On the evening of March 18, Beijing time, the WTT Grand Slam Singapore leg ushered in the second final - men's doubles (two wins in three sets), against the national table tennis team Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin and the Japanese table tennis combination Yukiya Utada / Tokami Hayabusa.
In recent times, the national table tennis team has lost many matches in the men's doubles event, including the World Table Tennis Championships, when Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin was also one of the men's doubles pairs sent by the national table tennis, but in the end the two did not have the opportunity to reach the semifinals. In the men's doubles final, Fan Zhendong/ Wang Chuqin's opponents Yukiya Utada / Tokami Hayabusa won a bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships.
In the latest edition of the World Rankings, Yukiya Utada /Hayabusa Tokami remain in third place in the world, while Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin are only in Third Place. The strength of the two main players of the national table tennis team is naturally beyond doubt, and the two have also had some pairings recently, and I believe that some tacit understanding has been established, but whether it can achieve the level of 1 + 1 equal to 2 or even greater than 2 remains to be seen. Therefore, for the national table tennis team, the match against Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami is really a fierce battle.
In the first set, the two sides quickly entered the form, and the score came to 4:4. The Japanese table tennis combination maintained its lead, and the national table tennis combination chased after it, never letting itself fall behind the other side by more than 2 points. In the end, the national table tennis combination successfully equalized the score, 9:9, and then seized the opportunity to tie 10:10 and win the first set at 12:10.
The second set, and the first set situation is a bit like, the start was very sticky, and the next day the table tennis combination took a slight lead, but the national table tennis tied the score 6:6. Then the two sides fell entangled again, the score alternately rose, and finally achieved a reversal in the national table tennis after 8:8. The Japanese table tennis combination scored 2 consecutive points and won the set point at 10:9. But the national table tennis is not to be outdone, the same chase 2 points in a row, followed by 1 point, 12:10 to win another set.
In the third set, Yukiya Utada / Toue Hayabusa was still very strong, the fit was very high, and they won a 5:1 opening advantage in the backwater battle. Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin in this game was somewhat suppressed, frequently lost points, and fell behind to 3:9 at once, but the two did not give up and were still trying to chase points. National table tennis chased 4 points in a row, and Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Toue had to call a timeout. It is worth mentioning that there is no off-field table tennis on this day, and they can only summarize and digest on their own.
After the suspension, The Japanese table tennis took the set point at 10:7, but Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin tied the match 10:10 with their personal hard power and won the match point at 11:10. The Japanese table tennis combination did not panic, and after a confrontation with the national table tennis combination, it won a round back at 14:12.
In the fourth set, the national table tennis started 3:1, and the japanese table tennis was tied 5:5. Then Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin opened the point difference again, 8:5, and has maintained the lead, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin 10:6 to win the match point, The Japanese table tennis recovered a point, the national table tennis side promoted and called a timeout, after the suspension came back, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin 11:7, the big score 3-1 eliminated the world's 3rd place Japanese combination Yukiya / Toue Hayabusa, successfully won the championship. National table tennis has won three crowns: mixed doubles, men's doubles, and women's singles.
March 29 fixtures
19:00 Men's Singles Semifinals Fan Zhendong vs Yukiya Utada
19:45 Men's Singles Semifinals Ma Long vs Liang Jingkun
20:00 Women's Doubles Final Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha vs Hina Hayata / Mimako Ito
March 20 fixtures
19:00 Women's Singles Final: Chen Meng vs Wang Manyu
The men's singles final followed the women's singles final