This WTT Grand Slam tournament has made the South Korean team a sad team again, the singles quarterfinals have not yet started, and the South Korean team has been completely destroyed. The South Korean team sent a lineup similar to last year's World Table Tennis Championships to compete in the Grand Slam, but after the first round of regular matches, three experienced veterans Tian Jixi, Jang Woo-jin and Lee Sang-so were out one after another. Tian Zhixi lost the game understandably, unfortunately encountered the national table tennis main force Liu Shiwen, can only say that the signing position is not good, otherwise there is a chance to reach the round of 16.
Lee Sang-so and Jang Woo-jin encountered opponents who were on par with their strength, and they lost. Lee Sang-so lost to African star Aruna in five sets, once again proving that Lee Sang-so's singles ability is insufficient. In order to find someone to bear the consequences of the defeat at the Tokyo Olympics, the Korean Table Tennis Association directly banned Jung Young-sik, the strongest singles player, and Lee Sang-so could not play a wonderful ball like Jung Young-sik. Zhang Yuzhen has at least won the World Cup singles final four, and as a result, the strength has declined seriously in recent times, and I am afraid that even the young player teammates cannot play.
After coming to the singles 1/16 final, the South Korean women's team was completely destroyed, whether it was a sister Tian Zhixi, or veteran Xu Xiaoyuan, or the main players of the Mesozoic Generation, Choi Hyo-joo and Liang Xiayin, who failed to help the South Korean team save the crisis. The South Korean men's team still had at least two dark horse players, Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun, and they fell outside the quarterfinals together.
Lin Zhongxun can be described as a dark horse player in the Grand Slam, and it is worth vigilance to eliminate the main force of national table tennis Lin Gaoyuan 3-0 alone. I thought That Lin Zhongxun could go further, but as a result, he lost 1-3 to Yukiya Utada, the main player of Japanese table tennis. The two fought very fiercely, Lin Zhongxun always wanted to equalize, but he could not play at the critical moment, and could only regret losing the game. Because Utada Yukiya is the only remaining male singles player in Japanese table tennis, the desire to win is stronger than That of Lin Jong-hoon. After losing the game, Lim Jong-hoon ended his dark horse path. However, judging from the situation of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and Grand Slams, Lim Jong-hoon is expected to become the new generation leader of the South Korean men's team.
Fan Zhendong met another big dark horse of the South Korean team, Ahn Jae-hyun, in the quarter-finals, and swept his opponent 3-0 to advance. Ahn Jae-hyun is not so good at playing, and once reached the final four of the World Table Tennis Championships. In the first set, Fan Zhendong mobilized positively, and Ahn Jae-hyun lost 4:11 before he could react. In the second set, Ahn Jae-hyun was more excited, leading Fan Zhendong by 5 points at one point, and pulling back a set at 11:6. However, in the third set, Fan Zhendong broke out in a state and played a long-distance pull with his opponent, starting at 4:0. Helplessly, the second half of the course was equalized by the opponent, and Ahn Jae-hyun constantly attacked Fan Zhendong's forehand position, and soon overtook 9:6. As the number of mistakes continued to increase, Fan Zhendong lost two consecutive sets 11:13.
In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong strengthened his defense in the forehand position, the serve was constantly changing, and Ahn Jae-hyun was not accustomed to losing the fourth set 5:11. In the decider, Ahn Jae-hyun could not withstand Fan Zhendong's attack and fell behind 1:7. Fan Zhendong then suspended the adjustment of the state and won the decider at 11:7. Thus narrowly defeating Ahn Jae-hyun 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals and refusing to be upset!