On March 29th, Beijing time, the Incheon Championship entered the third day of competition, and the top 8 places will be produced on this day!
At present, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Yidi, who are playing in the national table tennis, have already played, all with a score of 3-1, respectively, eliminating the Slovenian star Darko, the Swedish chipper Bergström, and the Romanian veteran Samara, and advanced to the top 8!
The other 4 members of the national table tennis team are facing each other: Fan Zhendong VS Francesca (Germany), Ma Long VS Lim Zhongxun (South Korea), Wang Manyu VS Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei), Chen Meng VS Zhang Benmeihe (Japan).
At present, there are four places in the top 8 of the men's singles, in addition to Liang Jingkun's 3-1 victory over Slovenia's Darko, the other three matches are: Hugo (Brazil) 3-1 Alex Lebrun (France), Felix Lebrun (France) 3-0 Ocharov (Germany), Simon Goetz (France) 3-0 Lee Sang-so (South Korea).
In the women's singles, the top 8 has produced 5 seats, except for the national table tennis players Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi, the results of the remaining 3 matches are: Hina Hayada (Japan) 3-1 Meshev (Egypt), Polkanova (Austria) 3-0 Takahashi Bruna (Brazil), Szokos (Romania) 3-0 Adriana Diaz (Puerto Rico).
The next is a men's singles 1/8 final, national table tennis player Fan Zhendong against German star Francesca, in the first round of this tournament, Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's 16-year-old Matsushima Teruku 3-0, Francesca 3-1 defeated Hong Kong, China's Huang Zhenting.
In the Singapore Grand Slam that ended in the middle of this month, Fan Zhendong did not perform well at that time and was blocked out of the men's singles round of 16 by teammate Lin Shidong, while Francesca performed decently, including the men's singles 1/16 final with a score of 3-2 victory over national table tennis player Ma Long, breaking out a big upset.
In the men's singles quarterfinals later, Francesca was blocked out of the men's singles quarterfinals by Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru. Now that he has come to the stage of the Incheon Championship, Fan Zhendong must prove himself with excellent performance.
In terms of historical head-to-head meetings, Fan Zhendong and Francesca have a total of 7 head-to-head records, and Fan Zhendong has an absolute advantage of 6 wins and 1 loss, and the following brings the details of this match.
In the first game, Francesca took the lead 4-1, and then Fan Zhendong chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to a 4-4 draw, Francesca scored 2 points in a row, and Fan Zhendong chased 2 points in a row, and the two sides fought to 6-6. After that, the two sides fought to an 8-8 draw, and Fan Zhendong got 2 game points in the first game 10-8.
Francesca is also very tenacious, strong 3 points in a row, not only saved 2 game points but also got a chance to get a game point, Fan Zhendong saved the game point, and then the two sides fought until 13-13 draw, at the critical moment, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row to win the first game 15-13.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong took the lead 2-0, Francesca chased it to a 3-3 draw, and then Fan Zhendong scored 4 points in a row, 7-3 to pull the score away, and Francesca chased the score to 7-8 in the middle and late stages. At the end of the game, Fan Zhendong got 2 game points in the second game 10-8, and the result was 11-8, leading the opponent 2-0.
In the third game, Fan Zhendong took a 3-0 lead and stopped Francesca. After the pause, Francesca did not have a good way to limit the hot Fan Zhendong, and after Francesca chased the score to 4-6, Fan Zhendong scored 3 points in a row and pulled the score away 9-4.
After that, Francesca chased 2 points in a row, and then Fan Zhendong also scored 2 points in a row, winning the third game 11-6, and swept Francesca 3-0 with a big score, avenging the revenge of the Dragons!
On the evening of the 29th, the national table tennis players Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and the Dragon team will play against Japan's Zhang Ben Mihe, Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing and South Korea's Lin Zhongxun.