Table tennis WTT Doha branch tournament is coming to an end, in the men's singles quarterfinals held on the afternoon of March 17, Beijing time, straight shooting youngster Xue Fei fought hard for 7 rounds to eliminate teammate Sun Wen (who swept Zhang Benzhihe 4-0 at the Japan Open) to advance, and also won 3 consecutive sets to complete a big reversal in the case of 1-3, and the decisive round was 17-15!
In another semi-final, Xu Yingbin, a post-00 young player who previously defeated the main force of the World Table Tennis Championships and Liu Dingshuo, the runner-up of the National Games, had no chance to be upset again, and lost 7 sets to the top seed, Zhao Zihao, a straight-shooting star: Two straight-shooting players won consecutively, which is worthy of everyone's affirmation!
As mentioned earlier, the national table tennis stars Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo were eliminated by the 21-year-old young player Xu Yingbin, and it was this Xu Yingbin, who defeated the world's number one Fan Zhendong at the recent WTT Macau Tournament, which is indeed a fearsome future.
In the men's singles semifinals, Xu Yingbin met Zhao Zihao, the world's highest ranking among the contestants, and then the two began a fierce duel. After the game began, Zhao Zihao took the lead in launching, using the advantage of his direct slap to continuously win, and then went down to two cities 11-6, 12-10.
In the face of the predicament, Xu Yingbin stood firm and began to fight back strongly, and soon reversed it with 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, and the big score of 3-2 led forced the opponent into a desperate situation! In the sixth set, the two played very fiercely, and Xu Yingbin almost ended the game, resulting in a 9-11 collapse at the crucial moment. After missing the opportunity, the youngster was unable to recover in the decider, and finally lost the whole game 7-11, which was a pity.
As for the battle between Xue Fei and Sun Wen, it was even more ups and downs, as a big dark horse that once swept Zhang Benzhihe 4-0, Sun Wen was very brave at the beginning of the game, hitting two consecutive 11-9 scores to take the lead, and then 8-11 lost the second set and then won the fourth set 11-4, and the big score 3-1 lead forced Xue Fei into a desperate situation.
However, from the fifth set onwards, Sun Wen began to show a clear weakening trend, first losing the game 8-11, followed by losing 9-11 in the sixth set. When the game was dragged into the decider, the two sides bombarded until 17-15 to divide the winner, and finally Xue Fei achieved a big reversal, eliminating Sun Wen 4-3 to advance to the final round.
Next, Xue Fei will compete with Yuan Licen for tickets to the men's singles final, and the winner will be promoted to compete with Zhao Zihao for the championship, let's sit and wait for the latest battle report to come back!