On August 4, the Paris Olympic Games men’s singles table tennis final came to an end, the Chinese table tennis team Fan Zhendong fought 5 games after 4-1 reversal of the Swedish black horse Moregarde, in the case of his teammate Wang Chuqin went out early, lost to the other side of the situation became the Chinese table tennis in the project of the “lone hero”, and thus for the first time to win the Olympic Games men’s singles title, but also He became the eleventh Smash winner in the history of the Bing world! See below for details of the match.
Match highlights
The Chinese table tennis team men’s singles was hit hard by opponents from outside the association, with world No. 1 Wang Chuqin losing 2-4 to Sweden’s Mørregaard in the round of 32, and Fan Zhendong then falling behind several times in the round of 8, before turning back Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan in a tough 4-3 finish to finally meet Mørregaard in the final.
Back in the 2021 World Series in Houston, Fan Zhendong and Molaygaard fought for the title in the men’s singles final, and at that time, it was Fan Zhendong who took an easy 4-0 victory, and now the Olympics is again the two of them sticking it out to the final round. Although Fan Zhendong had previously won 3 straight matches against each other, Molaygaard’s form this time around is really very good, and the Chinese table tennis team still has to be ready for the difficulties.
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The Road to Advancement
In the first 5 rounds of the match, Fan Zhendong successively won 4-0 over Zamudenko (Ukraine), 4-1 over Huang Zhenting (Hong Kong, China), 4-0 over Karnak (USA), 4-3 over Harimoto Tomokazu (Japan), and 4-0 over Petit Le Brun (France), and did not encounter too many difficulties in the rest of the matches except for the battle with Harimoto Tomokazu, which was very difficult to win.
Mooregaard won 4-1 against Nuytik (Belgium), 4-2 against Wang Chuqin (China), 4-1 against Gao Chengrui (Chinese Taipei), 4-1 against Asal (Egypt), 4-2 against Hugo (Brazil) – none of the matches were shutouts, but none of the matches went to a deciding game, so his play was relatively stable.
Match proceedings
At the beginning of the match, Mooregaard took the lead with control and attacking in the table, and soon took the lead, but Fan Zhendong calmly responded to the situation of 1-4 down, and then chased down to 4-4 level, and then once again fell behind by the opponent to get three set points, and finally lost 7-11 to lose the first set.
In the second game, Moregard started to take the lead again, Fan Zhendong then scored consecutive points to reverse the situation, but was soon leveled again. The key moment Fan Zhendong through the counter-rotation serve and other ways to play the ball as simple as possible, but back over 2 points after the opponent’s forehand attack again disrupted the situation, behind the score, but ultimately still to 11-9 thrilling to take, the two thus back to the same starting line.
The third game is still playing very intense, Fan Zhendong’s core is still in the backhand position for breakthroughs, as long as you can hold off the first plate of Moregard’s bouncing will be able to get a huge advantage, but after the lead by the other side of the wrestling to catch up to only 1 point, off-court guidance, the Chinese table tennis team head coach Wang Hao then called a timeout to make adjustments.
After returning to the court, Fan Zhendong was still in poor condition, and as a result, the opponent reversed the score. At the critical moment, Fan Zhendong knocked Moregard off the stage and took one of the opponent’s high ball rounds, and then his morale was boosted, and he scored consecutive points to win another game 11-9, thus the score was 2-1, and the balance of victory was tilted in favor of the Chinese team.
Fan Zhendong dropped 2 points in the fourth set, but he still played very calm and collected, and soon scored 2 points to equalize, and then continued to curb Moregard’s attack in the backhand position, although it was chased down to 9-8 after 9-4, but Fan Zhendong didn’t let himself be disorganized, and finally took it 11-8, thus forcing the opponent to the brink of extinction.
The fifth game Moregard backwater, is bound to increase the intensity of the fight, but Fan Zhendong did not give the opponent another chance, the opening three points, and then 7-1 lead, although missed a number of match points, but ultimately ended the battle with 11-8, and thus the first Olympic men’s singles laurels, and at the same time to fill the top of the table tennis world in their own final piece of the competition “blank! “to realize the dream of Smash.
