The quarterfinals of the men's singles table tennis at the Paris Olympics ended with an epic showdown between China and Japan. In the end, Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's Tomokazu Zhang with a total score of 4-3 after falling behind 0-2, and completed an epic comeback.
As we all know, in the first half of the competition, the world No. 1 Wang Chuqin was unexpectedly eliminated in the first round, which made Fan Zhendong very pressured in the second half. In addition, the draw results of the men's singles at the Paris Olympics showed that the overall strength of the players in the lower half was obviously stronger, and Fan Zhendong's every round was a tough battle.
I have to say that Zhang Benzhihe played really well in this game, and even almost shaved Fan Zhendong's head in the first game. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong also experienced the experience of the World Series, and adjusted his state in time, from 0-2 to 2-2, from 2-3 to 3-3, and finally dragged this game into a key tiebreaker.
In the deciding game, after Fan Zhendong got the match point 10-7, he won the game in one go, and did not give Zhang Benzhihe any chance. At this point, the men's singles of the Japan table tennis team was completely wiped out, especially Tomokazu Zhangmoto's dream of beating the Chinese team and wanting to reach the Olympic podium was shattered.
Of course, from an aesthetic point of view, it was a very high-level matchup, with both athletes having a chance to dominate the match. In the end, Fan Zhendong also withstood the pressure and won this difficult game thrillingly, taking another step towards the first Olympic singles championship in his career.
Next is the semi-finals, and it will be a very difficult matchup, I hope Fan Zhendong can summarize some of the shortcomings of this game and adjust his state in time. From the perspective of the pattern of the world table tennis world, the gold medal in the men's singles event of the Olympic Games has the highest gold content, and it is also the most difficult project for national table tennis.