On the evening of November 19, Beijing time, the competition for the bronze medal of Table Tennis Asian Cup men's singles came to an end. The 41-year-old Chinese Taipei world champion veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan staged a big reversal, defeating 21-year-old Japanese national champion Yukiya Uda won the third place: Congratulations! Although he failed to win the championship, Zhuang Zhiyuan was still able to achieve his current results at the age of 41. I think he won Liu Guoliang , Kong Linghui , and later defeated Wang Liqin , Ma Lin, Wang Hao , Zhang Jike , Ma Long , Xu Xin , Liang Jingkun and other major players in the national table tennis team. Now he can still be among the top players. It is really a treasure sword that is worthy of admiration.
Zhuang Zhiyuan was born in 1981 and Yukiya Uda was born in 2001. He was just 20 years apart. He is a table tennis player who grew up in two completely different eras. Technically, the two have some similar styles. They are both athletes who are good at playing speed. However, Zhuang Zhiyuan has a stronger backhand, while Uda Yukiya is sharp forehand and not bad backhand, and his tactics are also different forehands.
In the semi-finals, Zhuang Zhiyuan lost to Zhang Benzhi and , while Uda Yukiya lost to South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon, so he had to settle for the second best to compete for the bronze medal. Since it was a continuous battle, the veteran who was physically disadvantaged may be more under pressure.
Sure enough, Zhuang Zhiyuan seemed a little tired after the start of the game. He was originally older, and the second semi-finals was the second game, and his rest time was less than Yukiya Uda, so his competitive state was very average. He was soon won by the opponent and then lost the first game 6-11, without finding the feeling on the court at all.
In the second game, Zhuang Zhiyuan effectively defended Yukiya Uda on the landing point and line, and finally narrowly won the game with a narrow victory of 11-9. However, in the third game, Yukiya Uda took the initiative again, and ended up returning Zhuang Zhiyuan 11-9, gaining the advantage of leading the score again.
In the fourth game, Yukiya Uda continued to exert force and drove the veteran around, but Zhuang Zhiyuan's counterattack was also very tenacious. The two of them were stalemate for a while, but Zhuang Zhiyuan narrowly won 12-10 again, really tried his best! In the fifth game, the two were still hard to match. Zhuang Zhiyuan was experienced and scored consecutively in the second half, winning another 11-7 to force Yukiya Uda into a desperate situation.
In the sixth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan continued to make efforts, taking advantage of Uda Yukiya's many mistakes and scored continuously, and finally secured the victory 11-9, thus defeating his opponent who was 20 years younger than him to win the bronze medal. It's so strong: congratulations to him!
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