The ping ping world is shocked! The 16-year-old straight board young player eliminated the ninth in the world and advanced to the quarterfinals to challenge the national table tennis!
On July 8, 2023, the Slovenian Open was still in progress, and 16-year-old France's Felix defeated Slovenia's Darko 3-0, and then started a duel with Zhou Qihao.
At this Olympics, France's Lebrun brothers also attracted a lot of attention, Alex was 19 years old and defeated Fan Zhendong and Zhang Benzhihe, Felix was 16 years old and won the singles title in Europe, Alex was 16 years old and defeated Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan, and then lost to Ma Long/Yuan Licen, so it is still more difficult to beat them, so you must find a way to break their rhythm.
Felix's style of play is different from the general style of play, his style of play is very flexible, in the attack is also very flexible, in the attack, his movements are very smooth, and when attacking, has a high hit rate, this point for Chinese table tennis players, very valuable, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan because they can not get used to the fast attack of the Lebrun brothers, so they will lose, the last game, Felix against Daco and entered the final.
Slovenia's Dako, who is also one of the best European table tennis players, defeated Liang Jingkun in the game, because his backhand technique is very good, the speed is also fast, and he also has a certain advantage in the middle and long distance competitions, so Dako also performs very well in the game, rarely surprises, and is often forced into a cornered situation by the opponent, but he is mainly based on the forehand, and the first three boards are not very good.
Darko did not play his best role in key points, losing several innings points, Felix took advantage of the victory and chased and led 14:12, while Dako lost the game at the beginning, and the next battle became more and more difficult, Felix took advantage of the victory and pursued, Dako's three boards did not react, Felix led 11-7 and won again.
In the third game, Felix still maintained the lead, Darko's "timeout" did not play a role, Felix took the advantage with a score of 7:2, and Darko always wanted to catch up, but because the gap was too large by Felix 11:7, and finally Felix defeated Darko 3:0 to enter the quarterfinals, and then met Zhou Qihao, Zhou Qihao defeated Ma Long 3:2, it can be said that his current strength has reached the peak, it is not easy to defeat Ma Long.
Both people used direct serves, and Felix kept a clean sheet of 9 to 8, Zhao Zihao was defeated by Japanese athletes in the qualifiers, and Felix was only 16 years old, the gap between the two was too big, and he could only hope that Chinese table tennis players could find a more suitable development path for their new serves, cultivate more promising young athletes, and don't let their serving style be buried all the time.
