On May 8, Beijing time, Fan Zhendong lost again, 2:3 rout Francesca's performance was too poor, all 4 major competitions did not win the championship, and the problem was given to Liu Guoliang and Li Falcon.
The Chinese national table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam once again broke out a super upset, Fan Zhendong didn't even enter the final quarterfinals, and was directly eliminated home, losing to Francesca 2:3. Why is it a fiasco? Because Xiaopang was leading 2:0 in this game, and there were still two match points in the deciding game, he didn't grasp it, and he was forced to be overturned.
We don't know what's going on, and we don't know how Fan Zhendong's state is as bad as it is now, but in this game Fan Zhendong has really played better, coming up with two games 11:4, and letting the opposite side score 8 points in two games. Then he lost 6:11 in the third game, and he lost a little fast, but everyone still felt that Fan Zhendong had a chance to adjust.
Indeed, he is adjusting. In the 4th game, he scored 8 points, 8:11, but he was still behind, and finally in the 5th game, this was the most promising game for Fan Zhendong. In this game, Fan Zhendong still exerted his strength, dared to fight 10:8 and took the lead in getting a match point in this game, leading 2-0 at the beginning, and was chased to 2-2, now it is a tiebreaker, you are 10:8 ahead and you will win with one more point.
Fan Zhendong roared at this time to increase his morale and mobilize himself, and then Wang Hao on the other side also began to applaud and cheer him, but he didn't expect him to suddenly drop the line at this time, Francesca chased the points 9:10, 10:10, and played all the way to 11:10. The last ball Fan Zhendong is already in a hurry, and he can't reach it quickly, so he wants to twist and pull a board directly, but in fact, how easy is it? That kind of high-quality twisting and pulling to score directly, this kind of ball is very difficult, and his current state is not well controlled, and he really went directly out of bounds. Lost 4 points in a row, led 2 match points 10:8, and then was taken by the opposite side, lost 10:12, and went home 2-3.
Fan Zhendong didn't play well in all 4 games, losing to Lin Shidong in the Singapore Grand Slam, losing to Hugo in the Incheon Championship, losing to Lin Gaoyuan in the Macau World Cup, and now facing Francesca 2:3 home. What state do you say Fan Zhendong is in? This kind of performance makes people really worried about what he will do if he goes to the Olympics? Fan Zhendong cheered up, this is his best and perhaps last chance for a Grand Slam!