2022 National Table Tennis Championships, men's singles 1/4 final: Fan Zhendong VS Yu Ziyang! Fan Zhendong was superior and defeated Yu Ziyang 3-1 to advance to the final four. Liu Guoliang also came to the scene to watch the battle, whoever wins, as long as the game is wonderful, he will send applause.
As the world's No. 1, Fan Zhendong, although he has lost one after another recently, his strength is still undoubted, and the pace of entering the game is very fast, with a fantastic start of 5-0. Of course, Yu Ziyang will not stop at this, and then launch a fierce counterattack, chasing the point difference to one point at 5-6. Fan Zhendong did not panic, but still strengthened the impact of the first three boards at his own pace, and scored three points in a row to pull away again. Fan Zhendong went out of bounds with a forehand, Yu Ziyang missed the ball, Fan Zhendong scored with a backhand, and went down 11-6.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong still showed dominance at the beginning, very familiar with Yu Ziyang's ball path, forehand and backhand bow, extreme pulling, luck is also on his side, continuous edge ball, rolling tennis, 6-0 is greater than the advantage of the previous game. Yu Ziyang's mentality collapsed, and he made a forehand mistake, 0-7! Fan Zhendong made a mistake on the short ball, missed a backhand, and lost two points in a row, 8-2. Fan Zhendong scored and sent back the backhand, 9-3. Fan Zhendongxiang held the ball against Yu Ziyang, 10-4. Fan Zhendong conceded 2 points conservatively, and Yu Ziyang failed to turn over with a mistake, 11-6.
In the third game, Fan Zhendong fell into a passive position in front and did not gain a big advantage, and Yu Ziyang obviously gave it a go, 1-3. Fan Zhendong made a direct mistake on his serve, and he was a little anxious, 2-4. If it didn't go well, even luck ran away, Yu Ziyang rolled tennis, and Fan Zhendong trailed 3-5. Fan Zhendong's serve round, resisting the pressure, continued forehand pumping, stopping Yu Ziyang 5-6. Fan Zhendong continued to score, and the extreme save was really powerful, tying 7-7. Fan Zhendong made a backhand error, then returned to the court with a backhand, and the forehand burst the line, 9-8. The key ball Fan Zhendong did not take, 9-9. Fan Zhendong defended successfully and won the match point 10-9. Fan Zhendong missed the serve, 10-10. Fan Zhendong was caught by Yu Ziyang and was overturned, and he was swept 10-12.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong's defense was very successful, Yu Ziyang did not seize the opportunity and missed the scoring goal, but the latter's first three boards were fierce and could bite the score. Fan Zhendong scored with a forehand and grabbed the ball to make it 4-2. Fan Zhendong put a short ball and broke the forehand, 6-2. Fan Zhendong's momentum rose and was unstoppable. Fan Zhendong backhand crossing, 8-3. Yu Ziyang had no momentum, there was no hope of chasing points, Fan Zhendong was very smooth, winning 11-3.