WTT Singapore Grand Slam main tournament, has entered the fifth match day, the world's number one fat Fan Zhendong, will also usher in a day of double test, in the afternoon game, Fan Zhendong and his partner Wang Chuqin in the men's doubles quarterfinals have a thrilling elimination of a pair of host players Fu Shaofeng and Zhou Zheyu, and then in the late game, encountered the men's singles quarterfinal opponent South Korea's Ahn Jae Hyun, which is the first time the two players played in the world series, But from the perspective of the world ranking, the 22-year-old An Zaixian only ranked 45th, and the highest ranking in history was only 35, which shows that in terms of personal strength, An Zaixian and Xiao Fat still have a significant gap, but after the start of the game, An Zaixian's fighting style of play caused a very big impact on Fan Zhendong, once leading 2-1 to see the hope of winning, but the small fat in the desperate situation incarnated as a kung fu panda, won two consecutive games to eliminate An Zaixian 3-2, breaking into the men's singles quarterfinals!
The first game was Fan Zhendong's serve, using the twist of his own backhand position to keep the serve to make a 2-0 start, After An Zaixian used the rush to pull back a goal in his own serve, the rhythm of the game once again entered the control of Xiao Fat, more dragged the game into the backhand of the ball, relying on the quality of each board, so that An Zaixian played very passively, Xiao Fat also expanded his lead to 6-2 in the mid-game stage, fan Zhendong after the big score led, also played more actively, In the stalemate stage will take the lead in changing the line to mobilize the opponent, An Zaixian also played more and more morale, and finally Fan Zhendong did not spend too much effort to get the match point 10-4, in the last ball contest, Fan Zhendong took advantage of An Zaixian's mistake of returning the ball too high, directly took off and dunked, won the first set at 11-4, and also let the fans praise Xiao Fat as a flexible kung fu panda!
After experiencing the adjustment after the end of the first set, Ahn Jae-hyun obviously became more excited in the second set, and after continuously holding his own serve to take a 2-0 lead, he also cheered himself up with a roar, in contrast, Fan Zhendong was slightly uncomfortable with Ahn Jae-hyun's desperate fight in this game, and too many mistakes also allowed the opponent to take a 6-1 lead, although Fan Zhendong tried his best to narrow the point difference, but in the end did not change the outcome of the 6-11 loss, and the two returned to the same running line.
The key third set Fan Zhendong also mobilized his enthusiasm, constantly jumping on the field to keep his body in a state of excitement, the opening stage once again suppressed An Zaixian to achieve a 4-0 lead, but like the second innings, in the face of An Zaixian's fierce punching strategy, Fan Zhendong did not control the mistake very well, wasted a good start, let An Zaixian overtake the score 9-6, although Xiao Fat tenaciously chased the score to 10 draws, but it was because of the problem of mistakes. Ahn Jae-hyun won another set 13-11 to win the match point.
Fan Zhendong, who had no way back, had too many mistakes in the backhand before the start of the fourth set, and also regained his feelings and once again established a 4-0 lead, this innings Xiao Fat did not have the problem of the previous set, the spirit was highly concentrated, constantly expanding his lead, and finally dragged the game into the decider 11-5.
In the final decider, Xiao Fat completely entered the state of Kung Fu Panda, and the footstep movement was more flexible, and the opening stage hit the opponent 4-0, and once extended his lead to 7-1, but An Zaixian did not give up, tenaciously chased the score to 6-7, and at the critical moment, Xiao Fat withstood the pressure and finally locked up the victory at 11-7!