On the Singapore WTT Grand Slam arena, it has come to a new matchday competition. On this matchday, there will be two places for the men's singles title and the final title for the women's doubles. In addition to the second men's singles match, which is the internal competition of national table tennis between Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, the other two games are a showdown between Chinese and Japanese players. The first stage is the battle for a place in the men's singles final. It is also a match between Fan Zhendong and Yukiya Utada, one of the cores of Japan's new generation. For Fan Zhendong, because he is now ranked first in the world, coupled with Yukiya Utada's strong desire to win in this Grand Slam, and good technical ability, especially in the fight link, it has been handled relatively smoothly, so for Fan Zhendong, it is necessary to make sufficient preparations and cut the details more accurately to ensure that he wins in the game and competes for the championship battle within the two national table tennis players.
In the first set of the game, Fan Zhendong fell behind 1-3, 2-4 and 3-5 because of the mishandling of Yukiya's long ball. Fan Zhendong also used a sharp long ball to solve the dilemma in the middle of the game, and also received a certain effect. The two men fought in a 5-5 and 6-6 draw, and in the second half of the game, Fan Zhendong strengthened the control and rigor of the landing point in the attack, and was able to win the first set 11-9. Take a 1-0 lead.
In the second set of the game, Utada Yukiya increased the fighting intensity in the first three boards, although Fan Zhendong took the lead in the score in the first half of the game, but Utada Yukiya sent a very turning forehand short ball, which also had a very obvious effect, not only caused Fan Zhendong to receive the serve directly and send points, but also continuously seized the opportunity to form a rushing situation after the serve, especially his backhand tearing big horn brought a great threat to Xiao Fat. The score began to glue and drew 5-5. Yukiya Utada's shooting speed is relatively fast, but also let Fan Zhendong did not find his own rhythm, with Utada Yukiya's serve rush to score directly, 11-7, Xiao Fat lost the second set, the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw.
In the third set of the game, Utada Yukiya also wanted to play according to the rhythm of the second set, and took the initiative to fight from the beginning, but in this round, Fan Zhendong was already prepared for this, and his defense can be said to be as good as his attack, as Utah Yukiya's attack was defended by Fan Zhendong, his offensive breakthrough, especially the problem of insufficient holding ability, was also exposed, so Fan Zhendong quickly took a 5-1, 7-3, 8-4 and 9-5 lead. At the end of the inning, Fan Zhendong scored consecutive scoring mistakes through the rush of the serve and Yukiya Utada's fight attack, 11-7, Fan Zhendong won the third set. The big score also came to 2-1.
In the fourth set of the game, Yukiya Utah was the first to fight, the left one, the right one, the previous one, the latter, opened and Fan Zhendong played, the score of the two sides also remained glued, in the middle of the game, Fan Zhendong used his control and the upper hand of the serve to pull to get a 6-3 and 8-5 lead in the score, continuously hit the middle of the road to repeat the landing point, and let Fan Zhendong get a 9-7 score lead, but Uda Yukiya encountered difficulties on the field, he chose to directly attack sideways after the serve, preferring not to the next board, It was also directly on the ground sideways, which also allowed him to chase the score to 8-9. Fan Zhendong quickly called a pause for himself. After the suspension came back, both sides were making trouble on the haircut and the first three boards, the two also played 9 draws, 10 draws, 11 draws and 12 draws, 13 draws and 14 draws in a row, the key points at the end of the set, Fan Zhendong played some new changes, his direct serve score, and lucky roll tennis success, let him win the fourth set 16-14. Thus taking a 3-1 lead in the big scoreline.
In the fifth set of the game, Fan Zhendong took two steps back at the beginning of the game, and such a way of playing after the withdrawal of the stage also just allowed Utada Yukiya's speed to be limited, but Utada Yukiya's veneer quality in the first three boards remained very good, and the effect of Fan Zhendong's forehand small triangle was also obvious, the two sides still maintained a score of 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 in the first half of the innings, but in the middle of the game, Utada Yukiya's serve was handled properly, and the quality of the ball was also very strong, Zhendong once fell behind Utada Yukiya 5-8. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong did not panic at this time, but used a serve to rush the attack, and the forehand blast after receiving the serve chased the score to 7-8, and Utada Yukiya was also forced to call a timeout. Back from the suspension, the two sides fought consecutively into 8-8 and 9-9, 10-10, 11-11 draws, but Fan Zhendong continued to have serve and attack mistakes, and the return ball under the opponent's fight was not the net, 11-13 lost another set, and the big score of the two sides came to 3-2.
The sixth set of the game was crucial for both sides, especially Yukiya Utada, who had to win the round if he wanted to continue to the tiebreaker. His thinking in this game is the same as before is to insist on being able to fight and kill, and if he can't fight, he must try his best to fight fiercely, this tactic is very effective for Fan Zhendong, and he took a 5-0 lead at the beginning. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong stabilized his mood from the middle of the game, chased 7 points in a row, and reversed the score to 7-5. Although Utada Yukiya's mentality was not chaotic, and continued to chase points to 7-7 and 9-9, the final decisive point, or Fan Zhendong relied on strong offensive strength, 11-9 and then the next city, thus eliminating Utada Yukiya with a 4-2 score, taking the lead in a men's singles title. The scores were in six innings: 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 16-14, 11-13 and 11-9. Congratulations to Dong ge.