On the evening of August 1, the Paris Olympics ushered in the table tennis focus of the battle, the main Chinese table tennis team Fan Zhendong appeared on the scene, and Japan’s rival Harimoto Tomokazu once again staged a summit duel, the results Fan Zhendong in the big score of 0-2, 2-3 behind the unfavorable situation of the top of the pressure, the bitter fight after 7 games 4-3 hard to promote men’s singles quarterfinals for the Chinese table tennis team in the project to retain the spark of the championship, continue to the impact of the gold medal, the details of the battle situation, please look at the For more details, please see below.
Match highlights
Fan Zhendong and Harimoto Tomokazu are both familiar to the fans of the Chinese table tennis team, the former has won many world championships, including six singles gold medals, while Harimoto Tomokazu, although only once in the men’s singles final of the World Cup and finally lifted the silver, but in the major tournaments repeatedly break through the Chinese table tennis team’s main line of defense, with a very strong impact.
Prior to this, the two athletes had 10 meetings, Fan Zhendong 7 wins and 3 losses (including the special tournament system), and this year to keep all the wins, so it is generally believed that the two of this encounter will be the probability that he will be promoted, but in the case of teammate Wang Chuqin out of the game, Fan Zhendong back more pressure, whether to face the strong enemy to play out the normal state of the unpredictable, still need to do the difficult to be prepared for.
Match Process
At the beginning of the match, Harimoto Tomokazu came up with his trademark roar, constantly accelerating through the near table to suppress the Chinese table tennis team, and soon took a 10-1 lead, his backhand remained strong, and his forehand had a very low error rate, and then he took the first set 11-2 strongly, which completely disrupted Fan Zhendong’s position.
The second game Fan Zhendong again behind the score, then through the reception of the direct grab pull and other ways to realize the reversal, but the middle section of the conservative attack, the result was Harimoto Tomokazu constantly suppression of overtaking, and again reversed after the other side played a lucky ball to level, followed by a short control error was picked, a backhand banana flip pull direct error, the result let Harimoto Tomokazu to 11-9 to another cit
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Harimoto Tomokazu began to fluctuate in the third set, came up to lose 6 points, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity to continue to win the initiative, and then 11-4 to equalize a city. In the fourth set, Fan Zhendong was still behind the score in the opening stage, and after a tough tie, he made a pulling error and fell behind the score, and then Harimoto Tomokazu called a timeout to make adjustments when he was only one point behind.
After returning to the court, Harimoto Tomokazu failed to adjust the state, but Fan Zhendong gradually find the feeling, and then continuous power to suppress the Japanese players, and soon to 10-7 overtook the set point, and then scored another point to 11-7 to win, the two are back to the same starting line, the Chinese table tennis team suddenly reduced the pressure.
The fifth set was a very important one for both teams, and the coaches of both teams were very nervous as whoever could take it would force their opponents into a corner. After getting back into the fight, Harimoto Tomokazu quickly won four more balls in a row, and then curbed the momentum of Fan Zhendong’s counter-attacks, and soon closed the gap, eventually winning 11-4 again, just one step away from advancing.
The sixth game Fan Zhendong can not retreat, the opening lead was chased down to only 1 point, also used up their own timeout, but then still by Harimoto Tomokazu leveled out. The key moment Fan Zhendong dared to go out, with more intense rotation suppressed Harimoto Tomokazu’s speed, and then through the control of the table to force the opponent to make mistakes, and finally 11-7 to take, the game was dragged into the decisive game.
The seventh game Fan Zhendong opening lead was reversed, then the two you catch up with me, the score continues to alternate, and finally Fan Zhendong to 11-7 to end the battle, and thus the thrilling advancement of the men’s singles quarterfinals, continue to impact the championship.
