On March 29, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship has become more and more intense, and six places have been decided in the quarterfinals, with Japanese star Tomokazu Haramoto narrowly defeating South Korean newcomer Oh Hyun-sung 3-2, and Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Felix, Hugo, and Simon Goetz are also in front of them.
Men's singles ushered in a youth showdown, Japanese star Tomokazu Zhang (20 years old) faced South Korean newcomer Wu Huicheng (17 years old), Tomokazu Zhang Ben has good strength, once won the World Cup singles runner-up, many times defeated the main players of the national table tennis, he has always been a big problem for the coaching staff, although the on-the-spot performance is not stable, such as the 0-3 loss to Yan An some time ago, but its threat has always existed, it is indeed difficult to deal with.
As for Wu Huicheng, everyone may not be familiar with it, this Korean teenager is the key training object, don't look at the world ranking is only 46th, this season's results are okay, originally everyone thought that the wild card is likely to be Zhao Dacheng, after all, the personal results are more prominent, the result is left to Wu Huicheng, which is a little surprising, indicating that the head coach is still optimistic about Wu Huicheng and hopes that he will grow through exercise.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Huicheng is also the son of the Olympic runner-up Wu Shangyin, who has participated in the adult group for a short time, and it can be said that the fledgling experience is insufficient.
After the start of the game, Zhang Benzhihe was not familiar with Wu Huicheng's style of play in the first game, and needed to have a process of adaptation, so he was relatively conservative and did not play so actively as before, relying on his advantage in the first three boards, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead with 11-6, Wu Huicheng is still too young, and Zhang Benzhi and such players are entangled, always using hard quality tricks, so there is definitely no chance to play.
In the second game, Wu Huicheng's own serving round was somewhat adjusted, but he couldn't keep up with Zhang Benzhihe's connection speed, and always let the opponent change the line first, the quality of the forehand was low, and the landing point was not played, Zhang Benzhihe led 8-5, and then won another game 11-7, there is still a gap in comprehensive strength, although Zhang Benzhihe made some unnecessary mistakes, but Wu Huicheng's ability to grasp the opportunity is not good, and he lacks scoring means.
In the third game, Zhang Benzhihe suddenly dropped the line, Wu Huicheng dared to fight and dare to fight, and also gave himself a chance to fight for himself, and pulled back a game with 11-6, and in the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe fell behind 5-9 to chase 10 draws, but the result was in vain, Wu Huicheng won the game 12-10, and Zhang Benzhihe stabilized his mentality in the decisive game, ending the game with 11-7, and finally narrowly defeated Wu Huicheng 3-2, Zhang Benzhihe advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals and faced Fan Zhendong again.