Accidental injury still beat the opponent 11-1! The top 4 of the Czech men's singles are released, and Lin Yunru is the lowest seed in the qualifying

Hugo-Cardrano data map

On the evening of August 24th, Beijing time, the 2019 ITTF Professional Tour Czech Open ended the men's singles quarter-final contest. In the last game, the current world No. 6 and Brazilian star Hugo Calderano, although he accidentally sprained his ankle during the game, still did not prevent him from winning. So far, the top 4 men's singles in the Czech Open have all been produced, with 2 seats in Europe and 1 seat each in Asia and South America.

Brazil's Hugo Calderano is 23 years old and currently ranked sixth in the men's singles world; Russia's Shibaev is 28 years old and currently ranked 65th in the men's singles world. Although there seems to be a big gap in strength, the Russian veteran has participated in 2 Olympic Games and 10 World Table Tennis Championships and has quite a lot of experience, so the gap in the competition does not seem to be that far.

In the first game, Calderano entered the state quickly and took a 6-1 lead at the beginning. But Shibayev then exerted his strength and played a wave of 6-0, 7-6 to overtake the score. After that, the Brazilians scored 3 points in a row again, leading 9-7, but the Russians again tied 9. At the critical moment, Calderano grabbed a pull and caused the opponent to make a mistake. He got the game point 10-9. With Shibaev receiving the serve and netting, the Brazilian won the first game 11-9.

Hugo-Caldrano data map

In the second game, the two sides still played inextricably at the beginning, and the score was 2 draws, 4 draws, 5 draws and 6 draws. But after that, Shibaev served consecutively, and Calderano took the opportunity to play a wave of 5-0 and 11-6 to win another game.

In the third game, Shibaev started with a 3-0 lead. After Calderano chased 2 points in a row, the Russians scored 1 point and led 4-2. In the next ball, Calderano returned the ball out of bounds and the score became 2-5, but when he returned the ball, his ankle was suspected to be sprained, and then he called a medical timeout to treat the injury on the sidelines. After using the spray, the team doctor bandaged it with gauze. The coach is also in constant communication with him.

After a brief adjustment, Calderano returned to the field,The game restarts. One plate served a long ball and attacked, and a light flutter caused the opponent to return the ball incorrectly, and the score came to 4-5. At 6-4, Shibaev made another mistake and the score became 6 ties. However, since then, the Russians have succeeded in consecutive attacks. After a wave of 5-0, Shibayev pulled back a game 11-6.

Lin Yunru became the lowest seeded player in the men's singles top 4.

In the fourth game, Calderano once again played the advantage of speed. After the opening 2-1, played a wave of 9-0 and won another game 11-1. In the fifth game, Shibaev called a timeout when he was 0-3 down at the start. The suspension came back and used the attack Shibaev to recover 1 point, but Calderano was not affected. Although he missed a chance ball, the Brazilian scored 2 points in a row at 5-3 to widen the difference. After catching up to 4-7, Shibaev made another consecutive mistakes, lost 4 points in a row, and lost another game 4-11.

In this way, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, Brazil's Hugo Calderano took 45 minutes and 39 seconds to win 4-1 (11-9/11-6/6-11/11-1 and 11-4). ) beat Russia's Shibayev and advanced to the quarterfinals.

So far, the top 4 men's singles of the 2019 Czech Open have all been produced. In Asia, there is only a single seedling, Lin Yunru, one of Chinese Taipei. The semi-final matches are as follows: Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei) VS Bol (Germany); Ocharov (Germany) VS Hugo Calderano (Brazil).