World Table Tennis Championships: Lebrun Jr. won the world championship again! 0-1 behind, 3-1 reversal of Zhuang Zhiyuan
On the afternoon of February 24, Beijing time, the second semi-final of the men's team at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships kicked off, and the 17-year-old but already ranked No. 6 in the world, the French direct shooting star Felix Lebrun (Lebrun's younger brother) appeared on the stage to face the 42-year-old Chinese Taipei world champion veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan.
Although he lost the game, it is not easy for Zhuang Zhiyuan, as a veteran who is older than Wang Hao, the head coach of the national table tennis men's team, to stick to the front line, and his performance is still worthy of our applause! Please see below for the detailed battle situation.
Felix, Zhuang Zhiyuan are currently the famous men's table tennis players of the foreign association, the latter is the old opponent of the national table tennis, he was born in 1981 as early as the end of the last century, he broke through the national table tennis defense line many times at the beginning of this century, won several generations of the main force, although he is now old, but still has a strong impact, the quarterfinals defeated the German direct shooting star Qiu Dang, the state is very good.
Felix has not been rising for a long time, but he has improved to the 6th position in the world, ranking first in the list of men's table tennis players in the Foreign Association, and the upward momentum is far stronger than the old Zhuang Zhiyuan, and the pressure of this battle is on the side of the Chinese Taipei team.
After the start of the game, Zhuang Zhiyuan took the lead and gained an advantage - as a veteran of the 80s, Zhuang Zhiyuan was a child in the era when the straight shooting style had not yet declined, and later met many direct shooting celebrities, so he was no stranger to Felix's ball path, not to mention that he won the German team's direct shooting master Qiu Dang in the last round, so this time he quickly won the first place 11-5.
In the second game, the two sides played more intensely, and the French teenager fell behind again, and had to call a timeout to adjust, after all, the game was a best-of-five system, and if you lose again, you will be forced into a desperate situation, and your mentality will be more nervous.
After returning to the field, the two sides once again launched a fierce duel, and the battle lasted until 11 draws before the winner was separated, but the young man seized the opportunity and won 13-11 with great difficulty, successfully equalizing the score. In the third game, Felix continued to exert his strength, using his speed advantage to break down the defense, and then won again 11-8, thus reversing and forcing the world champion into a desperate situation.
In the fourth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan was already fighting against the water, but at this time he was already behind in momentum, and finally Felix ended the battle 11-6, which reversed Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-1 and scored the first point for the French team.