On October 21, 2022, the Table Tennis Macau Championships continued, the first quarterfinals of the men's singles were announced, and the French teenager Alex narrowly defeated the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun 3-2, breaking an unexpected upset, and next against Lin Yunru and Pucar winners.
Liang Jingkun vs. Alex is the first match of today's national table tennis, Liang Jingkun is familiar to everyone, the main player of the national table tennis men's team, ranked 3rd in the world, has won the team world championship twice, narrowly defeated his friend Lin Gaoyuan 3-2 in the first round, Liang Jingkun's veneers are of high quality, good at middle and far platform sparring, but his rhythm change was almost over, losing to Zhuang Zhiyuan, Moregaard and others in this year's competition.
His opponent Alex is not simple, the 19-year-old rising star from France is very talented, has improved quickly during the year, defeating the top players many times, eliminating South Korea's Jang Yujin in the first round, his younger brother straight board teenager Felix because the ranking is too low, did not qualify, even Alex almost missed the game, 30th ranked bottom among the competitors.
Although the quality of Alex's veneer is not as good as Liang Jingkun, his speed is fast, the success rate on stage is high, he especially likes the middle and far platform to pull, take the initiative to change the line when holding on to each other, and suppress the opponent through rapid grabbing, so Liang Jingkun still has to do a good job of himself, must not follow the rhythm of Alex, off-court guidance is Liang Jingkun's head coach Liu Zhiqiang, Alex has the strength of upset.
In the first game, Liang Jingkun obviously did not adapt to the rhythm of the opponent, Alex led 7-4, Liang Jingkun strengthened the quality of the veneer, broke through from the middle of Alex's forehand, Liang Jingkun chased to 9 draws, his own serve round was too conservative, want to win and be afraid of losing and wait for Alex's mistakes, especially the last ball, the opponent was a little careless after retreating, Alex seized the opportunity to take the lead 11-9.
Judging from the performance of the first game, this young player is indeed not simple, he plays very well, in the second game Liang Jingkun found the rhythm, the opponent's comprehensive strength is not too strong, hard fight can only be Alex, Liang Jingkun blasted 11-4 and color, the third game Liang Jingkun 9-8 lead called a timeout, Alex chased to 9 draws, but Liang Jingkun withstood the pressure, scored 2 points in a row to win 11-9, clenched his fists and roared.
In the fourth game, Alex led 9-3, Liang Jingkun scored 3 points in a row, Alex timed in time, he had no off-court guidance, all relying on himself to adjust, Liang Jingkun chased to 10 draws, but still Alex pulled back a game 12-10, the tiebreaker Liang Jingkun once won the match point 10-9, Alex scored 3 points in a row, ended the match 12-10, and finally eliminated Liang Jingkun 3-2, taking the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals of the men's singles.