The reason for Fan Zhendong's defeat was revealed! Deng Yaping made a suggestion, and Zhang Yining hit the nail on the head and had no fighting spirit
The men's singles semifinals of the 2024 WTT Incheon Championships have ended, and the national table tennis world No. 2 Fan Zhendong lost to Brazilian star Hugo 2-4 and missed the final, and Fan Zhendong has not won the men's singles championship for more than 8 months so far.
Fan Zhendong and Hugo have played each other 9 times before, and Fan Zhendong has an advantage of 8 wins and 1 loss, but Hugo's world ranking has been in the top 10 for a long time, and his comprehensive strength is not weak, which laid the groundwork for Fan Zhendong's loss. In the first game, Hugo took the lead and led 8-4, after which Fan Zhendong made consecutive mistakes, and Hugo soon won the first game 11-6. In the second game, the two sides were entangled, and the score was tied at 7-7, and then Fan Zhendong made a mistake, Hugo seized the opportunity to take the lead and won another game 11-8. In the third game, the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Fan Zhendong strengthened the offensive, directly scored a few points to expand the lead, and led 6-3, but Hugo played very strongly, once chased 7-8, and then Fan Zhendong called a timeout, the game restarted, Hugo chased 9-9 draw, and then Hugo scored another 2 points, won the game 11-9, and the total score was 3-0 ahead.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong, who was cornered, launched a counterattack and led 6-3, after which Fan Zhendong maintained the advantage and pulled back a game 11-6. In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong seemed to have found his form and led 5-1, but surprisingly, Fan Zhendong suddenly broke the line, and Hugo directly blasted out the offensive climax, chasing a 7-7 draw, and then Fan Zhendong relied on the serve to take the lead and pulled another game 11-8. In the sixth game, Fan Zhendong collapsed directly, Hugo scored 5 points in a row, and the game lost suspense, and finally Hugo locked the victory with 11-5, thus eliminating Fan Zhendong with a total score of 4-2 and successfully advancing to the finals. The commentator of the game, former national player Zhou Yu saw this situation and pointed out the reason for Fan Zhendong's loss, Zhou Yu said that Fan Zhendong should slow down his rhythm and not blindly resist Hugo, and Hugo is not afraid of Fan Zhendong's attack at all.
In addition, Deng Yaping, a famous national table tennis player, once pointed out Fan Zhendong's problem, when the two sides enter a stalemate, who can reduce the number of mistakes, then who can have the last laugh, obviously Fan Zhendong himself has a lot of mistakes, so that the opponent seized the opportunity. Zhang Yining also talked about the same topic, she thinks that Fan Zhendong's strength and talent are good, but only he lacks domineering, and without a strong aura, he is easy to be countered by his opponent. This time Fan Zhendong gives people the feeling that there is no fighting spirit, completely suppressed by Hugo, and he has not shown his due strength at all, it seems that Fan Zhendong now urgently needs to adjust his mentality, if he continues to be swayed by emotions, then Fan Zhendong may still suffer defeat, I hope the coaching staff can help Fan Zhendong solve this problem. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.