On June 8, 2022, the table tennis junior challenge continued in the Czech Republic, the national table tennis coaching team sent 13 young players to compete for the championship of four events, the U17 men's singles produced the first crown, 16-year-old rising star Chen Yuanyu lost the cold, lost three consecutive sets to romanian player Movillenu, the Romanian team three people reached the men's singles final four, consecutive victories over the national table tennis players and Japanese players, becoming the final winner.
The youth competition is different from the adult group, there are strict restrictions on the age of the participants, the national table tennis only Chen Yuanyu, Huang Youzheng, Wang Tingyu, Qin Yuxuan, Zhonggeman five people meet the standard, at the same time registered U17 and U19 two events, U17 men's singles ended at the earliest, Wang Tingyu lost to the Hungarian player, Huang Youzheng lost to the Romanian player, only Chen Yuanyu eliminated the Japanese player to advance to the final four.
The Romanian team three advanced to the final four, Girita defeated the national table tennis teenager Huang Youzheng, Movillenu eliminated France's Cotton, Istalat narrowly defeated Japan's rising star Matsushima Huikong, in the semi-final Chen Yuanyu won three consecutive sets 13-11, 11-9, 11-9, and finally eliminated Girita 3-0 to advance, Movillenu defeated teammate Istalat 3-1, blasted three 11-7, and then fought Chen Yuanyu to compete for the men's singles title.
Chen Yuanyu is a young player trained by the national table tennis key, last year's World Youth Championships with Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong, Zeng Beixun teamed up, won the men's team championship, the recent is also to get more opportunities, go out to participate in the competition for training, Chen Yuanyu veneer quality is good, with a certain ability to hold, but his foreign combat experience is indeed too little, the state is prone to ups and downs, which is also a common problem among young players.
In the group stage, Chen Yuanyu took Movillenu 3-0 lightly, the two won the first and second places in the group to advance to the knockout round, chen Yuanyu led many times in the first set and was equalized, Movillenu scored 4 points in a row 8-10 behind, taking the lead at 12-10, Chen Yuanyu took the lead again in the second set, Movillenu made a strong start, trailed by three points to 9 draws, and scored 2 consecutive points through the change of serve, and won another set at 11-9.
In the third set, Chen Yuanyu still drove high and low, the lead of 3 points suddenly dropped, Movillenu chased to 8 draws, and finally ended the game 11-9, Movillenu defeated Chen Yuanyu 3-0, won the U17 men's singles championship, which is also the first crown of this tournament, the Romanian team's young generation has a strong impact, the three advanced to the men's singles final four, Movillenu sealed Chen Yuanyu won the championship, indicating that the progress of the foreign association is indeed very fast.
Although the two men played chen Yuanyu easily before, but came to the final to play the lack of stability, mentality was affected to a certain extent, the grasp of key points is much worse, the national table tennis young players lack of experience and easy to suffer losses, it is imperative to give them more practical opportunities.