On the evening of January 9th, Beijing time, the only athlete in the national table tennis to participate in the qualifying tournament and the new star of the post-00 generation Yuan Licen appeared again, facing Chinese Taipei player in the men's singles event, Yang Ziyi, who is ranked only 139 in the world, but Yuan Licen was almost upset, and he was forced into a desperate situation after falling behind 0-2, but then won 3 games in a row, and only won 2 points in the deciding game.
Through this match, we can also see that the competition in table tennis is indeed very fierce, and seemingly inconspicuous opponents also have a strong impact, so we must not underestimate any athlete!
Match Focus
Yuan Licen is the latest men's doubles champion in the table tennis finals, although his men's singles ranking is not low (49th in the world), but because there are too many famous players participating in this star competition, he did not get a place in the main draw.
Yang Ziyi, who played against Yuan Licen, is a non-main force of the Chinese Taipei team, with an average level, and reached the men's singles quarterfinals in the Chengdu Universiade last year, and the difficulty of the Universiade is actually not as good as the star game, so it is generally believed that it is difficult for him to pose too much threat to Yuan Licen, and it is unlikely that this battle will cause an upset.
The process of the game
After the start of the first game, Yuan Licen fell into passivity in the first game, and when everyone was in close proximity, Yang Ziyi entered the state relatively quickly, showed more experience, and then won the first place 11-7.
In the second game, Yuan Licen played very passively, compared with Yang Ziyi, he retreated more times, and he was unstable in the near station, so the speed fell behind; In the end, Yang Ziyi won 11-8 again, and Yuan Licen was forced into a desperate situation.
In the third game, Yuan Licen fought against the water, and finally took the lead, and his shot was more decisive than before, and his speed was significantly improved, and the result was that the opponent only scored 3 points to end the battle. In the fourth game, Yuan Licen fell into passivity again, and had to call a timeout to adjust in the face of backwardness, after all, if he loses again, he will be eliminated.
After returning to the court, Yuan Licen successfully reversed and dragged the game into the deciding game 10-8, and then Yuan Licen once led and was tied and wasted 1 match point, but in the end it ended the battle 11-9, and it was not easy to win without danger.
I would like to congratulate Yuan Licen! I also hope to sum up seriously and strive for a more brilliant performance next time!