National table tennis junior Zhang Rui
Beijing time on March 15, table tennis WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles 1/8 final began, national table tennis junior Zhang Rui against Japan's Miyu Hirano, when the two are different in terms of overall strength, there is still a certain gap, but Miyu Hirano still has much more experience than Zhang Rui, is Zhang Rui still expected to advance to the women's singles top 4?
Miu Hirano
Second game: Zhang Rui lost 2-11 in the first game, immediately made a mental adjustment, the opening tactics were very clear and firm, 4-0 lead, Hirano Miyu then also made adjustments The score came to 5-2, Zhang Rui continued to control the rhythm of the game, continuously holding the middle of the score, the more resolute the 9-4, and then hesitated to receive the serve and lost a goal, the overall game was very clear, the tactics were very clear 11-5 to win the second game.
In the third game, the two kept holding each other, the score was 3-3, and Miyu Hirano also played his experience in the tournament, scoring 3 points in a row, Zhang Rui relied on his forehand to chase 5-7, at this time Hirano seemed to be a little anxious, Zhang Rui's serve was relatively slow, the referee warned many times, had to be really a little ruined Hirano's mentality, the forehand continued to threaten the 8-8 draw, casually Miyu Hirano lost three goals in a row, 11-8 Zhang Rui reversed in the next city.
In the fourth game, Zhang Rui's forehand continued to attack, Hirano's mentality was a little broken, the two sides drew 3-3, at this time Zhang Rui had a long backhand, lost 2 points in a row, and then the forehand lost the score to 4-8, 4 consecutive serves did not score, played not detailed enough, and finally Miyu Hirano won the fourth game 11-4.
Zhang Rui post-match interview
Tiebreaker, nervous to suffocate, Zhang Rui pulled a landing point to score a point first, and then opened a forehand in two points directly 3-0, playing a pause Miyu Hirano, great, after the timeout, Zhang Rui continued to firm his tactics to play 6-0, Miyu Hirano adjusted his state to chase two points in a row, Zhang Rui continued to give a backhand 8-2, Zhang Rui received the serve and made more mistakes, but his own serve round was still very good, never expected, Zhang Rui narrowly defeated Miyu Hirano 3-2 to advance to the women's singles round of 4, today's performance is fantastic! Hopefully, the youngster can go further.