Beijing time on March 23, 2022 news, WTT Doha regular challenge men's singles semifinals began, after the previous 2 women's singles semifinals, Fan Siqi 4-2 Nick teammate Qi Fei, and then Zhang Rui 4-0 victory over Japan's new star Kihara Miyu, China's national table tennis won the championship and runner-up in advance; subsequently, Yuan Licen, who was in good shape recently, appeared to meet the old Indian brother Achanta.
Yuan Licen's performance in this competition is very eye-catching, complete victory over Lin Yunru, Li Ke Zhao Zihao, dare to fight and dare to fight impressively, the national table tennis men's team needs such a young man, I hope he can maintain, some people say that Yuan Licen is the big dark horse of this competition, in fact, it is not counted, the real big dark horse should be the French player who reached the top 4;
And Achanta, the strength is not weak, before is the Indian brother, in recent years is the age of abdication, India's brother is now Ghana Nasekharan, but the veteran strength is still there, Yuan Lichen still have to be careful. In addition, Achanta has not won against the Chinese team for 12 years, and has a record of 19 consecutive defeats against the Chinese team.
In the first set, Yuan Licen started to take the lead, but in the face of Achanta's forehand surge, the strength side occasionally suffered losses, the two sides glued to 5 draws, Yuan Licen cleverly used the backhand to fight back, scored 2 points in a row to gain the lead again, Achanta's backhand position is still very weak, more or rely on the forehand attack to score, 11-5, Yuan Lichen first next city.
In the second set of the game, Yuan Lichen started to take the lead, Achanta deliberately slowed down the rhythm, Yuan Lichen took the initiative to form a stalemate with Achanta, after 4 draws, Yuan Lichen scored 2 consecutive points to take the lead, Achanta's forehand was still tenacious, retreating from the long distance to pull down, 8 draws after 3 points, Achanta 11-8 to win back a set.
In the third game, Yuan Licen took the initiative to hold each other is the right choice, Achanta's forehand can not play out, then the control of the Chinese team has the upper hand, Yuan Licen led 4-1. Achanta struggled to chase the score to 5 draws, but unfortunately the opportunity ball was lost consecutively, and Yuan Lichen led 11-6, leading 2-1.
In the fourth game, Ah Changta changed his strategy, and Yuan Lichen took the initiative to form a stalemate, leading 5-2, as long as Yuan Lichen withdrew, he was very passive, especially the mistakes of the backhand, which increased significantly. Yuan Licen chased the score to 6-7 in the middle of the game, stopping Achanta. Back in the game, Achanta won the set point 10-7, and the key score was Achanta's backhand quickly tore the slash to win, and 11-7 to win another set.
In the fifth set of the game, the two sides started 1-1, Achanta played more and more vigorously, the key Yuan Lichen repeatedly fell into the rhythm of Achanta, after retiring from Taiwan, Achanta basically did not use a backhand, directly with you to pull, Achanta 4-1 lead, Yuan Lichen never caught up with the score, because the rhythm is not what he is good at, Achanta expanded the lead, to 11-5 and then the next city, Yuan Lichen fell behind 2-3.
In the sixth game, Yuan Lichen had to take the initiative to start if he wanted to chase back, and he couldn't blindly defend and fall into the rhythm of the opponent. Yuan Lichen lost two points in a row at the beginning of the 2-1 game and could only be forced to pause.
Back in the game, Yuan Licen achieved a counterattack, Ah Changta still clenched the score, in the back innings, Ah ChangTa once led 9-7, Yuan Li Cen scored after the roar finally survived, 12-10, Yuan Li Cen magically reversed the game into the decider.
The decider began, Yuan Lichen started 3-1, Ah Changta scored 3 points in a row to overtake, Yuan Lichen almost fell into the rhythm of the opponent again, fortunately, in the last moment, Yuan Lichen resisted the forehand near the platform position, wiped the straight line to make Ah Changta mistake, Yuan Lichen got the set point 10-8! The key points, Yuan Lichen's handling of the rush allowed Achanta to chase 1 point, and finally 11-9, 4-3 thrilling to win! National table tennis retains the hope of the men's singles title. Congratulations to Yuan Licen!
And Achanta, he also laughed, the 39-year-old veteran has never broken the spell, facing the 20 consecutive defeats of national table tennis, the record of 12 years without victory continues!