wtt The competition for the first round of the men's singles in the men's table tennis finals has ended. Six national table tennis players participated, and five successfully advanced to the second round. Among them, the top seed Fan Zhendong experienced a hard battle before narrowly defeating Dako 3-2. This game caused considerable controversy. After the game, Fan Zhendong revealed the reason for his narrow victory.
Fan Zhendong played against the famous Slovenian player Darko. The two had met twice before. Fan Zhendong maintained a complete victory record and did not lose a game. Both times he won by sweep, so this time the two met again, the outside world generally believed that Fan Zhendong would win easily. However, after the game started, Fan Zhendong was at a disadvantage. On the contrary, Daco took the initiative on the court and soon won the first game with 11-7. After that, Fan Zhendong gradually found his touch and won with 11-7. 7, 11-7 to take the lead in two consecutive games. In the fourth game, Dako started with 3-0, and then Fan Zhendong tied the score. The two entered into a fight. When Fan Zhendong led 13-12, there was a woman at the scene. The audience suddenly screamed, which directly disrupted Fan Zhendong's rhythm. Then Darko caught up with the score, and the two continued to fight to a 16-16 tie. Then Fan Zhendong scored 1 point and led 17-16. At this time, Wang Hao shouted After the timeout, the game restarted. Darko seized the opportunity and scored 3 points in a row, winning the game 19-17. In the decisive game, the two tied at 4-4, with Fan Zhendong leading by 2 points. After that, Fan Zhendong maintained his advantage and finally secured the victory with 11-8, thus narrowly winning with a total score of 3-2.
After the game, Fan Zhendong explained in an interview why this game was so difficult for him. Fan Zhendong said that he was a little slow in the first game and the score was tight, and he had been thinking of ways. The opponent succeeded in many tactics in this game, which put a lot of pressure on himself. Fan Zhendong then focused on the unexpected situation in the game. Fan Zhendong said that he suddenly heard a cry at the critical moment in the fourth game, which greatly affected the performance. Everyone was very close to each other. Although it was a cheering sound, he still hoped Being able to respect the rules of the field, I hope everyone will return the game to the athletes and let them lead the game. From Fan Zhendong's statement, it is not difficult to see that the main reason for the narrow victory was that he was a little slow to start, coupled with the influence of the audience, otherwise Fan Zhendong would have had a chance to end the game in the first four games.
In addition, head coach Wang Hao's call for a timeout when he was leading also caused some controversy. Many fans believed that Wang Hao should not call a timeout when he was leading. After all, Fan Zhendong had the advantage at the time. Although he was only leading by 1 point, as long as he continued It would have been over after scoring 1 point, but Wang Hao's call for a timeout not only did not help Fan Zhendong, but also allowed Dakko to seize the opportunity to regain the game and drag the game into the deciding game. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong regained his touch in time. That's why we didn't let the upset happen. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or redistribute it.
