The Incheon Champions Cup officially started, which is also a very important event, the host of the opening match arranged for their own women's singles player Tian Zhixi to take the lead, she is also the current representative of the Korean Women's Army, as a Chinese celebrity, Chinese fans are also very familiar with her, and her opponent is also a Chinese player, Yuan Jiannan from France.
The duel between the two was extremely anxious, Tian Zhixi won two games in an instant with the support of the home audience, and when he was about to win this game, the veteran Yuan Jiannan showed a very high tactical literacy and strong psychological quality, and won two games in a row, dragging the game into a tiebreaker. But Yuan Jianan's age is relatively old, and his physical fitness in the tiebreaker is indeed inferior to Tian Zhixi, Tian Zhixi stabilized his mentality under the cheers of the home audience, and has an advantage in momentum and physical fitness. Therefore, he defeated Yuan Jiannan 3:2 and became the first singles player to enter the top 16 in this competition.
This game is really very difficult to win, but also heart-wrenching, very exciting, both sides reflect a very high level of technical and tactical standards, it can be said that it is a good start for the Incheon Champions Cup, I hope that the next games, can be as exciting as this game. This game is good news for Wang Manyu. Why?
Tian Zhixi and Yuan Jiannan are in a half area with Wang Manyu, especially Yuan Jianan, for Wang Manyu, is not a rival she likes very much, last year Wang Manyu was also in the Champions Cup, Yuan Jiannan was eliminated in the first round, Wang Manyu also became the Paris Olympic cycle, the only one who has had two first-round exits in this cycle. Wang Manyu was eliminated in the first round of the 2021 World Cup finals by Du Kaiqin.
Among all the players in this semi-region, Yuan Jiananan is the only player who has defeated Wang Manyu in this Olympic cycle, so for Wang Manyu, the biggest threat to her in this semi-region is Yuan Jianan, because the remaining players, including Tian Zhixi, no player has ever defeated Wang Manyu, psychologically, Wang Manyu will have a very big advantage.
Tian Zhixi's promotion is very good news for China and all the players. We do not deny Tian Zhixi's strength, but in this Olympic cycle, Tian Zhixi is almost the most favorite player of our Chinese team, a player with a relatively high world ranking, she basically plays Chinese players once and loses once, and the score difference is still relatively large, so Tian Zhixi and Yuan Jianan, these two players, if you really want to look at the threat of national table tennis, it is obvious that the French veteran Yuan Jianan, she will be a little more threatening.