In the early morning of January 12, Beijing time, on the evening of January 11, local time in Doha, Qatar, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Challenge continued, and the singles will determine the top 16 places and the doubles will determine the finals.
On this day, there is a women's singles 1/16 final, which has attracted the attention of many fans, by the 19-year-old rising star of national table tennis Kuo Man against the 60-year-old Luxembourg Chinese player Ni Xialian, this grandfather and grandson duel across the age of 41 is quite rare in any sports competition.
Ni Xialian was the world champion of national table tennis, in 1983, in the 37th Tokyo World Table Tennis Championships, Ni Xialian won the women's team championship with the national table tennis women's team, and at the same time partnered Guo Yuehua won the mixed doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships, and Ni Xialian was only 20 years old at the time.
And Ni Xialian has a dream in her heart, that is, to stand on the Olympic stage, but in 1988, when the table tennis event entered the Olympics for the first time, Ni Xialian did not qualify for the Olympic Games in the national table tennis team, and she chose to go abroad with some discouragement.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 37-year-old Ni Xialian represented Luxembourg and stood on the Olympic stage, finally fulfilling her dream, but in his heart, he still left a deep regret that he did not represent China.
In 2008, 45-year-old Ni Xialian stood on the stage of the Beijing Olympic Games, her heart was both excited and a little sad. Until the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Ni Xialian stood on the stage of the Olympic Games for the fifth time, of which she only missed the 2004 Athens Olympics, and I have to say that Ni Xialian created a miracle.
Ni Xialian, who is over sixty years old now, still plans to participate in this year's Paris Olympics, and her love for table tennis is really admired by everyone! The following brings the details of the match between Ni Xialian and the national table tennis player Kuo Man.
In the first game, Ni Xialian took the lead 4-1, and after Kuo Man recovered 1 point, Ni Xialian scored 7 points in a row, taking the lead with a disparity of 11-2 and taking the lead with a big score of 1-0. Throughout the first game, Kuo Man faced Ni Xialian of her grandmother's generation, she seemed a little tight, and there were a lot of unnecessary mistakes, and Ni Xialian easily won the first game in a very effortless way.
In the second game, Kuaiman took the lead 4-1, and after Ni Xialian scored 1 point, Kuaiman scored 3 points in a row to pull the score away 7-2. At the end of the game, Kuaiman got 5 game point opportunities at 10-5, and won the second game 11-5 to chase the big score to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, the score of the two sides was tight at the beginning, and after a 4-4 draw, Ni Xialian scored 5 points in a row, 9-4 to pull the score away, and then Kuo Man chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to 7-9, Ni Xialian asked for a timeout.
After the pause, Ni Xialian scored 2 points in a row, won the third game 11-7, and took the lead again with a big score of 2-1, facing the 60-year-old Ni Xialian, the 19-year-old Kuo Man did look a little immature.
In the fourth game, Kuo Man took the lead 5-2 and led 7-3 in the middle section, and Ni Xialian chased 3 points in a row to stop Kuo Man. After the pause, Kueman scored 4 points in a row to win the fourth game 11-6, chasing the big score to a 2-2 draw, and the two sides entered the decisive game.
In the deciding game, Ni Xialian made a perfect start of 4-0, in the middle section Kuo Man chased the score to 4-5, in the middle and late section Kuo Man fell behind 6-7, Ni Xialian scored 4 points in a row, won the tiebreaker 11-6, defeated Kuo Man with a big score of 3-2, and advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles, and the next round will be against Wang Yidi, the main player of national table tennis.
Throughout the game, the 60-year-old Ni Xialian's defensive ability is indeed too strong, and the young Kuo Man seems very impatient, as the world champion in the 80s of the last century, now 40 years have passed, Ni Xialian is still active in the international arena, and can still defeat her 40-year-old grandchildren, which is really admirable!