Thrilling!# 3-2 reversal, the men's singles quarterfinals have been out of the fourth, and the men's singles is 2-1
On the evening of January 3, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT men's finals continued, and the men's singles quarterfinals have been out of the fourth, following Liang Jingkun, Qiu Dang, and Aruna to advance, the national table tennis world No. 1 Olympic champion Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure, 0-1 behind, 3-2 reversal of Slovenia's European champion Darko advanced - the current national table tennis has two wins and one loss, and the teenager Lin Shidong regrettably lost, with joy and worry.
Match Focus
Fan Zhendong is currently the number one main player of the national table tennis men's team and the world's No. 1 master, with very strong strength, so this time he is also regarded by fans as the favorite to win the men's singles championship in the finals, but he also lost several foreign battles last year, and his state fluctuated.
Darko, as for him, is by no means an ordinary person, having defeated Pitchford, Tomokazu Haramoto at the Tokyo Olympics and beating Liang Jingkun in the WTT. Because Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun's technical and tactical styles are very similar, the national table tennis will definitely not dare to be careless, but Fan Zhendong is still relatively stronger after all, so fans are still very optimistic that he can win.
The battle on the field
After the start of the game, Fan Zhendong encountered great difficulties in the first game, made a lot of mistakes, and soon fell into a situation of being beaten passively, coupled with the influence of some balloons, and finally lost a city 7-11, and the state was not very ideal.
At the beginning of the second game, it was still very close, Fan Zhendong fell behind many times, but the middle game was reversed, and after 6 points, he played smoothly, and finally returned the opponent with an 11-7 score, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the third game, Fan Zhendong gradually got better, and won the initiative after the middle game, and soon won 11-7 again, but in the fourth game, he wasted many match points and was reversed, losing 17-19, Wang Hao once called a timeout and did not change, the two sides entered the decisive battle, Fan Zhendong fell behind many times and did not drop the chain, and finally ended the battle with 11-8, refusing to be unpopular: It's not easy, congratulations to him!
summary
Judging from the situation in the first round, Fan Zhendong's state is relatively average and there is a slow heat, but it is good to be able to withstand the pressure and get promoted in the end. As for Liang Jingkun's play against Lin Yunru, he was relatively better, leading 2-0 when he came up, and finally won 3-1, while the teenager Lin Shidong fell behind 0-2 at the beginning of the contest with Qiu Dang, and it was already the limit to catch up to the tiebreaker, and the final 2-3 defeat is worth summarizing.
According to the arrangement, Fan Zhendong will next play against Nigeria's Aruna, who eliminated the fifth seed Hugo (Brazil) 3-2, and Liang Jingkun will compete with Qiu Dang, a German player who defeated Lin Shidong, for a promotion place, let's cheer for the Chinese team together!