Beijing time on March 8th, the ITTF Qatar Open entered the final match day. In the men's singles semi-finals, Fan Zhendong won four games in a row while falling behind 0-2, eliminated Wang Chuqin 4-2 and advanced to the male Single finals, waiting for Xu Xin.
In this game, Wang Chuqin officially came back. He was immediately re-used and became the only player in the men's team to compete in three events. Under tremendous pressure, Wang Chuqin lived up to expectations and reached the semi-finals in the men's doubles. Although he missed the final, he did not lose the foreign war. It is equivalent to completing the basic task. In the mixed doubles competition, his partner Sun Yingsha made it to the final. Although he lost to Mizutani Hayabusa/Ito Mima, the runner-up is also proud of considering the two have not been matched for a long time. In the
men’s singles game, Wang Chuqin eliminated Ma Long and Liang Jingkun. He was questioned because of his suspension and accidental selection in the World Table Tennis Championships. Now, Wang Chuqin has given the best counterattack with practical actions and results. He deserves to be qualified for the World Table Tennis Championships. Also worthy of the key training of national table tennis. As a genius player of the post-00 generation of national table tennis, Wang Chuqin has outstanding talents, and his suspension has made him more mature, and his increasingly stronger self-confidence may be able to inspire him to compete for Olympic P cards.
played in the third line. Of course, Wang Chuqin hopes to win a championship. The last chance is the men's singles. The first thing he has to face is the excellent Fan Zhendong. Starting from the end of last season, Fan Zhendong showed super dominance and was almost invincible. After the German Open unexpectedly broke, Fan Zhendong recovered his strong feeling at the Qatar Open, winning streak against Karlberg, Xu Chenhao and Pei Ersen, Fan Zhendong is getting better. At present, the men’s team is facing the transition from new to old. After Malone and Xu Xin fade out, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin may be the protagonists of the next Olympic cycle. The dialogue between the two talented players is full of highlights. After
opened, Wang Chuqin scored the first point of the game. He wore a purple headband, which was very eye-catching. After that, Wang Chuqin continuously attacked Fan Zhendong's backhand position and took a 4-2 lead. Fan Zhendong was a bit slow and made a lot of unnecessary mistakes. He was behind 3-7 in the game. Fan Zhendong's return quality was low. Wang Chuqin attacked directly and scored 8-4. Fan Zhendong used changes to mobilize his state. Chased 2 points and fell behind 6-8 in the second half. Wang Chuqin controlled the situation and won the first game 11-7.
entered the second inning. Fan Zhendong adjusted in time and took a 3-1 lead. His backhand attack began to show its strength and the score was 4-2. Then, he lost the chance for a forehand and scored 4-3. His return quality was still Too low, Wang Chuqin will not miss a chance to score a shot, the score is 4 tied. Fan Zhendong still made too many mistakes. It was difficult to score 1 point, but it was easy to lose 1 point, and the score was 6 tied. Wang Chuqin continued to attack Fan Zhendong's backhand position and overtook 7-6. At the critical moment, Wang Chuqin made a very decisive shot, leading 9-8 at the end of the game. The two played multiple shots. Wang Chuqin roared and took a 10-8 lead. He seized the opportunity and won another game 11-8.
In the third inning, Fan Zhendong led 3-0, Wang Chuqin made more mistakes, Fan Zhendong led 5-1, Wang Chuqin seized two serving opportunities and chased 3-5, Fan Zhendong succeeded in a violent backhand attack, the score was 6-3, Wang Chuqin Another missed chance ball, Fan Zhendong led 7-3. Wang Chuqin received the serve and rushed for an attack. In the second half of the game, it was 5-8. At the critical moment, Fan Zhendong scored a forehand attack, leading 9-5. Wang Chuqin returned the ball and went out of bounds. Fan Zhendong got the game 10-6. He seized the opportunity. 11-6 pulled back a round.
In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin regrouped and took a 4-1 lead. Fan Zhendong still made too many backhand turnovers. He fell behind 2-6 in the game. Fan Zhendong missed the standard in this game and fell behind 2-8 after consecutive errors. After that, Fan Zhendong tried to chase points, and the second half of the game was 7-9, and Wang Chuqin called a timeout. After coming back from the timeout, Fan Zhendong chased 8-9, but Wang Chuqin scored a key 1 point in a backhand attack and took a 10-8 lead. Fan Zhendong showed the world champion style and chased 10 even under heavy pressure. The two refused to give each other. The score was tied at 12. Afterwards, Fan Zhendong called a timeout when he was leading 13-12. He seized the opportunity and took the game with a 14-12 reversal. Wang Chuqin's 8-2 lead was reversed by Fan Zhendong, which dealt a huge blow to self-confidence.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong took a 3-0 lead. He started to control the situation and took a 5-1 lead. Wang Chuqin was unwilling to show weakness and chased 4-5, but he made a lot of unnecessary mistakes. Forehand attacking consecutively missed chances. 4-8 behind in the second half, he did notHe gave up, scored consecutively at critical moments, chasing 7-9, and Fan Zhendong calmly challenged, winning another game 11-7, with a total score of 3-2. In the sixth game of
, Fan Zhendong started 5-0. He went crazy and didn't give Wang Chuqin a chance. He successfully won the game and advanced to the final with a total score of 4-2. Although Wang Chuqin missed all the third-tier champions, the future is promising!