[Tilu News]The Asian Table Tennis Championships held many battles in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Friday (8th). Hong Kong table tennis player Huang Zhenting faced South Korean fierce player Zhang Yuzhen in the top 16. After falling behind by two games, he used his tenacious fighting spirit to reverse the game. He advanced to the top 8 with a count of 3:2. Unfortunately, he then had a fierce battle with Chinese star Fan Zhendong for 4 games and lost 1:3, unable to go any further and just missed the medal.
Huang Zhenting (Photo: WTT)
After Huang Zhenting defeated the Kazakh player GERASSIMENKO Kirill in the top 32 today with a game score of 3:1, he met the Korean player Zhang Yuzhen in the top 16. He was defeated by the opponent 9:11 at the beginning. In the second game, the two sides fought fiercely and Zhang Yuzhen fought again. narrowly won 19:17. However, Huang Zhenting, who was at a big disadvantage, did not give up. After adjusting, he used his strong fighting spirit to win three games in a row, 11:2, 11:9, 12:10, with a total score of 3:2 and a thrilling advance to the top 8.
Later, Huang Zhenting faced the Chinese star Fan Zhendong in the top 8 and did not fall behind. The two were already inseparable at the beginning of the game. Huang Zhenting, who gave it a try, attacked hard in the second half and won the first victory at 13:11. Fan Zhendong then gradually found the feeling of the game, maintained the lead at the beginning, and evened the score at 7:11. In the third game, the two men once again fell into a tug-of-war, even reaching 11:11. The hard-working Huang Zhenting was not afraid of Fan Zhendong’s offense and was still superior in handling the key ball, and won another victory at 11:13. The big score was 1:2 to overtake Huang Zhenting. Fan Zhendong, who had already started to gain strength in the fourth game, was on full fire and still led 9:2 until the end. In the end, Fan Zhendong sealed the victory with 3:11.
Huang Zhenting (right)/He Junjie (Photo: WTT)
In addition to participating in the men’s singles event, Huang Zhenting also teamed up with He Jun to compete in the top 8 of the men’s doubles today. Unfortunately, they faced the Chinese combination Ma Long/Wang Chuqin. Although they won the first game 11:8, they could not take the courage to win and were defeated by their opponents 3 times in a row. Game 8:11, 3:11, 3:11 came back to win.
Li Haoqing (Photo: WTT)
In other events, Hong Kong table tennis player Zhu Chengzhu easily defeated Malaysian player Lin Jingxuan in the top 32 of the women’s singles. Later, she met China’s world number one Sun Yingsha in the top 16 and lost 3 in a row with 4:11, 11:13, 3:11. The game was defeated. Teammates Li Kaimin and Li Haoqing respectively lost to Japanese players Mima Ito and Miyu Kihara in the women’s singles round of 32. In the men’s singles, Hong Kong players Ng Pak-nam and Lam Siu-hang also lost to China’s Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan in the round of 32. Another Hong Kong player, Ho Jun-kit, lost to Japanese player Hayasuke Togami. Hong Kong table tennis players have also been eliminated from the Asian Championships.
Zhu Chengzhu (Photo: WTT)
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”[Asian Table Tennis Championships]Huang Zhenting made a huge comeback in men’s singles and advanced to the quarterfinals, losing to Fan Zhendong and missing the medal」
2023-09-08 13:29:57
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