On the afternoon of April 21, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Macao Championship ushered in the second men's singles semifinals competition, the national table tennis world champion Wang Chuqin appeared, and the South Korean world runner-up Zhang Yuzhen, who has repeatedly defeated the main player of the national table tennis and was named by Liu Guoliang, the result was Wang Chuqin fell into a desperate situation after 0-1, 1-2, and finally advanced to the semifinals 3-2, it was really not easy, congratulations to him!
According to the signing, Wang Chuqin's next opponent is the national table tennis archrival, Japan's Zhang Benzhihe: Zhang Benzhihe won China's Lin Shidong, Huang Zhenting and Slovenia's Dako in this competition, so can he break through Wang Chuqin? The suspense remains!
Zhang Yuzhen is a fierce general of the South Korean men's team, doubles has won the runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, singles won Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and other national table tennis world champions main force, forehand strength is quite fierce, backhand also has certain characteristics, hard work on the field, ruthless, tenacious will, is a very difficult opponent.
In the battle with Zhang Yuzhen, Wang Chuqin had to break through from the opponent's backhand, forcing him to pull a high-quality arc ball when he was sideways, and then attack his forehand gap - as a left-handed athlete, Wang Chuqin's backhand large-angle diagonal must play a role.
After the start of the match, Wang Chuqin played a little passive in the first game, and was quickly taken 4 points by the opponent, and then chased the score until the final moment to lose 9-11 - in the first half, Wang Chuqin had too many swings and low-quality twisting, which is the return ball that forehand players like, which can make Zhang Yuzhen very calmly explode sideways.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin's mentality adjusted, first of all, he could not be afraid of the opponent's forehand, and secondly, he had to firmly adjust the tactics of pressing right and left, increasing the threat of backhand twisting, and as a result, he scored 9 points in a row, and then easily won back 11-3 and won heartily.
In the third game, Wang Chuqin's momentum rose significantly, and he took the lead at the beginning, but then made more mistakes, and the 10-8 lead was reversed by the opponent, and the 13-15 defeat was forced into a corner! In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin fought back, and the opening lead was chased to 7-8 and only 1 point away, but this time he did not drop the chain, won 11-8, and the game was dragged into the tiebreaker: exciting!
In the fifth game, the two sides played a final showdown, and Wang Chuqin came up to lead 9-2, but then lost four points on consecutive errors, but in the end, he withstood the pressure and ended the battle 11-7, and advanced to the semifinals without risk, and was about to compete with Zhang Benzhihe.
Congratulations to Wang Chuqin! Expect his semi-final performance to get better and better!