Beijing time on March 23, 2022 news, WTT Doha regular challenge women's singles first semi-final officially started, although the main national table tennis players have withdrawn, but after all, the talent gradient is thick, Fan Siqi and Ziffy stood in the semi-finals, destined to be a wonderful game.
About Fan Siqi, in fact, there is no need to introduce too much, many fans are also very familiar, table tennis super, the championship has appeared, before Fan Siqi in the national table tennis behind the scenes more as a sparring final; as for Qi Fei, the 2000 young recent state is also very brave, only in the first round directly eliminated the Chinese Taipei team's sister Zheng Yijing, and is a 3-0 sweep, the strength growth is also very obvious. Let's take a look at this game.
In the first game, the two began to grab from the beginning, Ziffy preemptively pulled up, forming a multi-board stalemate, Fan Siqi then counterattacked, the two played a 1-1 draw, Fan Siqi scored 2 points in a row but led, the Chinese women's team has always been fast, winning or losing may be a matter of an instant, Fan Siqi 3-1 after a series of forehand fast, Ziffy only chased points to 4, Fan Siqi 11-4 first next city.
In the second set of the game, Fan Siqi's unnecessary mistakes were too many, the front and back hand rate was very low, Ziffy started 4-0 to take the lead, Fan Siqi strengthened the protection in the forehand position, Ziffy 2 balls off the net, Fan Siqi began to chase points. Just chased to 4-5, the backhand mistake came again, it was difficult to chase hard, the on-stage rate was too low, the ball could not be resisted, Ziffy once again extended the lead, 11-5, the big score came to a 2-0 lead.
Judging from the scene in the second set, Fan Siqi seems to have been crushed by all aspects, which really should not be, and the protection of his forehand position is not in place, so he is continuously rushed by Ziffy who seizes the opportunity. In the third set of the game, Ziffy took a 3-1 lead, Fan Siqi once chased the score, but the right half of Ziffy was still not in place, the opportunity ball was easy to lose, Ziffy 11-7 and then the next city, the big score this is reversed.
After losing 2 consecutive rounds, Fan Siqi looked up at the sky and sighed and looked very annoyed, but at this time, he also had to give it a go. In the fourth set of the game, Fan Siqi strengthened the fight, 6-2 lead to the middle of the game, as a young player, Ziffy fully showed his fighting side, whether in the mentality or in the technical and tactical, even if the score is a lot behind, but also dare to fight with Fan Siqi. Gradually chase the score to 7 draws! Fan Siqi actually did not call a pause? Sure enough, confident in himself, Fan Siqi moved himself from a diagonal line to a straight line, scoring 4 points in a row, 11-7, and the two sides played a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth set, the two sides started 1-1, such a critical moment, Fan Siqi still had many mistakes, but Ziffy played more and more firmly, Ziffy scored 5 consecutive points, 6-1 lead. The advantage seems to be obvious, but Fan Siqi did not give up, one point and one point and then chase, until the middle game, Ziffy's mentality was a little shaken, and the slight hesitation in the hand also increased, Fan Siqi directly chased the points and overtook, 9-7 lead, 12-10, at the critical time, Fan Siqi's slashing serve worked, and the big score was 3-2.
In the sixth set, Fan Siqi grabbed Ziffy's mid-position move, and the start of the game was 3-1, and Ziffy called a timeout. Back in the game, Fan Siqi's momentum had risen, and after scoring, he roared to cheer himself up, and the point difference further widened, leading 6-1. Ziffy is not a crash, but it is a little undulating, and the momentum is suppressed, after all, the point difference is too big.
In the end, Fan Siqi refused to be upset, ending the game 11-6, and the score was 4-2 to reach the final title. Although Ziffy lost, as a rising star, he played very well, tried his best to fight, the game was wonderful, continue to cheer!