Lost again! Fan Zhendong lost to Li Shangzhu 1:3, and the 3 main players of national table tennis are out, what's wrong?
In the men's singles 1/8 finals of WTT Frankfurt, world No. 1 Fan Zhendong faced South Korea's Lee Sang-so. Unexpectedly, when Liang Jingkun lost to Lin Zhongxun 1:3 and Chen Meng was eliminated by Szokos 2:3, Fan Zhendong also lost to Lee Sang-so 1:3 and went out in advance. 3 main players of national table tennis were upset one after another, what is going on? Here's a look back at the game:
At the beginning of the game, Lee Sang-so, like his teammate Lim Jong-hoon, played a supernatural backhand. The quality of Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong's counterattacks is at the top level, but the two main players of national table tennis did not take advantage of the South Korean players. Fan Zhendong received the serve too short to control, and after a little high, Lee Sang-so pumped the backhand snowboard violently and directly penetrated Fan Zhendong. The world No. 1 didn't have a chance to play his hard power from behind, and the South Korean put in an incredible performance in the first three boards. 7-11 Fan Zhendong lost the first game. In the second game, Fan Zhendong found the rhythm of the game and pulled back a game 11-9.
However, Lee Sang-so did not hesitate in front of the world No. 1, and played a god-level performance at the beginning of the third game, picking up the serve in the forehand table, and continuously outputting the backhand, Fan Zhendong lost the third game 8-11, and fell behind 1-2. In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong still didn't find a good way to receive the serve, swinging short and high, and couldn't take advantage of the backhand, and the serve was attacked by the opponent, and the whole situation still didn't play an advantage. In the end, Fan Zhendong lost the fourth game at 11:13, thus losing to Lee Sang-so 1:3 and being eliminated from the competition.
The competition for the 1/8 finals of the Frankfurt station is indeed a bit incredible. Lin Zhongxun and Lee Sang-so have all played in extraordinary form, and the national table tennis men's and women's teams have staged 3 defeats in a row, what is the reason for this? Personally, I think there is a difference between losing these three games, Chen Meng's defeat to Szokos is mainly due to excessive psychological pressure, and if Chen Meng can't reach the women's singles final in Frankfurt, she may be surpassed by Wang Manyu in the world ranking next week and lose the world No. 2. In the first game, he was able to beat Szokos 11-4, proving that Chen Meng's strength was far above his opponent.
The psychological pressure was too great, he wanted to win and was afraid of losing, coupled with the fact that he couldn't catch Szokos's serve, he played too conservatively, and his serve was too single, and Chen Meng was upset. Liang Jingkun was eliminated by Lin Zhongxun, mainly because of tactical mistakes, Lin Zhongxun's backhand was better than his forehand, but Liang Jingkun hit the opponent's backhand position from beginning to end, Wang Hao repeatedly emphasized during the pause: "Plug his forehand middle, plug his forehand middle!" "Liang Jingkun is not very good at tactical execution. However, Lim Jong-hoon's performance is really good.
Fan Zhendong's game, mainly because he himself is on the serve, and there are still too few balls that take the initiative to twist out the quality, most of them are handled by swinging short, such a tense game, once the hand is not good, the swing is short and high, and the opponent is given a chance to pass the board. Koreans have indeed studied the main playing style of the national table tennis team more and more carefully. Before the semifinals of the championship match, the best-of-5 system also gave players from other associations a chance to cause an upset.
What do you think of Fan Zhendong losing 1:3 to Lee Sang-so and being eliminated, I feel that the world No. 1 has not yet exerted his strength, and has quickly handed over the game, Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun were upset, where did they lose? Welcome to leave a message and discuss, thank you for reading!