On March 28, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship continued, Romanian star Samara eliminated American player Zhang An 3-2, and the women's table tennis world runner-up advanced to the top 16 of singles.
Romanian star Samara is a first-class master of the foreign association, from two aspects, the competition won the women's table tennis World Cup runner-up, lost to Liu Shiwen at that time, and now Liu Shiwen has started a new life, Samara is still active, and has defeated the main force of national table tennis Chen Meng, there are only a handful of players who can do this, but in general, Samara's threat is limited after all, but Szokos needs to pay attention.
The opponent is the famous American player Zhang An, the highlight moment is also in the Women's Table Tennis World Cup, when he defeated Miyu Hirano, broke into the semi-finals and became a dark horse, and later won the singles championship in low-level events, the highest achievement is the national table tennis with, and Lin Gaoyuan cooperated to win the mixed doubles bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships, it is worth mentioning that the United States team has announced the Olympic lineup, Zhang An is naturally among them, she has always been a leader.
In fact, it stands to reason that Samara is 34 years old, and there are young players such as Dragoman and Diaconu in the team, as a player in the last Olympic cycle, the competitiveness in the team is not very strong, and everyone did not expect her to win Chen Meng, win more opportunities for herself, become the second person after Szokos, and even have the opportunity to continue to appear on the singles stage of the competition, which also makes everyone feel a little embarrassed.
After the start of the game, the first game was very simple, that is, to take the initiative to form a blessing, improve the quality of the board for confrontation, there are not too many rhythm changes, Zhang An obviously can't beat, Samara has strong strength, the connection speed is fast, Samara blasted out 11-4 to take the lead, Zhang An has studied in the national table tennis for a period of time, and the competitive level has been significantly strengthened, but in recent years, I feel that it has regressed rapidly.
In the second game, Samara led the game in an all-round way, Zhang An was still limited in ability, he did not find a coping strategy, the first three boards had poor ball skills, and he was not an opponent to fight hard, Samara won this game 11-7, you must know that women's table tennis is updated quickly, Samara can still maintain this state at the age of 34, it is indeed impossible to ignore, Zhang An has always been trying to find a way to adjust, but there is really no way to do it in many details.
After all, Samara is a veteran, it is difficult to stay focused, and it is easy to suddenly drop the line, Zhang An blasted out 11-3, 11-9 and color, but in the fifth game, Samara stabilized his position and ended the game 11-6, and finally eliminated Zhang An 3-2.