Xinhua News Agency, Yokohama, Japan, April 7 (Reporter Hua Yi) on the afternoon of the 7th, the 2019 TABLE tennis Asian Cup held the men’s and women’s singles finals in Yokohama, Japan. Fan Zhendong and Zhu Yuling respectively used 4:2 victory over Ma Long and Chen Meng, both defending successfully, Zhu Yuling made the Asian Cup three successive championships.
In the men’s singles final, the score was tightly bitten at the beginning of the game. Malone won the first game at 11:9, and Malone failed to grasp the opportunity at 10:8 in the second game, fan Zhendong got 4 points to reverse. Fan Zhendong, the third bureau, achieved a 4:0 leading edge. Ma Long quickly stabilized his position and chased the score to 5:5. After the battle reached 9 square meters, Ma Long scored 2 points in a row and then the next city. The total score was 2:1 lead. In the fourth bureau, Fan Zhendong made a 5:0 advantage again, and equalized the total score of the first four bureaus to 2:2 with 11:7.
The scores of both sides in the fifth game were clenched to 6:6. Fan Zhendong scored several times in the second half of the attack, winning the fifth game at 11:8, leaving only one game left to the defending champion. Fan Zhendong won the competition at 12:10 in the 6th Bureau and successfully defended his title. The scores of the six games are 9:11,12:10,9:11,11:7,11:8 and 12:10 respectively.
Fan Zhendong said after the game that he was very happy to defend his title. “Today, I didn’t play very well in the first three games. I was passive on the court. The fourth game began to slowly enter the situation I wanted. It was not easy to win Malone, and I performed very well.”
In the semi-final on the 6th, Fan Zhendong defeated Japanese player Zhang benzhihe 4:1 in the case of losing a game first. “I lost to Zhang benzhihe last year and played again this year. My mentality is very good, and some shots are handled more reasonably.” Fan Zhendong believes that this championship will greatly help the confidence of the Budapest World Championships at the end of the month. The goal is to win the singles and mixed doubles championships of the World Table Tennis Championships.
In the women’s singles final on the afternoon of 7th, Zhu Yuling defeated his teammate Chen Meng with 4:2 and achieved the Asian Cup three successive championships. The scores of the six games are 15:13,4:11,11:5,11:8,7:11 and 11:6 respectively.
After the game, Zhu Yuling said that he and Chen Meng were very familiar with each other. Today, every game in the game is between bertrong, and he may win in a stronger belief.