Source: The Paper
The last top event of this year's ITTF , the new generation of leaders in men's singles from China and Japan finally met in the finals.
html On the evening of the 7th, Singapore WTT World Cup men's singles final, Fan Zhendong , who was born in 1997, met Zhang Benzhi and in the final. In the end, Fan Zhendong defeated Tomokazu Harimoto 4-1 and won the World Cup men's singles championship after the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships 7 days ago.The scores of this game are 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5.
Zhang Benzhihe's performance in various world competitions this year was quite unsatisfactory.
In the Olympic men's singles 1/8 finals, Harimoto Tomokazu lost to Slovenia's Djordzic 3-4 and missed the quarterfinals. As the second seed in the World Table Tennis Championships, Harimoto Tomokazu was even eliminated in his singles debut. Knocked out.
netizens also lamented: "If you get upset every day, it wouldn't be called an upset."
Faced with successive losses, Tomokazu Harimoto said: "To be honest, in fact, I have been in poor condition recently, so I failed in the singles at the Olympics. I wasn't very surprised at that time, and I feel the same way now. "
"In my opinion, it is my own problem. No matter who the opponent is, the result may be like this. Instead of focusing on the opponent, it may be the same in the future. It is better to focus on yourself. " Regarding the sluggish state, Zhang Benzhihe can only adjust himself.
In this World Cup, he regained his form and defeated famous players such as Falke, Huang Zhenting, Hugo Calderano, and advanced to the finals. For the Japanese men's singles, a victory is also urgently needed to boost morale - after all, the Japanese men's team, which was determined to win medals in this year's World Table Tennis Championships, was swept out in the third round of singles...
Compared with the ups and downs of Tomokazu Harimoto , Fan Zhendong's condition is much more stable. Winning gold at the National Games and crowning the champion at the World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong rarely lost in both civil and foreign games after the Olympics.
After winning the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong did not lower his demands, repeatedly emphasizing: "This is not my end. I hope to take myself to a higher level through this championship."
But for Fan Zhendong, After realizing the dream of the World Table Tennis Championships, both body and mind will be in a period of fatigue, and how to adjust one's own state is more important.
In the previous matches between the two, Fan Zhendong also had a certain advantage. He led Tomokazu Harimoto with a record of four wins and one loss. Fan Zhendong's only defeat occurred in 2018, when he lost 1-3 to Tomokazu Harimoto in the Asian Cup men's singles group stage. The most recent confrontation between the two
was at the 2019 Men's Singles World Cup. " Xiaochuang" defeated their opponents 4-2 and finally won the men's singles championship.
It is precisely because of his absolute strength and confidence that when faced with Tomokazu Zhang who was eager to win in the finals, Fan Zhendong simply said: "Although the schedule of this competition is not long, the opponents in each round are very strong. I haven't competed with Zhang for a long time." This is a match, and I look forward to a good performance in the finals. "
In the end, the stable "Little Fatty" did not disappoint, and also made Tomokazu Harimoto's screams useless.
