1 round of national table tennis main tour! Wang Chuqin was upset 2-3 and missed the round of 16, and Lin Gaoyuan welcomed the opportunity to win the championship

In the first round of the men's singles of the 2023 WTT Taiyuan Regular Challenge, the national table tennis ushered in a civil war, world champion Wang Chuqin against Xu Yingbin, originally thought that there was no suspense in this game, but surprisingly, Wang Chuqin fought hard for 5 games, and finally won 2-3 and suffered a round of tours.

Since Fan Zhendong and Ma Long did not participate in this competition, Wang Chuqin directly became the biggest favorite to win the championship in this competition, facing Xu Yingbin in the first round, whether it is from the world ranking, or from the previous records of the two, Wang Chuqin occupies a very big advantage, and Wang Chuqin's recent state is relatively good, so before the game, the outside world generally believes that Wang Chuqin can easily advance. However, after the start of the game, Wang Chuqin was obviously not in the state, in the first game, Xu Yingbin took the lead, starting with 5-1, and then expanded the score to 9-3, Wang Chuqin launched a counterattack in a very passive situation, and once chased the score to 9-10, at this time Xu Yingbin called a timeout, the game restarted, Xu Yingbin directly attacked and won a game 11-9. In the second game, Xu Yingbin continued to occupy the initiative and led 5-2, on the other hand, Wang Chuqin was a little anxious and made some mistakes, although Wang Chuqin chased the score to a 9-9 draw at the end of the game, but then Xu Yingbin scored 2 points in a row, won another game 11-9, and led the total score 2-0, pushing Wang Chuqin into a desperate situation.

In the third game, Wang Chuqin finally found his touch, launched a fierce attack as soon as he came up, and maintained the lead throughout the whole game, Xu Yingbin was suddenly disconnected, and Wang Chuqin quickly pulled back a game with 11-2. In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin took advantage of the situation to chase and take the lead 4-1, after which Wang Chuqin continued to strengthen the offensive and expanded the score to 7-3, at the end of the game, Xu Yingbin made frequent mistakes, Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity to score another 4 points, and pulled another game at 11-3. In the decisive game, Xu Yingbin suddenly regained his touch, and scored 3 points in a row, Wang Chuqin was forced to call a timeout, and the game restarted, Xu Yingbin became more and more courageous, and soon expanded the score to 6-2, although Wang Chuqin played very tenacious, and narrowed the score difference at the end of the game, but Xu Yingbin still locked the victory with 11-8, thus winning with a total score of 3-2, and eliminated the world's No. 2 Wang Chuqin.

Although Wang Chuqin's tragic round of travel will be surprising, but it is also understandable, after all, the main force of national table tennis has been rotating continuously during this time, Wang Chuqin's competition task is also relatively heavy, WTT Frankfurt Championship just ended, and immediately took the opportunity to return to China to compete, you must know that in this case, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng have chosen to retire successively, only Wang Chuqin is still insisting, but judging from the game situation, Wang Chuqin really needs to take a break, and Wang Chuqin is out, The other two main forces of national table tennis, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, undoubtedly ushered in a good opportunity to win the championship. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.