On May 25, Beijing time, the 2024 Taiyuan Table Tennis Tournament continued. Today's competition is still fierce. There will be two rounds of competition between men's singles and women's singles. At present, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong have successfully advanced to the top four of the women's singles, both defeating team-mates. Chen Xingtong avenged Qian Tianyi, and Wang Yidi lost the black horse Fan Shuhan.
In the men's singles competition, there are only two national table tennis players left. Liang Jingkun and Zhou Qihao both want to fight outside. Liang Jingkun's opponent is the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan. From the perspective of hard power, Liang Jingkun is stronger, with better results and world rankings. Liang Jingkun's technical skills and offensive stalemate are obviously better than Zhuang Zhiyuan.
This year's competition has seen great ups and downs. Winning one championship and one Asian championship is to create the best results. The runner up of the Grand Slam and the champion of the championship, but the later competitions are out early. Zhuang Zhiyuan has strong ability to fight, rich experience, and the first three boards are exquisite, which cannot be underestimated.
At the beginning of the game, Liang Jingkun played steadily, while Zhuang Zhiyuan made various mistakes. They didn't get into the state, made mistakes in receiving and attacking, and rarely formed a stalemate. Liang Jingkun played normally, didn't work hard to improve quality, which was basically Zhuang Zhiyuan's mistakes, and finally Liang Jingkun blew out 11-0.
In the second game, Liang Jingkun started 3-1. He didn't make any mistakes in the backhand. He was chased to 4-4. Zhuang Zhiyuan sought stability and didn't pursue high quality. Liang Jingkun's rhythm was a bit chaotic. It was his turn to make various mistakes. He fell behind 6-9 and lost 9-11.
After Liang Jingkun 3-2 in the third game, the rhythm was disordered again. Zhuang Zhiyuan scored 8-4 points in a row and took the lead. Liang Jingkun reduced his mistakes and sought stability. Instead, Zhuang Zhiyuan began to make mistakes and entered the topspin ball. Liang Jingkun was dominant, catching up to 9-9, and reversed the game by 11-9.
In the fourth game, Liang Jingkun started 3-0 with simple tactics, focusing on the topspin ball. Zhuang Zhiyuan had no choice but to pull back to 8-1, and finally won the final game 11-2.
Liang Jingkun interviewed: The preparation before the game was quite sufficient. There were too many unnecessary mistakes in the second game. When the third game was behind, he wanted to simplify the ball as much as possible. Get the doubles ready later.
In the match between Zhou Qihao and Zhao Dacheng, Zhao Dacheng is one of the big seeds in the men's singles, No. 4. This year's world ranking has been improved very quickly. Both Grand Slam tournaments have played well, especially the Saudi Grand Slam, which has been promoted to the top eight.
Zhao Dacheng took the initiative in the first three boards at the beginning, and the quality of the backdraft was also 4-3 ahead. Zhou Qihao made a change of destination, carried the first three boards, scored 8-5 points in a row, and went into a stalemate. Zhao Dacheng fell behind, and Zhou Qihao won the first game 11-7.
In the second game, Zhou Qihao strengthened his initiative and started 5-1. In the stalemate stage, he played more steadily, and the attack and defense rhythm was very tight. Zhao Dacheng could not compete in the stalemate. He continued to lead 8-4, and won another game 11-5 after the bottom.
In the third game, Zhou Qihao had a good start 3-1. Zhao Dacheng held on to the score and caught up to 6-6. Zhou Qihao made a series of mistakes in his backhand, which caused fluctuations. Fortunately, he adjusted in time. Through the forehand side attack, he scored 11-9 points in the final game and advanced to the top four with a big score of 3-0.
Zhou Qihao said that before the game, he saw that his opponent played very hard, so he tried to avoid scoring on the first three boards. Zhao Dacheng's serve was his characteristic and main score, so he tried to avoid eating serve.
Liang Jingkun joined Zhou Qihao in the semi-final and won a seat in the final ahead of time. The final was destined to face the Foreign Trade Association.
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