March 26, 2022 WTT Star Challenge Doha
Women's Singles Qualifier Round 3: Yuan Jiannan vs Qi Fei
French veteran Yuan Jiannan defeated Ito Mimachi 3:1 at the Singapore Grand Slam tournament, and later met Wang Manyu and won a set; yesterday's victory over the national table tennis teenager Qin Yuxuan, the momentum is strong.
As a rare female player in national table tennis, Ziffy has a tenacious style and plays with great momentum.
In the first set, Yuan Jiannan 1-2, 5-2, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-9 took the first set point, and won the first set 11-9.
Qi Fei did not adapt to Yuan Jiannan's high throwing serve at the beginning, and the serve was either directly wrong, or not risking high or introducing, but gradually adapted in the second half of the game. Unfortunately, 9-9 is Yuan Jiannan's serve wheel, she does not have to throw the ball high, instead of using a backhand serve, Ziffy a return ball under the net, an opponent back to the ball to wipe the edge, losing 2 points in a row.
In the second set, Yuan Jiannan stood near the platform and did not retreat from the platform to attack continuously, Ziffy carried it, she gradually adapted to the rhythm of the opponent, scored 6 points in a row, 6-1 lead.
Unfortunately, Qi Fei served to rush the attack, Yuan Jiannan took the serve high, Qi Fei slammed the ball out of bounds, the momentum of good continuous scoring ended, Yuan Jiannan chased 2 points in a row.
The two sides once again entered a multi-beat standoff, Ziffy straight struck, the backhand was not weak, scored consecutive points, 8-3 lead 5 points. Ziffy's state was getting better and better, and he couldn't help but roar.
Yuan Jiannan served the ball off the net and gave it to Ziffy, who held 6 innings 10-4. Although Yuan Jiannan tried to chase points, but fell behind too much, Ziffy pulled back a set 11-7, and the two sides fought 1:1.
Losing three innings in a row at the end of the innings was not a good thing for Ziffy. Although Yuan Jiannan lost this round, she also slowly found a way to score, which was helpful for her next game.
In the third set, Yuan Jiannan constantly changed the serve, one would throw the serve high, the other would serve the backhand, Ziffy was in trouble, the serve was constantly wrong, and Yuan Jiannan made a perfect start 6-1.
Fortunately, Qi Fei stopped the momentum of the opponent's score with a net-wiping luck ball, chasing 3 points in a row, forcing Yuan Jiannan to request a timeout.
At one point, Ziffy chased the score to 6-7, but could not equalize the score, Yuan Jiannan maintained a 9-6 lead, 10-7 won 3 set points.
Ziffy played tenaciously, chasing one point at a time, scoring 4 consecutive points and taking the set point 11-10 reversal. Although 12-11, 13-12 were tied in three consecutive innings, Ziffy finally cashed in at the 4th inning, winning the crucial set at a 15-13 comeback and winning the big score 2:1.
In the fourth set, Qi Fei took advantage of the momentum of the reversal in the previous game to start a strong 6-0 game, and Yuan Jiannan's own mistakes became more.
Of course, the veteran is still very experienced, and did not have a mental breakdown, chasing 3 points in a row, forcing Ziffy to ask for a timeout.
The two sides clapped more, And Qi Fei stared at Yuan Jiannan's backhand position, got a point, and finally survived the whirlpool of losing points. Yuan Jiannan still relies heavily on consecutive attacks from the forehand position to score.
Ziffy holds 5 match points 10-5. After losing 4 match points in a row, Ziffy finally won the final set 11-9 without any danger, winning Yuan Jiannan with a big score of 3:1 and advancing to the women's singles main match, congratulations to her.
Both sides played at a high level and it was a wonderful game. Ziffy, as a rare straight-board player, hopes she can go further. Veteran Yuan Jiannan, in recent times, has played very stable and deserves respect.