Who did Fan Zhendong lose to in the traditional men's singles semifinals of the Asian Games?The answer was that no one lost, but defeated South Korea's Jang Woo-jin 4-1 and successfully advanced to the final!
Whether it is the Asian Games or the Olympic Games, whether it is the World Table Tennis Championships or the World Cup, national table tennis is a king-level existence. In the Hangzhou Asian Games, the goal of national table tennis is, of course, to win all the gold medals. This goal was not accomplished, because Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, and Wang Yidi, two pairs of national table tennis women's doubles pairs, were eliminated in the 8-in-4 competition. The women's singles champion is Sun Yingsha, the mixed doubles champion is Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha, and the men's doubles champion is Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong, so who is the men's singles champion?
The men's singles champion of the last Asian Games was Fan Zhendong, and this time in the Hangzhou Asian Games, can Fan Zhendong defend his title?1 8 finals, Fan Zhendong's opponent is HKG's Lin Zhaoheng, this is an unchallenged duel, Fan Zhendong easily advanced to the top 8 4-0. In the 1 4 finals, Fan Zhendong's opponent was Ren Ueda from Japan, and it was another unchallenged duel. Fan Zhendong easily swept his opponent -3 and 11-7 to advance to the semifinals.
In the semifinals, Fan Zhendong finally ushered in a powerful player, Zhang Yuzhen from South Korea. Although Zhang Yuzhen's strength is good, she only won one game under Fan Zhendong. In the first game, Fan Zhendong easily won 11-4. The second game was the most evenly matched game between the two sides, and the score rose alternately, and after the battle reached 12-12, Zhang Yuzhen scored 2 points in a row and pulled back a game at 14-12. In the next three games, Fan Zhendong did not give Zhang Yuzhen any more chance, and won three cities in a row with -7, thus eliminating Zhang Yuzhen 4-1 and meeting Wang Chuqin in the finals.
In the semifinals, Fan Zhendong was already unwell. In the finals, Fan Zhendong couldn't get excited, and finally lost to Wang Chuqin 3-4 and missed the title defense!