On the afternoon of March 15, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Singapore Grand Slam once again staged a China-Japan showdown, Japanese world champion Miyu Hirano appeared again after eliminating the main player Wang Yidi of national table tennis 3-2, and the Chinese team imitated Misei Ito's playing style of raw rubber player Zhang Rui, but Miyu Hirano was reversed with a 1-0 lead, and finally lost 2-3.
Zhang Rui's victory very timely curbed the momentum of Miyu Hirano's state recovery: the World Table Tennis Championships is about to start, if Miyu Hirano reaches the level of winning Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng six years ago, it will pose a major threat to National Table Ping, but this time it won!
Miyu Hirano was once the number one opponent of National Table Ping, won the World Cup women's singles championship in 2016, and won the Asian Championship women's singles gold medal in 2017, especially the Asian Championship was a successive reversal of Ding Ning, sweeping Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng to the top, shocking the table tennis world, but then it was thoroughly studied by us, and it has not defeated the main force of the Chinese team for six years.
However, this Grand Slam tournament Hirano Miyu suddenly broke out, defeated Wang Yidi 3-2, and had the momentum of the return of the king, although Zhang Rui has good strength, but the main task in the team is to imitate Mimato Ito, so everyone is still worried that she can't withstand the pressure collapse.
After the start of the game, Miu Hirano quickly launched, played the ball in a two-sided arc, came up and stunned Zhang Rui, then scored three consecutive points, and then almost hung up to easily win 11-2 - Miu Hirano's forehand has indeed improved a lot in this match, not completely relying on the backhand as before, which is also worth our attention.
In the second game, Zhang Rui started with a 6-2, 8-3 lead, and then won 11-5, Hirano Miyu made a lot of mistakes, and her hand was too open, which affected the connection after the reduction, which also shows that Zhang Rui's fast attack speed advantage has been played.
The third game was crucial for both sides, with many balls retreating to the mid-range platform and still pulling hard, which is rare in women's matches, and Zhang Rui steadied his position at the crucial moment, tied at 8-8, and then reversed 11-8 to successfully force his opponent into a corner.
In the fourth game, Miu Hirano fought back to take the lead again, then dragged the match into a tiebreaker 11-4, and the two sides returned to the same running line. In the fifth game, Zhang Rui came up and scored six consecutive points, and also used up his opponent's suspension power, and then continued to maintain his advantage, and finally sealed the victory 11-5, defeated the Japanese world champion 3-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals first.
It's really good to like Zhang Rui!