On the evening of March 15, Beijing time, the national table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong encountered major difficulties in the WTT Grand Slam, and was forced into a desperate situation by the dark horse of the South Korean team, Ahn Jae-hyun, who led 2-1, and then the two sides won and lost in the decider, and the result was that the Chinese players were superior, Fan Zhendong achieved a reversal of 3-2 narrow victory, eliminating Ahn Jae-hyun to advance to the quarterfinals.
Although he lost the game, An Jae-hyun's performance did make the fans inhale a cool breath, almost pulling down the world number one Fan Zhendong, worthy of the athlete who once played Zhang Benzhi and the athlete who cried bitterly at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, there are indeed two brushes!
Ahn Jae-hyun was born in 1999, is a young rising star of the South Korean team, in 2019, he became famous in a battle, knocked out Zhang Benzhihe, Zhang Yuzhen and others to win a singles bronze medal, but in recent years, the state is average, so everyone thinks that he should not be Fan Zhendong's opponent, did not expect that this time almost broke the cold successfully.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong played smoothly and easily won 11-4, at this time Ahn Jae-hyun seemed to be sleepwalking, looking no threat. However, after the start of the second set, The Korean athletes began to officially threaten, the forehand arc circle was strong and heavy, the backhand quick tear was also very sharp, it felt like it was suddenly activated, and the operation was as fierce as a tiger and then pulled back Ichijo 11-6.
In the third set, both sides fought very fiercely, because in the case of a five-game best-of-three system, no one wanted to be forced into a desperate situation 1-2 behind, and the result was that the two began to bombard from 0-0 to 11-11, and Ahn Jae-hyun seized the opportunity to score consecutively, and then went to the next city at 13-11, this time Fan Zhendong was in a bad situation!
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong had no way to retreat, so he had to go hard, and at this time, Ahn Jae-hyun seemed to be somewhat conservative in the face of the imminent victory, and the result was quickly lost 5-11, and the match was dragged into the decider. During the off-field break, head coach Qin Zhijian constantly arranged techniques and tactics for Fan Zhendong, which was indeed a critical situation.
In the fifth set, Fan Zhendong firmly added quality attack, so that Ahn Jae-hyun could not lift his head, and soon led the opponent 7-1. But Ahn Jae-hyun's fighting spirit was still very high, and he soon scored 2 points in a row, forcing Fan Zhendong to call out a timeout to adjust the state. After returning to the game, Ahn Jae-hyun still played very tenaciously, and immediately chased to the point of 6-8!
At the critical moment, Fan Zhendong also made some mistakes, but he still gritted his teeth and held on to the situation, and finally locked up the victory at 11-7, and there was a thrilling elimination of An Zaixian to advance: it was really not easy, congratulations to Fan Zhendong! And An Zaixian seems to have made progress again, hoping that the national table tennis can pay attention to this young player, so as not to be upset by him next time: come on, the Chinese team!