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On December 15, Beijing time, the WTT Nagoya Women's Finals continued. In the women's singles quarterfinals, Chen Xingtong faced the Romanian beauty Szokos. In terms of world rankings, Chen Xingtong is ranked 6th and Szokos is 12th. Szokos is not only the new European champion, but also the only homegrown player from Europe among the 16 singles players. In this game, Szokos fought very fiercely, causing a lot of trouble to Chen Xingtong. However, Chen Xingtong still showed the big heart of the world champion, and won 3-2 in five games and advanced to the quarterfinals.
As the year-end finale, the finals are extremely golden, although there are only 16 players participating in the singles, the championship points are as many as 1,500 points, and until the semifinals are four wins in seven games, so to a certain extent, it increases the probability of upsets, which is very attractive for strong players from all walks of life. Chen Xingtong has also not appeared in the tournament for a while, and the world ranking has stagnated for a long time in the sixth position. Szokos is even more well-known to fans for beating Chen Meng twice in a year, and Szokos also beat Chen Xingtong in Macau. Therefore, this is Chen Xingtong's revenge battle.
At the beginning of the first game, the two sides had a strong confrontation on the backhand, and Chen Xingtong was very active in changing the landing point, and was well prepared for Szokos's chopping serve, taking a 5-2 lead. However, Szokos' backhand was extremely high-quality, chasing 3 points in a row to 5 draws. Next, the two sides started a tug-of-war, and Chen Xingtong was tied for many leads, and missed the game point to 10 draws. Then Szokos scored two consecutive points to seek a breakthrough from Chen Xingtong's forehand position, and Chen Xingtong was reversed 10-12 and lost the first game.
In the second game, Chen Xingtong changed his thinking and moved more to Szokos's forehand, and the effect was immediate, leading 5-2 again. But the quality of Szokos's snowboard has not diminished at all, and she would rather make mistakes by herself than be pinched by Chen Xingtong, and chase 5 draws again. Chen Xingtong's return serve control effect is not ideal, and the holding is not advantageous. At the critical moment of 9 draws, Chen Xingtong grasped the serve round and scored two points in a row, and it was difficult to equalize 11-9.
In the third game, Szokos still kept fighting, and Chen Xingtong fell behind 1-4 in the opening game and fell into a headwind. Chen Xingtong chased 3 points in a row to catch up, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle again in the middle game, and Szokos once made a service error. Chen Xingtong called a timeout when he was leading 9-8, and this game was Tianwang Mountain, which was very critical. After the pause, Chen Xingtong successfully predicted Szokos's route and scored two points in a row to overtake 11-8.
In the fourth game, Chen Xingtong was much more comfortable in using tactics, and took a 5-2 lead to stop Szokos. However, Szokos scored many times with a big score behind, and responded with a wave of 6-2 small climax, chasing 8 draws. Chen Xingtong saved the game point, and the two sides fought again to 10 draws. But Szokos grasped the key ball and won 12-10, and the two sides fought to a 2-all draw.
In the deciding game, Chen Xingtong took the initiative and stood on half of the platform with full firepower, leading 5-1 to exchange venues. Under the advantage of the score, Chen Xingtong's quality was even better, and the score difference widened and widened, winning 11-3 smoothly and narrowly winning 3-2.
After Chen Xingtong wins this game, he will usher in the peak civil war of national table tennis with Wang Manyu in the quarterfinals. In the game that ended earlier, Wang Yidi defeated Shen Yubin 3-1, and Wang Manyu swept Yang Xiaoxin 3-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. In the national table tennis civil war, Zhang Rui defeated Qian Tianyi 3-0, and Qian Tianyi, the world's No. 7, suffered a round of tours. In a dialogue between Chinese Americans in foreign associations, Han Ying reversed Zhu Qianxi 3-2 and locked a place in the quarterfinals.