On April 17, the busy Beijing time, the table tennis World Cup in Macau reached its climax, and the final round of the attractive group stage made fans enjoy the tense atmosphere of the game. The German player Qiu Dang, who has already won the championship and runner-up in Europe, has a fierce duel in order to compete with Japan's national winner Hayasuke Togami for the chance to qualify. However, in the last round, the explosive Qiu Dang drew 2-2 with Egypt's Saleh, but this round was betrayed by Lady Luck and lost 1-3, including a direct 0-11 loss in one game, which directly led to Hayasuke Togami taking advantage of this opportunity to advance.
In this World Cup, Qiu's teammates included Bol, Ocharov, Francesca and Firus, who withdrew early, leaving him to fight alone. Now Qiu Dang is exhausted and has become the first top 10 player in the world to fail to qualify, which is undoubtedly a very regrettable result.
Qiu Dang and Hayasuke Togami, two strong players who have made great achievements in their respective athletic fields. The former is the first Chinese champion in men's singles at the European Table Tennis Championships. The latter has defeated many major national table tennis players such as Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and has won the men's singles of the Japanese National Championships twice.
For this competition, Qiu Dang obviously has more advantages. He also beat Liang Jingkun in January this year and is now ranked 10th in the world. In comparison, Hayasuke Togami is ranked 25th in the world. It's just that Qiu Dang drew 2-2 with Saleh in the first round, compared to Hayasuke Togami beating Saleh 3-1, which put a lot of pressure on the German general, and the only way to advance is to defeat the Japanese national champion directly, and a draw has no possibility for him to qualify.
The two sides showed astonishing speed and skill from the start, and Hayasuke Togami's intense emotions and pressure fueled his fighting spirit, turning pressure into motivation, and he frequently shouted on the court to cheer himself on. However, Qiu Dang was under severe pressure, and the opening lead was soon overtaken. In the later matches, he was in a dire situation, in a situation that gradually spiraled out of control, which made people sigh. He lost the first game with a score of 5-11, and the situation was worrying.
In the second game, Qiu Dang was still in a passive situation, but Hayasuke Togami began to be in a hurry, and lost the ball many times, but Qiu Dang seized the opportunity and won 11-7, and the two sides returned to the starting line.
In the third game, Qiu Dang gradually regained himself, and he successfully broke the defense with techniques such as straight shots and horizontal shots, but after taking the lead, his conservative appearance allowed him to be chased to 4 draws. Germany's head coach, Roscoff, the 1998 World Cup men's singles champion, called a timeout to make adjustments. After the timeout, although Qiu Dang achieved a reversal, he was still instantly taken by the opponent to get the game point, and if he loses again, he may face defeat.
Faced with an advantageous situation, Hayasuke Togami also had to take advantage of the right to pause. But then, Qiu Dang successfully chased to 10 draws, and the heavy pressure of Hayabusa Togami supplemented by a strong near-stage attack technique to score, and finally won 12-10 again.
According to the rules of this World Cup, even if Hayasuke Togami lost in the last game, he still led Qiu Dang 5-4 in the entire group stage, and he got the knockout stage ticket in advance. So in the fourth game, Qiu Dang had lost the desire to win. He lost the game outright, losing 0-11 and being swept by his opponent.
So far, Hayabusa Togami has successfully advanced to the final stage with two consecutive wins in the group stage. Qiu Dang, on the other hand, failed to make it through and we expect him to perform better in the next competition.