Beijing time, July 23 news, the 2022 World Table Tennis Federation WTT regional tournament Budapest will continue. In the men's singles semi-finals, China Derby was held. The 19-year-old World Youth Championship champion Xiang Peng reversed teammate Sun Wen 4-3 and advanced to the men's singles final. In the recent WTT regular challenge Zagreb station and WTT branch tournament Otosek station, Xiang Peng reached the men's singles finals twice and eliminated Japan's Harimoto Satoshi and 3-1.
19-year-old Xiang Peng is a young player with great potential and has won the World Youth Championship. Last month, he reached the men's singles finals twice in a row at Zagreb Station and Tosek Station. In the second round of Zagreb, he defeated Japanese team Tomokazu Harimoto 3-1. Unfortunately, we missed out on the championship in both finals.
came to the Budapest station of this WTT branch tournament. Xiang Peng continued to perform well. He and his teammate Sun Wen joined hands to reach the top 4 and staged a derby match in the semi-finals. In the men's singles semi-finals, the Chinese derby between Xiang Peng and Sun Wen first fell and then rose, and they came back to win. In this game, Xiang Peng got off to a slow start, falling behind 0-1. After the two tied at 2-2, Sun Wen got the match point at 3-2. In a desperate situation, Xiang Peng counterattacked strongly and won two games in a row. Reversed 4-3 to advance to the men's singles final.
In the first game of the match, Xiang Peng lost the first game 4-11 and fell behind 0-1. In the second game, Xiang Peng made more changes, regained the game 11-6, and tied the score 1-1. In the third game, Xiang Peng fell behind again and lost the game 8-11.
In the fourth game, Xiang Peng stepped up his offensive and won another game at 11-5. The score was tied at 2-2, and the two sides were tied again. In the fifth game, Xiang Peng and Sun Wen started a tug-of-war. After the two sides tied at 10-10, Sun Wen scored two points in a row, winning 12-10, leading again 3-2 and winning the match point. In a desperate situation, with no way out, Xiang Peng gave it a try and saved the match point at 11-7, and the two sides entered the deciding game.
In the deciding game, Sun Wen, who missed the match point, made too many mistakes, while Xiang Peng pursued the victory and secured the victory 11-5. He defeated Sun Wen with a total score of 4-3 and advanced to the men's singles final.
4-3 reversed teammate Sun Wen to advance to the men's singles final. It was also Xiang Peng's third time back-to-back to reach the men's singles final after the Zagreb station of the WTT regular challenge and the Ottosek station of the WTT feeder tournament. I hope Xiang Peng can win the championship as he wishes in the final and make up for the regret of missing the championship two times before!
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