The Tokyo Olympics entered the fifth competition day, at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time, the men's singles quarterfinals began one after another, and Fan Zhendong also ushered in the strongest opponent since the opening of the competition - South Korea's Jung Young-sik. In the previous match, Jung Young-sik experienced a dead end in the 1/16 final, when he reversed the defeat of Geonis after falling behind 1-3 and falling behind 4-10 in the fifth set, and then eliminated Pol 4-1. In table tennis, there is a saying that "it is difficult not to die, easy to get out of the state", and this duel will not be too easy for Fan Zhendong.
In the first set, the two sides in the process of mutual testing all the way to 5:5, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity to score two consecutive points, and then Zheng Rongshi scored three consecutive points to overtake the score, and got the set point at 10:8, Fan Zhendong did not panic, he scored two consecutive points to tie the score, and took advantage of the situation to go to the next city at 12:10. In the second set, Zheng Rongshi opened with a 2:0 lead, fan Zhendong tied the score, Zheng Rongzhi pulled the score to 8:6 in the middle of the game, the scene of the first set appeared again, Fan Zhendong came later, won 11:9, and extended the lead to 2-0.
Two sets behind, Zheng Rongzhi launched a more ferocious fight in the third set, but Fan Zhendong was obviously prepared, he began to break through from Zheng Rongzhi's forehand position in a targeted manner, this change limited the sideways attack that Zheng Rongzhi relied on to fight, and also tore open the loopholes in Zheng Rongzhi's technical system, 11:6, Fan Zhendong successfully won the third set. In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong, who was fully opened, became more and more powerful, Zheng Rongzhi was powerless, and Fan Zhendong won the last set 11:5, defeating Zheng Rongzhi 4-0 to advance to the men's singles final 4. His semi-final opponents will be between Dako and Lin Yunru.