On the evening of 8 February, the men’s singles semi-finals of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament saw the Chinese table tennis team’s two main players, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun, meet in a fierce battle. As a result, world No.1 Wang Chuqin lost 3-4 in seven games, missing match points against his teammate, thus stopping in the quarter-finals and not being able to defend his title, while Liang Jingkun, who was runner-up in the men’s singles last year, once again progressed to the finals. Details of the battle can be found below.
Wang Chuchin was born in 2000 and Liang Jing Kun in 1996. They are both mainstays of the Chinese table tennis team, and have played each other many times before, with four international wins and four ties each, so there is not much of a difference in their standards.
On the current development momentum, the young Wang Chuqin obviously better, has been the main player of the Olympic Games and got the mixed doubles, men’s gold medal, but never sure to win; and from the technical point of view, the two do not have obvious short boards and loopholes, relatively speaking, Wang Chuqin’s front three boards and forehand is more prominent, Liang Jingkun’s backhand is more threatening, the battle is indeed difficult to predict the victory or defeat, the clinical play is very important.
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After the match started, the two of them launched a very fierce attack, but each other appeared to serve out the situation of being grabbed and pulled by the other, which also shows that everyone is a bit nervous, relatively speaking, Wang Chuqin’s serve reception means more diverse, in the near table speed is more superior, and finally took the lead to take the first set with 11-8.
In the second set, Liang Jingkun took the lead, carrying Wang Chuchin’s attack in the first three boards, and then entering the two-sided looping phase of his own speciality. Although he was once ahead by 5 points at 7-2 and was levelled up, he was eventually able to win 11-9 to pull back to within a point of winning the set.
In the third set, the two sides continued to play very fiercely, Wang Chuqin was penalised one point for serving behind in the opening game, and then soon after, Liang Jingkun made a direct error on his serve and also lost one point. Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity to press forward and quickly chased down the ball to 6-all, but Liang Jingkun soon adjusted his form, scoring four points in a row to get the set point, and ultimately took the 11-7 win to turn back the score.
In the fourth set, they again battled to a crucial point, with Liang Jingkun taking a timeout to adjust after taking a 109 lead. After returning to the court, he was able to withstand Wang Chuchin’s serve-receive attacks, and scored another point through a backhand slash to win 11-9, while forcing his teammate to the brink of extinction.
In the fifth game, Liang Jingkun was the first to make an error and lost a point, but then quickly gained his footing and continued to break through Wang Chuqin’s forehand gap to level the score, but soon his team-mate also followed suit and broke through his forehand position, and the two of them battled it out to win 11-5, and the suspense of the match was extended.
The sixth game Wang Chuqin 6-9 down with the right to use the timeout, back to the court after the success of the chase to 9 flat and the first to get the set point, and then continue to attack and 11-9 to achieve the turnover, and thus five consecutive points will be dragged into the decisive game.
In the seventh game, both sides were still chasing each other, with Liang Jingkun taking the lead before being overtaken, then saving match point at 9-10 down to end the match at 12-10, thus narrowly defeating Wang Chuchin 4-3 to advance to the Men’s Singles Championship of this tournament.
