The WTT Grand Slam tournament is in the singles quarterfinals, with wang Yidi, the main player of national table tennis, taking the lead and narrowly defeating France's Yuan Jiannan 3-1 to advance to the final four. The game was particularly difficult, with Wang Yidi only winning 2 points per innings. Although Yuan Jiannan is not a world-renowned player, she has become a dark horse in the women's singles arena at the age of 37. It should be known that Wang Yidi is the main force of national table tennis, last year's World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup finals are all top four players, and the two are not in a level of pure comparison.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Jiannan's ability to receive the ball is very strong, using high throwing serves to limit Wang Yidi, and can also take the initiative to chase the score, which makes Wang Yidi suffer a lot of tests. If Yuan Jiannan did not meet the main force of national table tennis in this game, it is likely to reach the final four. In addition, Yuan Jiannan is good at changing the use of forehands and backhands to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent, Wang Yidi only won 11:9 in the first set, and the other three innings were played to more than 12 points, and no one expected that the veteran could still burst out of combat effectiveness.
If Wang Yidi did not resist the fourth set, Yuan Jiannan almost reversed the victory. In Yuan Jiannan's previous historical record, there was no outstanding performance. The only thing worth noting is the mixed doubles semi-final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, when Yuan Jiannan and Lebezson advanced to the final, unfortunately met the main player of national table tennis Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen, and lost 0-4 to the final. Last year, he also participated in the World Table Tennis Championships, but the results were average.
Most importantly, Yuan Jiannan eliminated it in the last round of competition, a sister of Japanese table tennis, Ito Mimako, which is simply a big cold in the women's singles field. After the game, Yuan Jiannan could not believe the result, after all, Ito Mimachi was the top three players in the world. Ito has always set his sights on Chinese players, not even participating in the Japanese league, which has led to a sharp decline in actual combat training. In the face of the reporter's camera, Ito also summarized the reasons for the loss, mainly the first time to play with Yuan Jiannan, not adapted to the opponent's serve, resulting in the game being suppressed.
This can also be seen from the match between Wang Yidi and Yuan Jiannan, Whose ability to receive the ball is stronger than that of ordinary players, and the first three boards can quickly seize the opportunity. Even Wang Yidi played so hard, not to mention Ito Mimachi. Therefore, Ito's upset out is not all accidental, but Yuan Jiannan's strength has improved. In the past, the national table tennis rarely paid attention to the veteran players, Yuan Jiannan gave the national table tennis a wake-up call, like Boer, Ni Xialian and others deserve respect and research.
The next game will be another huge test for Wang Yidi, which will play against the winner between Chen Meng and Ishikawa Yoshijun. Ishikawa Jiachun is an old opponent of national table tennis, and there is little hope of defeating Chen Meng, and Wang Yidi is basically sure to face Chen Meng. If he can hit his core teammates in the competition, Wang Yidi has the hope of competing for the Olympic P card. Chen Meng's recent state is not the strongest, and Wang Yidi has a chance to win.