On July 31, Beijing time, the Paris Olympic Games table tennis competition ushered in a key matchup, the third seed in men's singles, France's star Felix · Lebrun appeared on the stage, facing Germany's star and two-time Olympic men's singles bronze medalist Ocharov, as a result, Ocharov fell behind 0-3 and chased 3 consecutive games, but finally lost 3-4 to stop in the round of 16, thus becoming the second eliminated world champion after Wang Chuqin, please see below for details.
Highlights of the game
Born in 1988, Ocharov is a well-known table tennis player, who has been fighting against national table tennis for more than ten years, and has won the men's singles championship of the World Cup, European Cup, European Championships, and European Games, and has also won the Olympic men's singles bronze medal twice in 2012 and 2021, and has defeated the main force of national table tennis many times, but after all, he is already a veteran, and his state is not as good as before.
Felix, who was born in 2006, is the "upstart" of table tennis, and is currently ranked fifth in the world, and is also the third seed in the men's singles of the Paris Olympics, second only to Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, and has won the men's singles championship of the European Games.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, Ocharov once had an advantage, but soon could not keep up with the rhythm of Felix in terms of speed, the latter is currently the highest level of direct shooting players in the table tennis world, this time after the court soon played the advantage of direct shooting, in the near stage continued to rush to attack, horizontal play to suppress the predecessors, and then although the game points were saved, but in the end it was 9-11 to lose the first game.
In the second game, Ocharov still played very passively, and it was difficult to parry in the face of Felix's strong attack, and it was difficult to pull out a high-quality curve ball near the platform, but in the face of the backward situation, Ocharov fought back, this time successfully chased a 10-10 draw, and then once reversed, but in the end it was still 13-15.
In the third game, Ocharov was reversed in the lead, Felix seized the opportunity to continue to tear quickly and twist on the side to win the initiative, and then tied and reversed the score, and the two chased me at the critical moment, but Ocharov collapsed on the key points, and was forced into a desperate situation by the opponent after losing 10-12.
In the fourth game, Felix's victory was in sight, Ocharov was unable to retreat, and finally pulled back a city 11-8, and then the fifth game was even more vigorous, and he easily won 11-3, and then continued to take the lead in the sixth game, winning 11-6, thus dragging the game into a decisive game, and the suspense of the game increased sharply.
In the seventh game, Felix was no longer conservative, and continued to attack and suppress Ocharov at the beginning, and finally ended the battle 11-7, thus narrowly winning 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals and continue to attack the men's singles championship.