On March 18, in the men's doubles final of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin defeated the Japanese team of Hayabusa Tokami and Yukiya Utada 3-1 to win the championship and win the second gold medal for the Chinese team. Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin's "Fat Head Combination" perfectly succeeds Ma Long and Xu Xin's "Dragon Python Combination" in the new cycle, and the future is worth looking forward to.
In the first set, although Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin scored first in the opening game, they were quickly overtaken by their opponents, and both of them made mistakes and fell behind 6-8. Yukiya Utada and Wang Chuqin made mistakes in receiving the ball, and in the face of the Japanese combination's rush, Fan Zhendong scored with a backhand to draw 9-9. Wang Chuqin's foot movement is not very good, and the Chinese combination loses points. Wang Chuqin hit strongly to save the innings. Hayabusa Tokami and Yukiya Utada made consecutive mistakes, and Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin won the first set 11-9 to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second set, after a 4-4 draw, the Japanese duo began to score consecutive points to take a 6-4 lead. Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin did not give up and chased to 7 draws, and then Wang Chuqin scored strongly and achieved a 9-8 rebound. Facing the opportunity ball, Fan Zhendong made a mistake in slaming the ball, but immediately he scored strongly. With a low-level mistake by Hayabusa Toue, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin won the set 12-10 to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third set, the Chinese team scored 1 point first, but soon Tojo Hayabusa and Yukiya Utada made adjustments, their first three boards were very strong, and the coordination was more tacit, scoring 5 points in a row, 5-1. Then Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin's senseless mistakes also began to increase, after the point difference was widened, the Chinese combination chased points continuously, stopped the opponent 7-9, and the Japanese combination was suspended. Wang Chuqin's forehand also played out, pulling a 10-10 draw. The Chinese combination wasted match points, Wang Chuqin made mistakes, and the Japanese team won the set 15-13, and the big score came to 1-2.
In the fourth set, the Chinese combination made a strong start, leading 4-1, the opponent scored consecutive points, Wang Chuqin was still too anxious, and the opponent equalized 4-1 in a wave. Wang Chuqin's serve was good, and Fan Zhendong's advantages were also played, and the Chinese combination won 11-7 in this round, so that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong successfully won the men's doubles championship with a large score of 3-1
Fan Zhendong also has the task of men's singles, he has advanced to the final four, and it is very likely to win the double championship. All of Wang Chuqin's matches have ended, he is out of the men's singles, mixed doubles and Sun Yingsha won the championship, men's doubles and Fan Zhendong won the championship, and is also one of the biggest winners of this tournament.
Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin will be the focus of the national table tennis men's doubles pair in the Paris Olympic cycle, and the age difference between the two is not much. Wang Chuqin is very suitable for doubles events, previously with Ma Long is the world table tennis champion combination, this time with Fan Zhendong, it is also very tacit understanding, of course, there are some details that need to be strengthened, such as Wang Chuqin's mistakes and anxious mentality. However, the two are still good overall, and the "fat head combination" wants to take over the rhythm of the "dragon python combination".