Table tennis WTT Bulgaria is in full swing, and in the men's singles qualifying matchup, a super big dark horse is born! Japan's Yuji Matsuyama, who is only ranked 666th in the world and has never achieved any eye-catching results before, completely broke out, winning three consecutive national table tennis players Gao Yang, Niu Guankai and Cao Wei, and advanced to the men's singles main event.
After the game, Cao Wei's off-field coach waved his hands one after another, feeling very helpless about the disciple's loss: I didn't expect the Japanese team to suddenly emerge such an impactful athlete, it seems that competitive sports are really unpredictable, and we must not despise any opponent!
Born in 1998, Matsuyama is 5 years older than Zhang Benzhihe in terms of age, but his grades are lackluster. I think that Zhang Benzhihe reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 13, and won the men's singles championship of the finals at the age of 15, and Matsuyama Yuji has not broken through the top sixteen in the international regular competition until now, and has repeatedly traveled in one round and stopped the qualifiers.
So when the signing of the national table tennis players in this station competition was released, everyone felt that Matsuyama Yuji was just a "passerby" role, but no one would have expected that we had a total of 12 male singles athletes to participate, and 1/4 of them were lost by this person.
In the first round of the qualifiers, Matsuyama Yuji met the national table tennis player Gao Yang, the two sides fought fiercely, but basically the Japanese players had the upper hand, and then won with a big score of 3-1; In the second round, Matsuyama Yuji and the national table tennis rising star Niu Guankai, who had been pinned high hopes, ended up laughing 3-1 at the end, and then encountered Cao Wei, who was very strong.
After the match began, the two sides played a difficult game in the first set, and Cao Wei came out on top with an 11-9 victory. In the second set, Matsuyama yuji counterattacked successfully, and then won back Ichijo 11-7, but in the third set, he lost 3-11, which forced him into a desperate situation by the national table tennis player.
Faced with an imminent victory, Matsuyama's attack was noticeably more resolute, and he soon won 11-9 in the fourth set, successfully dragging the match into the decider. In the fifth round of the battle, Matsuyama Yuji continuously pulled the ball to break through Cao Wei's defense line, and finally locked up the victory 11-6, eliminated the third national table tennis player, and strongly advanced to the men's singles main tournament, which was really tough!
Although he is not tall, Matsuyama Yuki likes to use the forehand arc ball to attack, which is rare in Japan, and Yukiya Utada is a bit like, so how far can he go next after breaking the three lines of defense of the national table tennis? Let's wait and see what happens next!