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On January 4, Beijing time, the WTT Doha men's finals continued, and in the singles quarterfinals, Liang Jingkun faced the German-Chinese star Qiu Dang. In this game, Liang Jingkun lost to Qiu Dang 2-3 in five games, and was reversed and missed the semifinals.
This is the third meeting between Liang Jingkun and Qiu Dang, and the most impressive one for fans before was the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, when Liang Jingkun and Qiu Dang won 4-3 in 7 games and almost suffered a second-round tour. Now, more than two years later, Liang Jingkun has risen to fourth place in the world, and Qiu Dang has also replaced Bol and Francesca to sit firmly in the main force of the German team and be crowned European champion in 2022. In the first round, Liang Jingkun defeated Lin Yunru 3-1, and Qiu Dang defeated national table tennis player Lin Shidong 3-2.
In the first game, Liang Jingkun started very quickly, and the change in the rhythm of the backhand position caught Qiu Dang off guard and made mistakes one after another. There was basically not much strong confrontation between the two sides, and Liang Jingkun settled the battle on the first three boards, and played a 5-0 dream start as soon as he came up. Qiu Dang took the initiative to change his forehand position to score the first point in the stalemate, but Liang Jingkun was obviously more prepared and always guarded against Qiu Dang's fast forehand split. At the same time, Liang Jingkun had a clear advantage in strength, and his violent rush posed a huge threat to the Qiu Party, and the score gap was getting wider and wider. Soon, Liang Jingkun made a sideways rush and took the next city 11-2.
In the second game, Qiu Dang undermined Liang Jingkun's control by changing his serve, reducing the quality of Liang's return. Liang Jingkun had a problem receiving the serve and fell behind 1-5 in the opening game. In the middle game, Liang Jingkun adapted to the opponent's high throw, broke Qiu Dang's serve 3 times in a row, and chased it to 8-9 to force Qiu Dang's timeout. After the pause, Liang Jingkun saved two game points in a row to 10 draws. After that, the two sides fell into a fierce battle to alternate leads, although Liang Jingkun was close to a reversal, but Qiu Dang's key ball handling was better, and Liang Jingkun was still chased back 12-14.
In the third game, Liang Jingkun regrouped and basically chose to break through from Qiu Dang's forehand. Although Qiu Dang made changes in rhythm and landing points, and sought a breakthrough from Liang's mid-line baseline, it was difficult to penetrate Liang's defense. Liang Jingkun scored consecutive points in the middle game, opened up the difference 8-3, and exceeded again with 11-6.
In the fourth game, Liang Jingkun continued to maintain concentration in the opening stage, took the lead as soon as he came up, and opened up the score difference 7-4 in the middle game. However, Liang Jingkun missed the opportunity to Qiu Dang, and Qiu Dang scored 3 points in a row to tie the game and won the game point 10-8. Liang Jingkun didn't grasp the great opportunity, and was won by Qiu Dang 11-9 and dragged into the deciding game.
In the decisive game, Liang Jingkun was a little nervous, but Qiu Dang quickly launched, Liang Jingkun fell behind 2-5 to exchange venues, and the situation was extremely unfavorable. After the pause, Liang Jingkun almost collapsed, falling behind 2-9. Although Liang Jingkun chased 6-9, he still lost the tiebreaker 6-11 and suffered a 2-3 reversal.
After this game, Liang Jingkun became the second national table tennis player to be out after Lin Shidong. In the game that ended earlier, Fan Zhendong in the 1/4 zone swept Aruna in three straight games, while Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan in the 2/4 zone both passed the first round. In this way, the first half of the national table tennis has been cleared in advance. However, with Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun out one after another, only Wang Chuqin was left in the second half. And Qiu Dang has won the two main forces of national table tennis in a row, becoming an out-and-out dark horse, and this top four place is full of gold.