On the afternoon of March 29, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship entered the white-hot stage. In the men's singles 1/8 finals, the national table tennis world champion Fan Zhendong played against Germany's Franceca, and the result was that Xiaopang lived up to expectations and eliminated the table tennis star who has been in great form recently, 3-0. Although it is a big score of 3-0, the actual game process is very exciting, and the national table tennis should strengthen its attention to Francesca.
Congratulations to Fan Zhendong, who will next face the winner of Japan's main Tomokazu Zhangmoto and South Korea's dark horse Wu Huicheng.
Earlier in the 1/8 finals, the main national table tennis player Liang Jingkun 3-1 European champion Darko, France Felix swept Ocharov 3-0, Hugo Calderano 3-1 Alex, and French Simon Goetz 3-0 host Lee Sang-so. So far, the top 8 men's singles in the championship have released 5 places: Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Felix, Simon Goetz and Hugo.
Fan Zhendong swept Japan's rising star Matsushima Teruku 3-0 in the first round, showing strong Chinese power and speed. Francesca also performed well, eliminating Hong Kong, China's Huang Zhenting 3-1, and Ma Long, the main national table tennis player, 3-2 in the recent Grand Slam. This peak confrontation between the two makes the majority of fans look forward to it!
The game officially began, Liang Jingkun came prepared, the beginning of the game counted the opponent's line, Francesca is really good, and Fan Zhendong played inseparable, the game process ups and downs, the two contributed a very wonderful hold on to pull the ball, the score from 0-0 to 10-10 to 13-13, the key ball Fan Zhendong finally seized the opportunity, 15-13 to lock the game to get off to a good start.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong started well, leading 5-3, Francesca's defense was like a wall, but Fan Zhendong put a high ball to wipe the edge at the critical time, Francesca's mentality collapsed a little, Fan Zhendong led 7-4, and then a beautiful sideways burst to score, 8-4 lead, and then Francesca played a great ball and narrowed the score gap, in the second half Fan Zhendong took the initiative to attack 10-8 to get the game point, and finally won 11-8 and the next city!
In the third game, Fan Zhendong became more and more confident, leading 3-0 at the beginning, Francesca called a timeout, and after coming back, Fan Zhendong continued to control the rhythm of the game, and soon led the opponent 6-2, and Fan Zhendong accelerated the harvest in the second half of the game, and finally locked the victory with 11-6.
The next part of the men's singles quarter-finals is Felix vs Hugo Calderano, Liang Jingkun vs Simon Goetz. Fan Zhendong will face the winner of Tomokazu Changmoto and Wu Huicheng, while Ma Long will play a little later against the hosts' Lim Jong-hoon. Let's cheer for the national table tennis soldiers.