Wang Chuqin defeated Tomokazu Zhang 3-0 and faced Germany's Qiu Dang in the WTT semifinals

Facing Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Wang Chuqin did not give his opponent too many opportunities.

On the evening of January 4, the quarterfinals of the WTT men's singles finals were played in Doha, Qatar, and Wang Chuqin defeated his opponent 3-0 in the focus match with Tomokazu Zhang to advance to the semifinals.

However, the six-player national table tennis team did not complete the semi-finals - German player Qiu Dang defeated Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun successively, successfully completed the breakthrough in the 3/4 zone, and became the only foreign player in the semi-finals of the WTT finals.

Wang Chuqin in the game.

Three rounds of sweeping, crisp and neat

The match against Tomokazu Zhang was not Wang Chuqin's debut today.

Two hours before the match, he partnered Fan Zhendong to beat Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting/Ho Kwan Kit 3-1 in the Men's Doubles quarter-finals.

Compared with Wang Chuqin's one-day doubles match, Tomokazu Zhang put all his energy on the singles court - in the previous qualifying match, Tomokazu Zhang and Ocharov fought five games, and finally completed the reversal 3-2 and advanced thrillingly.

Wang Chuqin did not face too many obstacles in the first round of singles - Wang Chuqin, who met Felix Lebrun for the first time in the singles field, quickly took the initiative after a 1-1 draw and finally won the "encounter" 3-1.

Wang Chuqin celebrates the victory.

After the game, Wang Chuqin was also looking forward to the quarterfinals conversation with Zhang Benzhihe: "Zhang Ben is also an old opponent, his recent form has rebounded, it will definitely be difficult, but he has reached the quarterfinals, and he still has to enjoy the game later." ”

But as soon as he came to the game, Wang Chuqin did not give his opponent any chance, and won three games in a row and swept the opponent.

Even though the scores of the two sides were very close, Wang Chuqin always had the advantage - defeating Tomokazu Zhang 12-10, 11-8 and 11-6 to enter the men's singles semi-finals neatly.

Tomokazu Zhangmoto.

邱党突围，国乒无缘包揽四强

It's a pity that the 6-person national table tennis team did not complete the semi-finals of the WTT Finals.

In the 3/4 division, Qiu Dang, who had just eliminated Lin Shidong 3-2 a day ago, defeated Liang Jingkun again with a score of 3-2 and successfully locked the semi-finals.

In both games, Qiu Dang won quite dramatically - against Lin Shidong, Qiu Dang first led 2-0, and then Lin Shidong scored two consecutive games to drag the game into the deciding game, and Qiu Dang played better in the deciding game, ending the game 11-8.

After the game, Qiu Dang said: "In the fifth game, I can only fight - I told myself that if I lose, I will lose, but I must not be soft." ”

Perhaps it was this mentality of fighting for the sake of Qiu Dang's reversal against Liang Jingkun the next day.

In the first game, Liang Jingkun won 11-2 very easily, but then Qiu Dang's performance at the critical moment was even better, and he narrowly won the second game 14-12.

Even though Liang Jingkun won the third game 11-6, the momentum came to Qiu Dang, who took the game point 10-8 after falling behind in the opening game and equalized again at 11-9.

Qiu Dang.

When it came to the decider, Liang Jingkun was obviously more conservative than Qiu Dang, and finally lost the game 6-11, and Qiu Dang also became the only player to defeat the national table tennis in the WTT finals.

After the match, Qiu Dang said: "Winning the second game is the key to a reversal, and if you fall behind 0-2, it will be very difficult. In the face of Chinese players, you must use a calm mind to play well. ”

In the other half of the district, the national table tennis ushered in the only civil war - in the end, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Ma Long 3-2 and advanced to the semifinals. This is the eighth meeting between Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan on the international stage, and it is also the first time that Lin Gaoyuan has won.

Fan Zhendong was quite consistent, sweeping Aruna 3-0 to seal the semi-finals - but Fan Zhendong won more thrilling than against Aruna against Slovenia's Darko Joczyk.

In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong once held two match points 10-8. But at this time, the audience's untimely cheering disrupted Fan Zhendong's rhythm, and he also lost the game 17-19.

"When it came to the critical moment, there was a sudden shout, which was still very affected and completely disrupted the rhythm. After the game, Fan Zhendong was quite serious, "At a critical time, I still hope to let the athletes dominate the game, whether it is the rhythm or atmosphere on the field, I hope to return the game to the athletes." ”