Beijing time on June 2, the current time has come to the beginning of June. At present, the associations have basically settled the final lineup for the Paris Olympics, and the coaching staff of many strong teams such as national table tennis have carefully considered and selected valuable events for the main players to participate in. The WTT Championships Chongqing Station, which is currently being held intensively, has become a "training ground" for many Olympians to compete in the early stage. In the just-concluded several key battles, Fan Zhendong, the main force of the national table tennis men's team, broke the "down" expectations of the outside world, and decisively played at a normal level in the face of his "ten-year enemy": this time he is the king back!
In the men's singles 1/4 finals of the WTT Chongqing Championships, national table tennis player Fan Zhendong and Japanese table tennis player Tomokazu Zhang encountered each other. Let's talk about Fan Zhendong's side first, as a major player in the current national table tennis men's team, the "veteran" Xiaopang has maintained a strong period of strength since the end of the Tokyo Olympic cycle. However, then due to a variety of reasons, Fan Zhendong fell into a trough, and many internal and external wars in the first half of the year were not as good as the outside world expected. The previous wrist injury touched the hearts of many fans. Now that he has come to Chongqing, the outside world is begging Fan Zhendong to gradually recover his state and "accumulate strength" for the final Olympic showdown. On Zhang Ben's side, although he has not encountered injuries and troubles in this cycle, his state is still unstable, especially in the game against the main force of national table tennis, Zhang Ben's winning rate is difficult to match his title of "Japanese table tennis brother". So in this contest, both sides are striving to win and consolidate confidence, and a big war has arrived!
In this game, as soon as the first set came up, Fan Zhendong and Zhang Benzhihe were full of firepower, and they had no intention of delaying the fight for a long time. Fan Zhendong came up with a strong forehand attack, Zhang Benzhihe made a high mistake, and was beaten a little embarrassed, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity to make a perfect start with 11-4. In the second set, Fan Zhendong continued to play steadily, Zhang Benzhi and this side strengthened the fighting strength, and could only rely on desperate quality to try to break through a point to break the situation, Fan Zhendong gradually held the rhythm of the game in his hand through the control of the ball in the table, and stubbornly blocked Zhang Ben's counterattack with 12-10, thus taking a 2-0 set point lead. In the first two sets, Zhang Benzhihe wanted to use his own technology to test and contain Fan Zhendong, but Fan Zhendong's hand felt too good, and the technology was used in place, and he was directly penetrated. Zhang, who was two sets behind, had no way out. In the third set, Zhang Benzhi fought with his back, continued to strengthen the fighting strategy, and expanded the stalemate situation, his shooting rate in this set improved significantly, Fan Zhendong was beaten a little staggered, and Zhang Ben pulled back a set 11-6.
In the fourth set, the two sides played very hard at the beginning of the game, but as Fan Zhendong began to adjust his tactics in the middle of the set, he turned on the continuous scoring mode and completely reversed the score. Zhang Ben, who worked hard to chase the score, tried his best, but was unable to return to the sky, and finally Fan Zhendong won 3-1 and advanced smoothly. After this battle, we saw the "violent panda" that is both online in state and feel, and at the same time reads the game ability and adaptability, which is the real side of Fan Zhendong that we want to see! I hope he can take care of his body in the future and continue to write his legend! Go for it!