2022 WTT Regular Season Challenge Doha
Men's Singles Semifinals: Achanta vs Yuan Lichen
Achanta, an Indian veteran, is 39 years old and ranked 41st in the world; Yuan Lichen is 21 years old and ranked 264th in the world. However, this ranking is good to see, because the national table tennis talent is abundant, non-main players have fewer opportunities to participate in international competitions, so the world ranking is generally low, but the strength is not worse than the main players of foreign associations.
In the first set, Yuan Lichen won the first set 2-0, 2-3, 5-3, 5-5, 11-5.
In the second set, Yuan Lichen was 2-0, 2-2, 4-2, 5-3, 6-6, 8-8. Achanta drew back a set 10-8 (set point) 11-8, and the two sides fought 1-1.
In the third set, Yuan Lichen won another set 4-1, 5-2, 6-3, 6-5, 10-6 (set points), 11-6 and a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth set, Achanta 1-1, 3-1, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6, requested a timeout.
Achanta won the set 8-6, 10-7 (set points) and pulled back a set 11-7, with the two sides fighting 2-2.
In the fifth set, Achanta won another set 4-1, 4-3, 7-3, 8-4, 10-5 (set points), 11-5, and won another set, the big score was 3:2.
In the sixth set, Yuan Lichen 2-0, 2-3, requested a timeout.
Yuan Lichen 5-3, 6-4, 7-5, 7-9, 10-9 (set point), 11-10 (2nd set), 12-10 tough to win back a set, the two sides fought 3:3.
Decider, Yuan Lichen 3-1, 3-3, 4-5. The two sides exchange venues.
Yuan Lichen won the final set 4-6, 6-6, 6-7, 9-7, 10-8 (match point), 11-9, and won the final set 4:3.
Yuan Licen did not do well in receiving the serve today, giving the opponent a lot of mobile phone meetings; fortunately, Ah Changta made many mistakes in the last two sets, otherwise the result would be unpredictable.
However, in the case of the fourth and fifth innings is very passive, the sixth set is also backward, dare to fight, did not lose morale, and finally achieved a reversal In this regard, Yuan Licen's mentality is quite strong, which is an essential trait of excellent athletes.
This game is a "dead end" for Yuan Licen, and I hope he can play better in the final.