On September 10, Beijing time, the first round of the WTT Macau Championship men's singles continued. In a focus battle, the young Chinese table tennis player Xiang Peng faced Germany's Francesca. In this game, both sides fought hard for five games, and Xiang Peng finally lost 2-3 and suffered a one-round game.
This event is still a great challenge to the national table tennis team. Previously, the national table tennis team lost consecutive men's singles championships in Yokohama, Sweden and Almaty. Now Liang Jingkun withdraws from the competition due to injury, and has lost another insurance. For Xiang Peng personally, only by ensuring a stable winning rate in foreign wars can he become the main force in the Los Angeles cycle. In terms of world rankings, Xiang Peng is ninth and Francesca is 18th. However, in the Bundesliga, Francesca is Fan Zhendong's teammate at Salbrücken Club, and he can learn some practical information from Xiaopang. Therefore, this game is undoubtedly a tough battle for Xiang Peng.
In the first game, Xiang Peng started the game very actively, and the scores of both sides rose alternately, and they even made a lot of work on sending and extending in the middle game. However, due to the lack of Hawkeye's intervention, two controversial penaltys in the first game made Francesca dissatisfied. Xiang Peng lost 2 innings in a row while leading 10-8 and was tied, but he withstood the pressure and won the first goal 12-10.
Xiang Peng chased back one minute after falling behind in the beginning, overtaking 5-4 forced Francesca's timeout. After the timeout, Francesca's landing point and quality improved. Xiang Peng was slightly conservative after leading 9-7. Francesca scored four points in a row when he opened the angle from left to right. Xiang Peng was scored 9-11.
Francisca scored three-pointers in a row in the third game, and Xiang Peng had a big problem receiving the serve, and the gap in the middle game was widened. Xiang Peng did not give up when he was 4 points behind at most. He saved the game points in the end of the game, but unfortunately he was still a slight difference between the stalemate of the multi-board. He lost another game 9-11 and was overtaken 1-2. In the fourth game, Xiang Peng fought against the enemy, scoring continuously at the beginning to widen the gap, and quickly won 11-1, dragging the game into the final game.
In the final game, Francesca made more mistakes in the start, but as his touch returned, Xiang Peng was overtaken 4-5 and forced out a timeout. After Xiang Peng came back, he scored three points in a row to reverse the situation. At the end of the game, both sides tied 9, and Xiang Peng saved the match point. However, Francesca still beat backhand and won the game 12-10, and Xiang Peng encountered a first round of games 2-3. And Francesca's final winning score really feels familiar.
After this game, Xiang Peng became the second player to be eliminated in the men's singles of the national table tennis team after Huang Youzheng. Since winning the Incheon Championship six months ago, Xiang Peng has never been able to score in the men's singles semi-finals in high-level international competitions again. This time, it is likely that Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong will still be responsible for the guarantee.
