On the evening of March 26, Beijing time, the famous player of the national table tennis men's team and the only world champion to participate in the competition, Yu Ziyang, was eliminated: after 5 rounds of hard fighting, he lost 2-3 to teammate Liu Dingshuo (the runner-up of the men's singles at the National Games), regrettably stopping the third round of the qualification round and the last level of the promotion to the main tournament.
Thinking about how spirited Yu Ziyang was 4 years ago, he had pushed Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and others to be selected for the World Cup men's team list, but now he has been repeatedly defeated, and many people can't help but wonder: Does he still have a chance to return to the main team?
Born in 1998, Yu Ziyang was the youngest men's singles champion in the history of world table tennis, defeating Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa at the age of 16 to reach the top (later the record was broken by Zhang Benzhihe), and at the age of 20, he stood out among the young players in the national table tennis team, won the World Cup team competition, and then won the championship title.
However, the young and famous Yu Ziyang did not seize the opportunity, the results soon plummeted, on the contrary, Liu Dingshuo, who is slightly older than him, has risen rapidly in recent years, and last year's National Games won Consecutive Victories Xu Xin and Wang Chuqin won the men's singles runner-up, so although Liu Dingshuo did not have a world championship title, everyone was still more optimistic about his victory over Yu Ziyang.
After the game began, Liu Dingshuo took the lead, using his very strong forehand offensive ability to impact Yu Ziyang's defense line, forcing the opponent to use the left-handed line advantage in the near stage to win the ball, and then took the lead 11-5. In the second set, the two played hard to score, Yu Ziyang won 12-10, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
The situation in the third set was also very sticky, and soon it was a 2-point decisive moment, and the result was that Liu Dingshuo played more steadily this time, and at the same time forced Ziyang into a desperate situation while winning 11-9.
In the face of difficulties, Yu Ziyang did not give up lightly, and then won 11-6 in the fourth set with a relatively large advantage, successfully dragging the game into the decider. However, in the fifth set, Liu Dingshuo's offensive quality was significantly higher, and Yu Ziyang's mistakes appeared to be a bit more, and as a result, he was reversed in the second half of the once leading game, and finally lost the whole game 8-11, and did not qualify for the main stage.
In this month's Doha side game and star competition, Yu Ziyang's performance is very poor, losing to teammate Xu Yingbin, Chinese Taipei's Huang Yancheng, and now losing to Liu Dingshuo, it seems that it is really necessary to cheer up! So is it optimistic that he will rise again? Feel free to leave a message to talk about your impressions of this athlete!