On November 6, the table tennis WTT Frankfurt Championships continued, host German star Ovtcharov was swept 0-3 after three sets, losing only two points per set to England’s Pitchford, stopping the men’s singles thirty-two, and becoming the second World Champion after Swedish athlete Falk (1-3 against Lin Shidong) to go out of the tournament in a round robin, see below for more details.
What to watch
Ovtcharov and Pichevold are the best of the European players, the former has beaten Wang Hao, Zhang Jike, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan and other Chinese table tennis team, and the latter has also won over Ma Long and Xu Xin, but in terms of consistency Ovtcharov is much better than Pichevold, who has won the World Cup, European Games, European Championships, European Cup singles title, and has won bronze in singles at the Olympics twice.
As for Pichevold, his upper limit is higher and lower limit is very low, although he can occasionally beat famous players, but it’s hard to win the championship, and he often goes out early in international matches, so many fans don’t think that he can beat Ovtcharov, but this time the match appeared to be a “lopsided” situation, and Pichevold became the final winner.
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How the match unfolded
Ovtcharov played steadily in the first half of the first set, but then gradually fell into the wind, although 7-10 saved two set points, but still could not realize the turnaround, and finally lost 9-11 first city.
Ovtcharov revitalized in the second set, try to avoid Picheford’s backhand advantage, more breakthroughs from the opponent’s forehand, this time it was his turn to take the lead 10-7, but then lost 3 points to be leveled, 11-10 again after the lead by the other side of the rubbing to take the next set, and then demoralized, 11-13 defeat was forced into a desperate situation, and then lose a set will be eliminated.
In the third set, Ovtcharov started behind again, and had no choice but to call a timeout at 2-3 to make adjustments. After returning to the game, Ovtcharov once overtook the score, but soon was Picheford seized the opportunity to successive attacks, and finally again to 2 points difference, 9-11 defeat, and thus a round trip to end the whole game, no chance of advancing to the men’s singles round of sixteen.
