On the evening of 5 May, table tennis WTT Smash ushered in a focus of the match, Chinese table tennis team Qian Tianyi appeared on the scene, and the former Chinese table tennis world champion, has been 60 years old Luxembourg’s main Ni Xialian, the results of Qian Tianyi a score of 0-2 behind in a stunning reversal, 3 games in a row, and save the match point after the 3-2 victory to advance to the last thirty-two, it is thrilling to see.
The Chinese table tennis team in 2024 alone has already been broken by long-glue, long-glue, handshake grip and anti-arc players, and Qian Tianyi almost collapsed this time, which is worthy of serious reflection.
Please see below for the detailed battle situation.
Match Watch
Born in 1963, Ni Xialian was the main athlete of the Chinese table tennis team, at the age of 19, she got the women’s team and mixed doubles champion of the World Table tennis Championships, and then she went to Europe to develop, until now she is about to reach the age of 61 and still hasn’t retired, it is indeed the old and the strong.
Ni Xialian not only has a long professional life, but also often win, Paris Olympic cycle has many victories over the famous players, earlier this year will be born in 2004 Chinese table tennis team hopeful Kuai Man pulled down, its left-handed straight racket, long rubber offensive playing style is unpredictable, many young athletes are not adapted to, so Qian Tianyi can not be underestimated each other.
The Match Proceedings
After the first set, Qian Tianyi really unfamiliar with Ni Xiaolian’s ball path, so after the court played very cautiously, a little inattention to the other party’s long rubber disruption, the two chased each other, has been playing until 9 draws to distinguish between winners and losers, the results of Qian Tianyi failed to break through the defence of the senior, and ultimately to 13-15 unfortunately lost the game.
In the second set, Qian Tianyi’s mentality completely collapsed, and she kept losing points to open the gap, but in the middle section she started to attack continuously, and succeeded in achieving a reversal after scoring consecutive points, but followed by consecutive errors, and then lost again in 9-11, and the score became 0-2 down and was forced into a desperate situation, and it was only one step away from being eliminated.
Qian Tianyi gradually gained a foothold in the third set, scoring six points in a row in the opening game, but then was chased down to 9-7 only two points, only to call a timeout to make adjustments. After returning to the court, Qian Tianyi didn’t give his predecessor a chance, and finally took it 11-7. As a result, he led for many times in the fourth set and was overtaken by his opponent to get the match point, but fortunately, he turned the game around 12-10 after falling behind 9-10, and the match was dragged into the deciding set as a result.
Qian Tianyi quickly took the lead in the fifth game, then continuously suppressed Ni Xiaolian’s counterattacks, and finally took the victory with 11-7, thus eliminating the 60-year-old seniors from the tournament with a score of 3-2, which is not easy indeed: applaud for the wonderful play of both athletes!
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