In the just-concluded third round of men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics, Taiwanese veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan defeated Hong Kong's Huang Zhenting 4:1 to enter the men's singles round of 16.
From the perspective of the whole competition, Zhuang Zhiyuan played well, he has a wealth of experience in Olympic competitions, which is also his fifth time to participate in the Olympic Games. In addition, he had just finished the qualifying round, and his status was also in the ascending period. In the first set, Huang Zhenting won 11:9, which was supposed to be a match between the two sides, but in the second and third sets Zhuang Zhiyuan seized on Huang Zhenting's loopholes and won two consecutive 11:2. Instead, the score was reversed to 2:1, and at this time, Huang Zhenting was in a state of no avail, and he did not know how to continue.
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With the help of off-field coach Liu Guodong (Liu Guoliang's older brother), Huang Zhenting barely regained a bit of form, but Zhuang Zhiyuan used his experience to control the rhythm of the game all the time, and finally defeated Huang Zhenting 4:1 to advance to the round of 16. The five innings were, in order:
9:11,11:2,11:2,11:7,11:8
In this way, Huang Zhenting became the first Olympic men's singles top 16 seed to be eliminated, and regrettably out.