Incheon Championship: The top 4 of the men's singles were born, Ma Long reversed Lin Yunru 3-1, and all three national table tennis players won
On March 30, Beijing time, the men's singles semifinals of the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship were born, and the three main forces of national table tennis were all undefeated, but they also encountered many difficulties, among which Ma Long reversed Lin Yunru 3-1, Fan Zhendong eliminated Zhang Benzhihe 3-1, and Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Simon 3-2. As for Brazil's Hugo, he swept French rising star Felix Lebrun 3-0 and became the last "lone seedling" in the men's singles of the foreign association.
According to the signing, Fan Zhendong will compete with Hugo in the first half of the finals, the two have won and lost each other before, although Fan Zhendong has an advantage, but he will never dare to despise the other party, and Liang Jingkun will challenge his brother Ma Long in the second half of the region, although the latter has an advantage in winning rate, but Liang Jingkun has made great progress recently, and this victory is unpredictable! Please see below for detailed results.
Ma Long 3-1 Lin Yunru
Judging from the comparison of strength and past records, the battle between Ma Long and Lin Yunru is the most suspenseful of the three quarterfinals of the national table tennis men's singles - before that, the two athletes have played each other nine times in international competitions, Ma Long won five wins and four losses, and lost to each other recently, and also lost to Lin Yunru in the Table Tennis Super League, which does not have much advantage, and this battle faces a strong challenge.
Sure enough, in the first game, Ma Long was firmly suppressed by Lin Yunru, and then lost a city 6-11. In the second game, Malone fell behind 9-10 again, but he was very tenacious to achieve a comeback and pull one back 13-11. In the third game, Ma Long made persistent efforts and won 11-7, and then continued to maintain his advantage in the fourth game and ended the battle with 11-7, thus reversing Lin Yunru in 3 consecutive games and advancing to the semifinals without danger.
Liang Jingkun 3-2 Simon
This game made the fans thrilling, the main force of national table tennis Liang Jingkun met the French veteran Simon who eliminated Qiu Dang and Li Sangzhu in a row, and as a result, he came up and suffered defeats, holding multiple game points in the first game but was reversed 14-16, and collapsed 8-11 in the second game, so the big score fell behind 0-2 and fell into a desperate situation.
In the third game, Liang Jingkun fought hard to 13-11 and finally won it with difficulty, and then in the fourth game, the two fought against each other to 14 draws, and finally Liang Jingkun passed 16-14. In the deciding game, the two originally played very fiercely, and then Simon had a dispute with the referee on a serve, and his mentality collapsed after the appeal was fruitless, Liang Jingkun seized the opportunity to score consecutive points and lock up the victory with 11-5, and also won 3 games in a row to reverse and advance.
Fan Zhendong 3-1 Tomokazu Zhangmoto
This game is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention, because Fan Zhendong and Zhang Benzhihe are the core and main forces of the Chinese and Japanese teams respectively, and they have played each other many times before, winning and losing each other, and the most recent one is Zhang Benzhihe who has won, so this battle is a test for national table tennis.
Sure enough, Fan Zhendong kept falling behind the score in the first game, but he successfully tied and reversed the score under very unfavorable circumstances, and finally won 14-12 narrowly. In the second game, Fan Zhendong went smoothly and forced the opponent into a desperate situation with 11-5, and then although he lost 3-11 in the third game, he withstood the pressure in the fourth game and locked up the victory with 11-8, thus sending the Japanese men's team home.
Hugo 3-0 Felix Lebrun
This is the only match in the men's and women's quarterfinals without the participation of national table tennis players, Brazilian star Hugo fell behind 0-1 in the previous round and reversed France's Alex Lebrun 3-1, but he did not expect to meet Alex's younger brother, Felix Lebrun, who is ranked fifth in the men's singles in the world.
Although Hugo played a little hard in the first game, he finally won 11-9, and then continued to suppress Felix, winning 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 in a row, and finally became the last representative of the foreign association players in the men's singles event.