Malaysia's number one men's doubles Tse Ding-fung admits that being reversed by his opponent in the lead is a long-term problem for him and his partner Su Weiyi, including the same situation in Paris two years ago.
Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi lost 21-14, 10-21, 22-24 to former South Korean world champions Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol in the semi-finals of the French Open last Saturday, and failed to reach the fourth Tour men's doubles final.
The world's 8th-largest duo led 18-13 in the decider, and although they won match points three times after being equalized by their opponents, they failed to win and eventually lost a good game.
At the French Open two years ago, Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi faced the same problem, they once led 14-8 in the decider against the Danish duo of Kim Astru and Rasmussen, but finally lost 19-21, 21-13, 21-23, stopping in the round of 16.
In an interview with The Star, Xie Dingfeng revealed that this is a long-term problem they have been overcoming.
"When we were ahead, it was still difficult for us to control our nervousness, which cost us dearly. With such a lead, we should be able to take it. ”
"In 2019, we experienced the same problem twice, once against Kim Astru and Rasmussen, also at the French Open, and the other at the Sudirman Cup against China's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen (led 11-6 in the decider, losing 21-18, 14-21, 22-24). We need to solve this problem as soon as possible, and we cannot afford to lose focus. ”
The Xie Su group staged a civil war in the first round of the French race and the free agent combination Wu Weisheng and Liu Juncheng, and won the first set from the edge of losing 15-20 to 25-23 in the first set.
Although the two have accepted psychological adjustments from psychologists at the National Academy of Physical Education, Xie Dingfeng said that experts can only help them so much, and they also need to do their part well.
Nevertheless, considering that the two performed poorly in the earlier Soup Cup finals and the Danish Open, the performance of the Indian duo of Ranki Reddy and Hugh Ti in the quarter-finals and 3 sets was quite satisfactory.
Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi will now take a two-week hiatus before returning to the back-to-back tour of Indonesia, starting with the Indonesian Masters from November 16 to 21 and then the Indonesia Open, so there is still a chance to move up from 21st to the top 8 in the standings to advance to the year-end finals on December 1-5.