The WTT tournament entered the 5th match day, and the game became more and more difficult to play, first Ma Long and Wang Chuqin fought hard for five sets, then Ito Mimachi was eliminated by Yuan Jiannan 1-3, and finally Fan Zhendong and Ahn Jae Hyun fought fiercely for 5 rounds, narrowly won by 4 points, and the post-match interview bluntly said that they did not want to play the next game!
Fan Zhendong's winning of these two days of competitions is not easy, there is no full victory of the game. There is no record of moves with An Zaixian before, this game is the first time the two have met, although fans feel that fan Zhendong has a relatively high probability of winning, but for Fan Zhendong, he does not dare to be careless, after all, those who can rush to the top 16 are not good.
For Fan Zhendong, who is slightly fat, physical fitness is the biggest test for him, because before playing against An Zaixian, he and Wang Chuqin had just played a mixed doubles match, and played four rounds, which had already consumed a lot of physical strength.
As soon as the first set came up, Fan Zhendong used the backhand twist of the serve to grab a 4-1 start. Ahn Jae-hyun hit the middle of the road, and then split the ball down the net to get a point, Fan Zhendong pulled back with a continuous forehand, 11-4, very quickly won the first set. It seems that An Jae-hyun is not Fan Zhendong's opponent at all, and Xiao Fat should be able to sweep the opponent to advance to the top 8, which is believed to be the idea of many fans after watching the first set.
However, after the start of the second set, Ahn Jae-hyun dragged the game into his own rhythm, pulling a straight line to Fan Zhendong's pursuit for the forehand to take a 6-1 lead. Fan Zhendong faced Ahn Jae-hyun's chase ball and did not find a way to deal with it in a short period of time, losing a set 6-11.
In the third set of the game, Fan Zhendong had to find a way to solve the problem that Ahn Jae-hyun hit the middle of the road so that he could not fight back sideways, and did a good job in the opening stage, taking a 4-1 lead, but then Fan Zhendong made many mistakes, but let Ahn Jae-hyun reverse the score. After trailing 6-9, Fan Zhendong chased down to 9-10. After Ahn Jae-hyun called a timeout to come back, Fan Zhendong scored another point, and the score came to 10-10. Ahn Jae-hyun scored the third set point with a direct serve to make it 13-11 to take a 2-1 lead.
When the fans began to worry about Fan Zhendong, he adopted the way of playing in the other way, strengthening his forehand attack, hitting Ahn Jae-hyun's backhand position, so that he could not form an effective attack on himself. This move really worked, 11-5 easily won the fourth set, I have to say that Fan Zhendong is really smarter now.
In the decider, Fan Zhendong continued the scoring momentum of the fourth set and made a 7-1 start, just when we thought That Fan Zhendong's victory was in control, Ahn Jae-hyun once again blew the horn of counterattack, chasing the score to 6-7. Seeing that the opponent's score was approaching, Fan Zhendong did not give the opponent too many opportunities, and after 9-7, he scored 2 consecutive points, won the decider 11-7, and finally won the opponent by 4 points and advanced to the top 8.
When talking about the next game in the post-match interview, The sweaty Fan Zhendong bluntly said that he did not think about the next game. Fan Zhendong is a rare sobriety in the world, although he knows that his strength is not bad, but he still takes every game and every opponent seriously, after all, he has also experienced a trough of more than 300 days without a crown, and he looks forward to his more and more courageous in the next game, and finally wins the championship!