Big upset! The main force of national table tennis lost three times in a row, Fan Zhendong lost to Li Shangzhu 1-3, and the world No. 1 was eliminated
On November 2, 2023, the table tennis WTT Championship Frankfurt station continued, and the main force of national table tennis suffered three consecutive defeats, which was unexpected.
Just before the end of the game, the national table tennis suffered a series of defeats, men's singles Liang Jingkun lost 1-3 to South Korean star Lin Zhongxun, women's singles Chen Meng lost 2-3 to Romanian player Szokos, both fell out of the quarterfinals, the third Fan Zhendong was under greater pressure, the opponent was South Korean star Lee Sang-so, the last round to win Bol shows that the state is good, although Fan Zhendong has obvious advantages, he will not be too lightly defeated.
Fan Zhendong is familiar to everyone, the leader of the young generation of national table tennis, ranked No. 1 in the world, holding 2 World Table Tennis Championships singles championships, with absolute strength, just in this season, Fan Zhendong's performance is undoubted, maintaining a very high winning rate, and the foreign war is even more stable.
The 33-year-old Lee Sang-so has been famous for a long time, currently ranked 27th, the runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships with the best singles result, taking advantage of the absence of national table tennis, he won the Asian Championships once, Lee Sang-so chose to continue to insist as a veteran, and the same batch of Zheng Rongzhi has long retired and transformed into a coach, in fact, affected by injuries, Lee Sang-so's state has been declining, and it is probably only a matter of time before he leaves the arena.
It is worth mentioning that the two have played each other 14 times in the past, and Fan Zhendong won all of them, so Li Shangzhu has no chance at all, and the gap is large and the result is lost suspense, Fan Zhendong is a little out of state in the first game, but Li Shangzhu has the advantage, giving everyone the feeling that the game is a little dull, and his advantages have not been brought into play, Li Shangzhu took the lead with 11-7, and the opponent played extraordinarily, which was a little surprising.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong stabilized his position and played more focused, at the end of the game, Fan Zhendong's 9-4 lead suddenly dropped, Li Shangzhu chased to 7-9, off-court guidance Wang Hao called a timeout, and after coming back, Li Shangzhu chased to 9 draws, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row, and pulled back a game with 11-9, and in the third game, Li Shangzhu led 6-2, Fan Zhendong chased to 4-6, and Zhu Shihe called a timeout, and then Li Shangzhu seized the opportunity to win the game 11-8.
In the fourth game, Li Shangzhu played very tenaciously, and no one was able to open the difference, although Fan Zhendong got the game point 11-10, but failed to seize the opportunity, so that Li Shangzhu scored 3 points in a row, ended the game 13-11, and finally eliminated Fan Zhendong 3-1, this is the first time that Fan Zhendong lost to Li Shangzhu in his career, and the 14-game winning streak was ended.