On March 28, 2022, the table tennis Doha Star Tournament entered a white-hot stage, the national table tennis women's singles only Zhang Rui was left, facing the German star Solja, Zhang Rui lost the first set, blasted out two 11-3 consecutive three sets, and finally reversed Solja 3-1 to advance to the women's singles round of 16.
Zhang Rui is 25 years old, ranked 75th in the world, in the team she has long imitated ito Mimachi's playing style, as the cultivation of the main players, praised by the coaching team as a behind-the-scenes hero, this time out to participate in the game, Zhang Rui's performance is more stable, especially to the foreign war, twice defeated Zhang Benmeihe, in the Doha Challenge, Zhang Rui lost to teammate Fan Siqi, won the women's singles runner-up, by more fans attention.
The opponent is the German famous Solja, 28 years old world ranking 19th, once with the team to win the Olympic women's team silver medal, the competition experience is very rich, with a certain personal ability, but in recent years Solja's achievements are average, singles are often focused on participation, the first round was eliminated, Solja has played with the national table tennis players many times, so the coaching staff is more familiar with her technical and tactical characteristics.
It is worth mentioning that the national table tennis women's singles only Zhang Rui himself, Liu Weishan, Qian Tianyi, Fan Siqi, Qi Fei, Shi Xunyao, Zhong Geman, Chen Yi, Qin Yuxuan, Yang Huijing, Zhu Sibing 10 people have been eliminated, non-main players want to win the championship in high-level events, it is indeed very difficult, the star game is different from the regular challenge, the championship reward is 600 points, most of the famous players of foreign associations have participated.
In the first set, both sides scored 4 points each, Sorja scored 2 points to lead 6-4, Zhang Rui did not adapt to Sorja's serve, the score alternately rose, Zhang Rui trailed behind to 8 draws, Sorja scored 3 consecutive points, played 11-8 to take the lead, Sorja was in good shape, Zhang Rui fell into a bitter battle.
Zhang Rui is under a lot of pressure, because the national table tennis women's team is only herself, it is inevitable that there will be some fluctuations, and Sol Jiala ball out of bounds many times, the second set Zhang Rui stabilized the position, improved the quality of the snowboard, took a 4-2 lead, and then Zhang Rui played momentum, scored 6 points in a row of 10-2 to get the innings, followed by 11-3 also in color, Zhang Rui's comprehensive strength is relatively stronger, through continuous backhand attack, grasp the initiative.
In the third set, Zhang Rui stepped up his offensive attack and took a 6-3 lead, then Zhang Rui scored 5 consecutive points, blasted out 11-3 to win another set, and in the fourth set, Solja fought backwaters, Zhang Rui made unnecessary mistakes, Solja took a 4-1 lead, Zhang Rui scored 2 points in a row, and Sorja called a timeout adjustment.
After returning, the score alternately rose, Zhang Rui withstood the pressure, continuously resolved multiple innings, chased 12 draws to score 2 points in a row, ended the game with 14-12, and finally Zhang Rui reversed Solja 3-1 and advanced to the women's singles round of 16, let us look forward to her next performance, come on!