On October 27, 2022, the Table Tennis World Cup final entered a white-hot stage. The first round of men's singles, the world champion of the national table tennis team Wang Chuqin played, competing for the quarterfinals with German star Qiu Dang . As a result, Wang Chuqin lost the first game and won three consecutive games, and finally completed the reversal 3-1. Next, he played against the winners of Swedish player Moregaard and Brazilian player Calderano . Both of them lost to Wang Chuqin in the previous game.
Wang Chuqin is the best post-00s player in the national table tennis men's team. He has won the championship in the World Table Tennis Championships three times and is currently ranked 7th in the world. In the championship match that just ended, Wang Chuqin won five world top ten in a row, narrowly defeated Fan Zhendong in the final, and won the singles championship. When he arrived at the World Cup final, Wang Chuqin is still a favorite to win the championship. He and Marlong are both in the lower half of the area. The two are expected to meet to compete for the semi-finals.
German star Qiu Dang is a straight-board player who has risen in recent years and ranks 10th in the world. Just in this year's European Championship, he won the men's singles championship and achieved a major breakthrough in his career. In the last stop, he challenged Ma Long and lost in five games. It is impressive. Qiu Dang's father Qiu Jianxin coached in the Japanese team. He once directed famous players such as Zhang Benzhihe and and Ishikawa Kasumi . The whole family is engaged in related work.
It is worth mentioning that Qiu Dang's straight and horizontal play is very high. Although there is a gap with Xu Xin, it still cannot be underestimated. Wang Chuqin is also not adapting to Qiu Dang's style of play, and there is a slow warm-up situation. Qiu Dang scored 6 points in the first game, achieving a dream start. At the end of the game, Qiu Dang led 9-4, and Wang Chuqin chased to 9-10. Qiu Dang called a timeout. After returning, Qiu Dang withstood the pressure and took the lead with 12-10.
The two sides were in a fierce battle in the second game, and the scores rose alternately. Qiu Dang was really difficult to deal with. Wang Chuqin's advantage in the top three boards was not obvious. At the end of the game, Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity and scored 3 points in a row to win the game 11-8. Wang Chuqin took advantage of the situation to pursue the game. Qiu Dang's board quality was still a little worse. He was very passive when he got stalemate with Wang Chuqin. Soon, Wang Chuqin widened the score difference and won another game 11-8.
Next, Qiu Dang fought against the enemy and tried his best to fight. He took the initiative to take action whenever he had the opportunity, and put pressure on Wang Chuqin as much as possible, but the effect was very poor. Wang Chuqin led the lead in all and opened the gap again. Qiu Dang found it difficult to resist the opponent's offensive. Wang Chuqin scored 11-5 and ended the game, and finally reversed Qiu Dang 3-1, advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals, and then waited for the winners of Moregard and Calderano.
This game is very exciting. Qiu Dang has a strong impact. Not only is the quality of the first three boards high, but his stalemate is also very good. In the first round, against his unfamiliar opponent, Wang Chuqin showed strong on-the-spot adjustment ability. His overall performance is remarkable. The opponents behind him are getting stronger and stronger. The real highlight is still behind. Looking forward to Wang Chuqin's performance, I wish him another good result.
