On May 6th, Beijing time, the 2021 "Through the WTT Grand Slam World Table Tennis Championships" continued. In a men's singles semi-final, Fan Zhendong fought Wang Chuqin! Both are world champions and members of the first team, but for now, Fan Zhendong's overall strength is undoubtedly better, and the world's No. 1 ranking is there. On the other hand, Wang Chuqin is younger and more energetic. He has 1 win and 4 losses against Fan Zhendong in the international arena, so this time he will attack Fan Zhendong as a challenger.
Briefly talk about this game, Fan Zhendong was sentenced to serve, and he made a mistake in the remake and returned the ball. Wang Chuqin's serve error was pulled back by Fan Zhendong and he fell behind 1-3. Wang Chuqin made another mistake with his backhand, losing 4 points in a row, and the start was 1-4.
Fan Zhendong's backhand also made a mistake, and the ball returned to the net. Then he was slammed by Wang Chuqin to score, losing three-pointers in a row, and it was tied 4-4! Wang Chuqin cut the ball out of bounds, then pulled the ball to score, and tied again 5-5. Wang Chuqin made another serve error, Fan Zhendong scored violently, and the latter led 8-6. Wang Chuqin missed the chance ball and lost the backhand stalemate. Fan Zhendong took the lead 11-7. Wang Chuqin made too many mistakes, 2 serving mistakes, and his backhand was not as good as Fan Zhendong's.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin served first, and then hit the ball out of bounds. The second service game was grasped, 1-1! Fan Zhendong's serve "stealing chicken" succeeded, defeating Wang Chuqin with his backhand again, leading 3-1. Wang Chuqin continued to return the ball out of bounds with his backhand, and then he did not catch the ball with his backhand. He fell behind by 1-5 and was beaten a bit by Fan Zhendong, and his condition was too bad.
Fan Zhendong continued to score with his serve and blocked the ball with his forehand, which made Wang Chuqin sigh with admiration for the ball, and expanded the lead 7-2. Then Wang Chuqin's forehand finally scored points, found a breakthrough, and caught up 5-8. Fan Zhendong called out the timeout very cautiously, which was surprising.After the suspension came back, Wang Chuqin's forehand scored again, 6-8! But unfortunately, the twisting and pulling of the backhand went out of bounds again, and the rhythm was interrupted. Fan Zhendong stabilized the situation and was troubled by the forehand and backhand, and won the second game 11-6.
I have to say that Fan Zhendong deserves to be number one in the world. He has a balanced forehand and backhand, a good mentality, and he called the pause time correctly. He taught Wang Chuqin a lesson.