In the WTT Qatar Doha Men's Finals, the men's singles quarterfinals will be held on January 4, 2024, and national table tennis star Liang Jingkun and German player Qiu Dang will compete for a place in the semifinals. After a wonderful competition, Liang Jingkun originally had a good opportunity but did not seize it, especially when the 7-4 lead in the fourth game was reversed, and coach Wang Hao's face was gloomy. Qiu Dang won with an aggregate score of 3-2, upsetting Liang Jingkun to advance to the semifinals, and will face the winner of Zhang Benzhi and VS Wang Chuqin in the semifinals.
邱党 3-2 梁靖崑【2-11；14-12；6-11；11-9；11-6】
Brief introduction of both parties: Qiu Dang is a Chinese celebrity, 27 years old and the same age as Liang Jingkun, and is currently ranked 13th in the world. Qiu Dang has achieved good results and currently holds the title of international competition, only one less than Liang Jingkun. Liang is currently ranked No. 4 in the world and is also a right-handed cross-handed attacking player.
The road to promotion: Qiu Dang fought with Lin Shidong in the last round for five games, and the ups and downs of his personal performance were relatively large, but he still withstood the pressure in the decisive game and narrowly won 3-2 to get the quarterfinals. Liang Jingkun played well in the first round, beating Chinese Taipei's number one star Lin Yunru 3-1 and advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Venue: Lusail Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Head-to-head record: This is the third singles meeting between the two sides in history, with the first meeting coming at the 2017 Austrian Open, where Liang won 4-1. The second meeting was at the 2021 World Championships in Houston, USA, when Fan Zhendong defeated Qiu Dang 4-3 in a thrilling manner.
Game recap
In the opening game, Liang Jingkun took the lead and seized the opportunity to score first, and then Liang Jingkun pressed strongly and scored consecutive points to take a 5-0 lead. After that, the two sides alternated scores, and Liang Jingkun led to 7-2, and then Liang Jingkun continued to suppress his opponent to win the game point 10-2 and win the first game 11-2.
In the second game, Qiu Dang made a very decisive move, receiving the serve and going straight to the game, scoring consecutive points to take a 5-1 lead, and then Liang Jingkun finally seized the opportunity to serve, chasing two points in a row to 3-5. After that, Qiu Dang seized the opportunity to serve again and rewrote the score to 7-3, and then Liang Jingkun chased with all his might, and went all out to chase 8-9. Then Qiu Dang chose to pause, after the adjustment, Qiu Dang won the game point 10-8, Liang Jingkun was not afraid to chase 2 points to 10 draws, and then Liang Jingkun 12-11 reversed the game point, but did not seize this opportunity, Qiu Dang won 14-12 thrillingly.
The third game was very crucial, the two sides were tied at 3 in a row, and then Liang Jingkun defended the opponent's attack and scored 3 points in a row to lead 6-3 with strong counterpressure. After that, Liang Jingkun continued to suppress the opponent, rewriting the score to an 8-3 lead, and then Qiu Dang returned the ball to recover one point, and took advantage of the situation to grab a backhand to chase 6-9. Then Liang Jingkun scored, won the game point 10-6, and successfully seized the game point opportunity, winning the third game 11-6.
In the fourth game, Qiu Dang scored 2 points in a row to take the lead, and Liang Jingkun chased 2 draws with strong counterpressure, and then Liang Jingkun scored again and directly overtook 3-2. Then Liang Jingkun scored two points in a row to rewrite the score to 5-2, and then Liang Jingkun made a mistake in adjusting the game, and then attacked to suppress the lead to 6-3. After that, Liang Jingkun led to 7-4, but then lost points in a row, and Qiu Dang chased the score to 7 draws. Qiu Dang withstood the pressure and overtook the score 9-8 and won the game point at 10-8, and then Liang Jingkun saved one point, and Qiu Dang won 11-9 to drag the game into the deciding game.
In the tiebreaker, the two sides alternated scores to 2 draws, and Qiu Dang continued to receive serve and directly attacked, thus leading to 4-2, and then Qiu Dang seized the service opportunity to lead to 5-2 to stop the opponent. After the timeout, Liang Jingkun made another series of errors, and Qiu Dang rewrote the score to a 9-2 lead. In the face of the dangerous situation, Liang Jingkun calmed down and chased 4 points in a row, and Qiu Dang finally got the match point at 10-6;