Facing an experienced opponent, Weng Hongyang exposed his technical deficiencies, and was reversed by the opponent in two consecutive sets in the case of easily winning 1 set, and suffered a serious setback in his career. Such a defeat is enough to pour cold water on Xiao Weng: at least from the current point of view, he is still far from becoming the new Lin Dan in everyone's mind.
In the final battle of Tang Cup, the opponent of the Chinese team is the Danish team. In the first four matches, the two sides won 2 games each, drawing 2-2. This means that Guo Yu completely put his fate in the hands of Weng Hongyang, who is only 22 years old. In this battle, Xiao Weng faced an opponent of the 36-year-old veteran Vitin Haas, only from the perspective of age, the two sides are separated by two generations, and Xiao Weng can also call the other party an uncle. But the final result proved that ginger is still old and spicy.
In the first set, Weng Hongyang quickly entered the state and opened the score 4-1. After the other side recovered 1 point, Weng Hongyang used a strong killing ball to score 5 consecutive points, 9 to 2. With the opponent's misstep, Xiao Weng entered the interval 11-7. After the interval, Weng Hongyang scored consecutive surprise points, once again widening the score, 14-7. After shooting more attacks, Xiao Weng suddenly picked a diagonal hand, 17-11. In the final stage, Xiao Weng relaxed and was chased by his opponent for consecutive points. But he ended up winning the set 21-16 with ease.
For Xiao Weng's performance in this round, the commentary said: The opponent basically follows the rhythm of Weng Hongyang. And the commentator Bao Chunlai said: Weng Hongyang played with ease.
In the second set, Weng Hongyang scored first again, and then extended the score to 3-1. However, affected by the downwind, Xiao Weng then made consecutive mistakes, and was overtaken by the other side in one fell swoop, falling behind 7-11 into the interval. After the interval, Xiao Weng did not shoot the ball in place, coupled with the mistake of serving, and was pulled apart by the opponent, 7-14. At the critical moment, Xiao Weng suddenly exerted his strength and chased 4 points in a row.
Witnessing the passive situation on the field, the commentator said that Xiao Weng should raise the speed, after all, the two sides are 2 generations apart and have a physical advantage. At the end of the innings, Xiao Weng was taken to the set point by the opponent first due to continuous errors, 17-20. After one more shot, the ball was not in place, and the opponent scored the last point, 21-19, and the big score was 1-1.
At the beginning of the decider, the opponent still used the multi-shot to entangle with Xiao Weng, and the score of the two fell into anxiety. Subsequently, Xiao Weng was pulled away by the other side by 4 consecutive points due to too many mistakes. But Xiao Weng quickly adjusted, chasing 4 points in a row to chase the score to 8 draws. At key moments, Xiao Weng made consecutive mistakes. Bao Chunlai was also anxious, pointing out that his return ball was a bit too casual. 9-11, Xiao Weng once again fell behind into a break.
For Xiao Weng's performance in this round, Bao Chunlai said: He should attack in the move and consume the opponent's physical strength, because the opponent's attack is actually not too much of a threat. After changing sides, Xiao Weng struggled to chase points. But the other side played very tenaciously, continuously taking advantage of Xiao Weng's mistakes to score points, and maintained the lead.
In the final stage of the inning, Xiao Weng fought hard to chase the score to 18 draws. But in the last moment, Xiao Weng made consecutive mistakes again, and was scored 3 points by his opponent. 18-21, Xiao Weng suffered an opponent's kill. After winning the match, the opponent roared wildly to celebrate the hard-won victory. Xiao Weng's defeat also made the Chinese team eventually lose 2-3 to Denmark and had to enter the knockout round as the second place in the group. In the next round of the quarterfinals, The national feathers had to encounter the defending champions and the powerful Indonesian team, and the prospects for promotion were not optimistic.