Singapore Grand Slam mixed doubles 1/16 final, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu against Asar/Meshefu, this is also the international debut of Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu combination mixed doubles competition, before Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu in the Bande World Table Tennis Championships direct match, the effect is actually not ideal.
In the end, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu defeated Assar/Meshev 3-1 to win the first mixed doubles match of the Singapore Grand Slam, and after losing the first set, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu won three consecutive sets to defeat Asal/Meshev to advance to the next round.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu started with a 6-3 lead, but did not fully enter the best condition, and the opponent cooperated tacitly and fought fiercely, and the score was quickly tied by the opponent, and the tacit understanding between Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu was obviously not as good as the opponent.
Asar/Meshefu and Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu tied at the end of the game, and after a 13-13 draw, they worked better together, and in the final game Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu lost the first set 13-15, trailing 1-0.
After the start of the second game, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu started unfavorably, and the opening score was 3-7 behind, but Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu did not give up, chasing point by point, although at the end of the game, the opponent took the first to get the set point 10-9, but the opponent 10-9 took the first to get the set point, but Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu scored three points in a row and won the game with a 12-10 reversal.
Winning the second game when trailing, and finally reversed the game when the score was behind, this game was actually a turning point in the whole game, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu gradually regained their form, and finally won the whole game.
In the third game, both sides played in a relatively good state, the score alternately led, Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu relied more on individual ability to score, after the end of the game between the two sides to tie, Fan Zhendong Wang Manyu scored three consecutive points to win the third game 11-8.
In the crucial fourth game, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu started relatively smoothly, but the Egyptian combination tenaciously chased the score and kept fighting, and gradually chased the score to 4-5, when there was an unexpected situation in the arena, and Fan Zhendong could only apply for medical suspension because of his back discomfort.
This made many fans not only worried, but Fan Zhendong, who applied for medical suspension because of his back discomfort, returned to the field after receiving medical treatment, and his sideways attack was limited, and he was tied by his opponent.
But with the hard power of Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu After an 8-8 draw at the end of the game, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu scored three consecutive points to win the fourth game, which also took away the victory of the whole game, and made its international debut to get off to a good start.
After the match interview Fan Zhendong said that it was the first time to match mixed doubles with Wang Manyu, the two right-handed players needed more running, so there would be some discomfort, after medical treatment, continue to play, Wang Manyu said that the first two games encountered some difficulties, but it was still very helpful to the game, and through the match to run-in, thereby increasing the tacit understanding of the two people.
It can be seen that Fan Zhendong's back injury is still a problem, especially when running in a wide range, the impact is relatively large, so although the mixed doubles combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu won the international debut, the fans were skeptical and opposed after the game.
More people are worried that the mixed doubles competition will affect Fan Zhendong's health, thinking that the combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu in this match is not suitable, and even some people think that this double-right combination is "anti-human", in fact, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is anti-human, the double-right combination is not nothing, but it has no advantage over the combination of one left and one right.
After winning the first round, Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu will next face the Romanian pair Ionescu/Szokos in the next round, the Romanian mixed doubles pair has been paired for a long time, relatively tacit understanding, I hope Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu will continue to fight hard to win.