2022 WTT Doha Star Challenge
Men's Singles Round 2: Xue Fei vs Dako
Dakob is 23 years old, ranked 11th in the world, and is the No. 3 seed for this competition. Xue Fei is also 23 years old, ranked 140th in the world, and has played from the qualifiers step by step.
Xue Fei 1-1, 5-2, 5-5, 7-5, 8-6, 8-9, 10-9 (round point), 11-9 has no danger to go to the next city.
The two have won and lost against each other on the COSCO stage, but Dako seems to like to receive the serve and swing short, which is not very "appetite" for straight board players?
In the second set, Xue Fei won another set 1-1, 3-1, 6-2, 10-3 (set points), 11-3, and led 2:0.
In the third set, Dako, who had no way back, did not hesitate to get on the hand, and the far-reaching defensive backhand pull could get points; coupled with Xue Fei's own mistakes, Dako took a 6-1 lead.
Xue Fei still seized the opportunity from the first three boards, chased one point at a time, and chased to 5-6, 7-8, forcing Dako to request a timeout.
Xue Fei served and scored, equalizing the score at 8-8. The backhand was very oppressive, scoring 3 points in a row, winning the last set 11-9, winning 3:0 and advancing to the men's singles round of 16.
Xue Fei was the first national table tennis player to appear in the second round of the main competition, and he made a good start for national table tennis.