Luca Brecel Makes History as First European to Win World Table Tennis Championships

[Sports News]Ranked 10th in the world, Luca Brecel, nicknamed “Belgian Bullet”, defeated Zeng Shuai 18:15 in the final of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships on Monday (1st) night, UK time. The 147-time four-time champion “Joker” Shabi, first reached the top of the world, becoming the 22nd king after the World Championships settled in Crucible, and also the first “post-90s” and the fourth non-British world champion.

Staged twice during the promotion processshocking reversal, respectively eliminated Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese star Si Jiahui’s Bisur, and advanced to the final of the World Championships for the first time to compete with Chabi for the championship.The 29-year-old player has already shown the state of “Fu” burst at the beginning, and has been leading all the time. The first stage was 6:2. In the second stage, he was chased by Chabi, who even played the final in the 16th inningHistory’s first 147but Bissel still ended the first day of competition with a slight advantage of 9:8.

The two continued to fight yesterday. The “Belgium Bullet” showed “on fire” in the third stage, blasted “Break Hundred” consecutively, and beat the opponent 6:2, and opened it to 15:10 in one fell swoop, entering the final fourth stage , Chabi chased again, and once won 5 games in a row and forced it to 15:16, but the psychologically strong Bissel withstood the pressure and won two games in a row to seal the 18:15 victory, becoming the first European to be crowned world champion in history. Continental players. Sabie’s five-time dream was broken, and he was runner-up for the second time. He failed to break the “Crucible 147 Curse” and became the third after Stephen Hendry and O’Suliyun to blast 147 at the same time in the World Championship The winning player.

As the first “post-90s” king, Bisur was overjoyed: “Dreams have come true! This is the best moment in my life. Especially looking back at my opponents along the way, Lonnie (Osha Levin), Mark Williams, and in the final over Shabby, he was the toughest opponent to beat. I would have been out on the first lap, but I was out in the last inning against Ricky Walden Well done and I’ve been playing my best game ever since.”

After winning the championship, Bissel, who rose to No. 2 in the world ranking, also pointed out: “When I was leading by 16:13, I even felt that I could not win. I was too nervous, I couldn’t control the cue, and I lost a lot of long stages. On the other hand, Shabi Getting stronger and stronger brought me a lot of trouble. I needed a good chance to stabilize myself, and finally I got this chance at 16:15. Relax, because if Shabi is chasing 16 to a tie, then he will be the final winner. In the last game, I thought I could play a cue “heavy pressure”, and I finally achieved a “breaking hundred” win. It’s really unbelievable to become a world champion in the process.” Bissel said that he just wanted to share the joy with his family at the moment of winning the championship: “Obviously I may not practice for the next few weeks or months, I want to enjoy it. I Too eager for this to happen for Belgium, for Europe, and now that I have done it, I can’t wait to see what it brings to the world.”

Shabi, who was defeated, did not deny his disappointment, but also praised Bisur’s performance: “It was not a fluke that he won the world championship. Look at those players he beat and see how he reversed. Walton, Williams, O’Suliyun, and so on. There is Si Jiahui in the top 4. For many years, he is the kind of talented player who waits (to win the championship) to happen. To have such a performance in his first World Championship final in his career is incredible. I am really happy for him. “

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