Fan Siqi defeated Zhang Rui 4-3 to win the 2022 WTT Doha Regular Season Challenge Women's Singles Championship. Congratulations to her.
The seven innings were: 11-7, 7-11, 13-11, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9
The overall strength of the two is equal.
Fan Siqi pursues speed and change, while Zhang Rui is more stable.
Fan Siqi's serve changes a lot, forehand, backhand, squat, she can do it. The serve swing is short, twisted, and cut sideways, and she can do it. If she can take the initiative to get her hands on the front, she will never hold it with her backhand. She may be limited by her height and strength, and the quality of the veneer needs to be improved; in addition, the stability of the backhand is compared with Zhang Ruiyi, and the gap is obvious.
Zhang Rui has his own rhythm of playing and appears to be unhurried and unhurried, which is similar to Sun Yingsha. Zhang Rui's playing style is more traditional, with a short swing and a backhand. She has the ability to attack with her forehand, but prefers to shoot more backhands to force her opponent to make mistakes, which is similar to Chen Xingtong.
If the opponent unconsciously enters Zhang Rui's rhythm and keeps holding hands with her backhand, it will feel that she is too stable to penetrate; the opponent is impulsive, but more mistakes. After falling behind 2:3, Fan Siqi constantly tried to serve and grab the attack, although there were mistakes, but gradually got rid of Zhang Rui's rhythm. Especially in the decider, in the case of 2-6 behind, decisive serve to rush the attack, hold the decisive change of line, only to disrupt Zhang Rui's rhythm, and finally reverse the victory.