3-2!#惊险赢球, in2 people advanced + the first defeat came, Wang Hao was mixed
On January 3, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Men's Finals entered the first match day, and the first win of the National Table Tennis New Year was made by Liang Jingkun, but the first defeat of the New Year also came soon, and the teenager Lin Shidong lost to Qiu Dang 2-3 and stopped in the first round of men's singles. Subsequently, Fan Zhendong played in the first round against Slovenian star Dako Joczyk, Fan Zhendong started slowly, but still won 3-2 thrillingly and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In this men's finals, 6 national table tennis players were shortlisted for the top 16 of men's singles, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong. On the first day of the competition, the first round of men's singles competition, 6 national table tennis players appeared in turn, the first victory of the new year was made by Liang Jingkun, facing the strength of Lin Yunru, Liang Jingkun withstood the pressure and won 3-1, taking the lead in advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Subsequently, the teenager Lin Shidong came out to play against the German player Qiu Dang, Lin Shidong was a little tight in the first two games, made more unnecessary mistakes, and failed to play at a normal level, but in the case of a big score of 0-2 behind, Lin Shidong let go and pulled two games in a row to drag the game into the deciding game. In the final tiebreaker, Lin Shidong failed to complete the big reversal, and finally lost to Qiu Dang 2-3, missing the men's singles quarterfinals, and the first defeat of the National Table Tennis New Year came.
In the first two games, the national table tennis won one and lost one, which was also a mixed blessing for head coach Wang Hao. In addition, Wang Hao also ushered in new challenges, at present, Ma Long has entered the end of his career, and may retire after the Paris Olympics, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun are not young, in the long run, national table tennis needs to train young players, and the echelon construction has indeed come to a critical period. The team gave Lin Shidong a lot of opportunities, but his performance was not stable enough, especially the average results in foreign battles, except for Lin Shidong, other young players were temporarily difficult to take the lead, and the echelon construction of the national table tennis men's team really made people sweat.
However, the main players of national table tennis are still very stable, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long are ranked among the top three in the world, and the three are strong and have obvious advantages. Fan Zhendong faced Darko Joczyk in the first round of the men's singles, Fan Zhendong was sick before, giving people the feeling of being thin, he was a little slow after the opening, and there were more unnecessary mistakes, and he lost the first game 7-11. In the second game, Fan Zhendong entered the state after 3-5 and pulled back a game 11-7.
In the third game, the competition between the two was very fierce, Fan Zhendong led 8-6, and Fan Zhendong was more patient in grasping the key points. Fan Zhendong played steadily and won another game 11-7, leading 2-1. In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong started 0-3, and then chased 3 draws, after 6 draws, the two played a wonderful attack, Fan Zhendong scored 1 point, led 7-6, and Darko called a timeout. After that, Fan Zhendong once got the match point at 10-8, but was resolved by Darko, the two did not give in to each other, Fan Zhendong wasted multiple match points, and called a timeout during the period, but lost the game 17-19, and the game entered the deciding game.
It is worth mentioning that at the critical moment at the end of the fourth game, the round ball between the two continued, and the female fans on the scene suddenly shouted, which seriously affected Fan Zhendong's rhythm. In the final tiebreaker, Darko led 5-4 to exchange venues, and in the passive situation of falling behind 5-7, Fan Zhendong scored continuously, withstood the pressure and locked the victory 11-8, and narrowly defeated Darko 3-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals!