Zhendong won the first set 11-4 relatively easily.
In the second set, Ahn Jae-hyun made targeted adjustments, the lucky ball was also on his side, starting 6-1, and the wrong Fan Zhendong also stomped and shook his head in disappointment. In this set, Ahn Jae-hyun's morale was greatly boosted, leading Fan Zhendong 10-4. Fan Zhendong saved 2 innings and still lost the set 6-11.
In the third set, Fan Zhendong opened widely, and Fan Zhendong started 4-1, but Ahn Jae-hyun took advantage of his opponent's many mistakes and the pulling process to achieve a 6-5 comeback. Fan Zhendong scored to stop the bleeding, the two drew consecutively, after a 6-6 draw, Ahn Jae-hyun's strong backhand ability was also reflected, he scored consecutive points, 10-7 lead over Fan Zhendong. Fan Zhendong also changed out, scoring consecutive points and chasing 10 draws. With Fan Zhendong receiving a mistake, Ahn Jae-hyun won another set 13-11, and the big score was 2-1 to win Fan Zhendong.
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong broke out and started 4-0, with more mistakes on the opponent's side. In the stalemate stage, Fan Zhendong changed more and quickly opened the score gap, this round Fan Zhendong won 11-5, the big score came to 2-2 draw.
In the fifth set, Fan Zhendong played quite domineeringly, starting at 7-1. The opponent scored two consecutive points, and Fan Zhendong suspended the adjustment. Ahn Jae-hyun kept working the timeout, chasing it to 6-7. Fan Zhendong roared after scoring, and this round Fan Zhendong won 11-7, and the big score was 3-2 to reverse Ahn Jae-hyun and advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Congratulations to Fan Zhendong to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals, as the world's no. 1 men's singles player, Fan Zhendong is the biggest favorite to win the men's singles of this tournament, sitting in the upper half of the district he also attracted much attention, everyone also hopes that Fan Zhendong can meet with Ma Long to the final. At present, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long have defeated their respective opponents and performed strongly.
Fan Zhendong also played in the men's doubles at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and he and Wang Chuqin successfully advanced to the final four. Unlike the previous competition in Macau, this time Fan Zhendong is no mixed doubles task, his focus on the project is the men's singles and men's doubles, Fan Zhendong's performance on both fronts is very good, he has a great possibility of winning the double.
At present, in the world table tennis world, the hegemony of the men's level undoubtedly belongs to the era of Fan Zhendong, especially after the baptism of last year's Olympic Games, the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, xiao fat has now perfectly succeeded Ma Long and become the hegemon of men. After coming to Singapore, Fan Zhendong has advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals and the men's doubles quarterfinals, and hopes that he can win the double title.