China News Service, Xinxiang, October 28 (Kan Li Chenghang) In the men's singles quarter-finals of the Xinxiang WTT World Cup final held on the 28th, the top-seeded Chinese player Fan Zhendong, who was in the first round bye, lost to Germany 2-3 in his debut. Ocharov, an upset loss, missed the semi-finals.
The match between the world number one Fan Zhendong and Ochalov has attracted much attention from the outside world.
Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan are the only two Chinese players in the upper half of the men's singles. Lin Gaoyuan lost to Germany's Boer 2-3 in the first round.
In the men's singles quarter-finals, the two sides have played against each other 6 times, and Fan Zhendong has the advantage with 4 wins and 2 losses.
At the beginning of the duel, the two sides entered a fierce competition.
After the two sides tied the score at 3-3 at the beginning, Fan Zhendong continued to score and finally won the first game 11-4.
Changing sides to fight again, Fan Zhendong made consecutive mistakes and lost points, while Ocharov handled the key ball properly.
Fan Zhendong lost a game 6-11.
In the third game, after Fan Zhendong lost 4 points in a row at the start, the two fought to tie the score 7-7, but in the end they lost to Ocharov 8-11.
The picture shows Ochalov celebrating.
Cheng Hang photo
In the key game, Fan Zhendong started 2-0 behind. Fan Zhendong, who adjusted his state with full firepower, set off a wave of scoring climax in multiple single-round and multi-shot contests, scoring 7 points in a row to bring the score to 7-2.
In the end, they won the key game 11 to 7.
The two fought to the tiebreaker, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
From 3 to 0 to 7 to 3, Fan Zhendong has been at a disadvantage.
After adjusting his state, Fan Zhendong scored 3 points on the fast break.
But at the last moment, Fan Zhendong was obviously not in good rhythm. After losing 4 points in a row, he lost to Ocharov with a big score of 2-3 and missed the semi-finals.
Ocharov told reporters after the game, "I played very well in the interior, and Fan Zhendong also played very well in the backcourt, but sometimes I managed to suppress him, which gave me confidence."
When talking about the reasons for the loss, Fan Zhendong said that the overall performance of the game was not good. "The slow entry into the state and the failure to handle the key scores were the main reasons for the loss."
Ocharov will face Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto, who defeated German veteran Boer 3-0 in the semifinals tomorrow.
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