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Table tennis star Pitchford a round tour! He defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin, and was named by Liu Guoliang to watch out

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Table tennis star Pitchford a round tour! He defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin, and was named by Liu Guoliang to watch out

On October 19, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT championship ushered in a peak showdown between foreign association masters, Swedish rising star, Xinke World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregaard appeared, and the British star Pitchford, who was once named and guarded by Liu Guoliang, competed, and Swedish head coach and seven-time world champion Persson served as off-court guidance.

The two sides fought very fiercely, Pitchford 1-0 lead was reversed by the other side 2-1, chased to the tiebreaker after the lead was turned over again, and finally 2-3 defeat was eliminated, "one round of travel" stopped in the men's singles round of thirty-two, losing a little pity!

Table tennis star Pitchford a round tour! He defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin, and was named by Liu Guoliang to watch out

Moregaard and Pitchford are both strong rivals of the Chinese table tennis team, the former was born in 2002 and is only 20 years old now, but he is already the men's singles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, and also defeated Liang Jingkun, the main force of the national table tennis world champion, in July this year; Although Pitchford's results in the competition are average, he is a rare foreign association athlete who has won Ma Long and Xu Xin at the same time.

In 2018, when Liu Guoliang was the president of the Table Tennis Association, he mentioned the threat of Pitchford by name, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics National Table Tennis even included him in the ranks of the "first group" opponents of the men's singles, which shows that everyone attaches importance to him.

Table tennis star Pitchford a round tour! He defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin, and was named by Liu Guoliang to watch out

Sure enough, as the match began, Pitchford used his powerful backhand arc to firmly suppress Moregaard, making his varied tactics and powerful forehand threat from the near platform unplayed, and then won 11-3. However, in the second game, Moregaard quickly found a way to fight back, forcing Pitchford to make a mistake and win back 11-8.

From the first two games, it is clear that Pitchford needs to be in very good shape, and Moregaard belongs to the athletes who can take the initiative to create their own opportunities: it is a collision of passion and tactics, which is addictive to watch!

Table tennis star Pitchford a round tour! He defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin, and was named by Liu Guoliang to watch out

In the third game, Moregaard made another force, and the result was to return an 11-3 score, Pitchford's offensive rhythm was disrupted, showing a tendency to collapse, but in the fourth game, he once again showed a very strong backhand strength, and the two sides fell into a battle again, and the result was that Pitchford won 11-7, which is really a "nerve knife"!

In the fifth game, neither side had a way back but to survive, and both sides had taken the lead, only for Pitchford to collapse 7-11 in the final minute, and Moregaard won a thrilling victory to advance to the men's singles round of 16.

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