Text/Mr. Basket Guo
The WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament is in full swing and is now playing in the quarter-finals. This time, Fan Zhendong played against Francesca. In the end, Fan Zhendong defeated Francesca 3-0. The scores in the three sets were: 11-4, 11-7, 11-8.
After defeating the opponent, for Fan Zhendong, he also entered the final four of this event. Such an achievement, if it is changed to someone else, is naturally still possible. But the replacement on Fan Zhendong seems to be very general. Because, his absolute strength is top-notch. Malone competes, he falls out of the top two is a loser; Malone does not participate in the war, he loses the championship is a loser.
Nowadays, it is only in the final four, and for Fan Zhendong, there is nothing to be proud of. Because the horror of his strength is well known to the outside world. Therefore, Fan Zhendong entered the final four, and his heart was very calm, absolutely the kind that had no waves. There should be no suspense about this. For the fans, this is also well known.
However, seeing Fan Zhendong's ease is easy to remind people of the quarter-finals. At that time, Xu Xin played against Francesca, and the final result was that Xu Xin lost 2-3 to The German star Francesca and did not qualify. The five innings were 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11. For Xu Xin, it seems very difficult for him to play against an athlete like Francesca, fighting five sets and finally losing. This is indeed very helpless for Xu Xin.
Some people say that heroes cannot be discussed in terms of a game, and there is no problem with such a statement. However, in such a case, it is problematic. That is, for Xu Xin, in terms of singles, it is not the first time that he has broken the sand. Since the National Games, Xu Xin's results in the men's singles do not seem to be very good. Previously, he was juxtaposed with Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and others, and was considered to be the top master of the first wave in China. But now? He seemed to be pulled away. The main reason is the decline in his personal state. In this tournament, he did not even enter the quarterfinals of the men's singles. Because of this, many people say bluntly that Xu Xin, 32 years old, is really slowly getting old.
No one can deny this. The opponent is also Francesca, and the comparison is enough to know that Fan Zhendong or Fan Zhendong, Xiao Fat or Xiao Fat, is still so stable output, facing such an opponent, easily clean sheet opponent. Moreover, the score in the first set was still a dominant score, 11-4. Such a reality proves Fan Zhendong's absolute superiority. Xu Xin, who had previously been, lost to such an opponent. This also proves from the side that today's Xu Xin should be far inferior to Fan Zhendong in the men's singles.
Fan Zhendong ranked first in the world, Xu Xin's world ranking is not bad, in theory, the gap between 2 people should not be so large. It's just a pity that Xu Xin's state is indeed declining today. Perhaps, it is also related to age. Otherwise, it wouldn't be what it is today. And through the duel with the same opponent, we also know that the more powerful Fan Zhendong is, the more it proves that Xu Xin's state has declined a little.
The first set was 11-4, the big score was 3-0, the more Fan Zhendong was stronger, the more he proved that Xu Xin was not good? At least, this time the tournament is like this. Anyway, let's continue to pay attention to it, and see if Xu Xin will be in a better state in the men's singles game after that.