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Xu Xin missed the men's singles final 2-4, and pittford will compete with fan Zhendong for the men's

On March 8 Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation Qatar Open ushered in the last day of the competition.

In the afternoon's men's singles semi-final, Xu Xin, now the world's No. 1, lost 2-4 to British player pittford, who will compete for the men's singles championship with fan Zhendong that night.

Coincidentally, in the previous day's competition, Xu Xin's partner Malone beat pittford / delink hall and won the men's Doubles Championship for the national table tennis team.

Qin Zhijian guides Xu Xin on the sidelines.

Pittford is not a nobody. He defeated Olympic champion Malone in 2018, and later defeated Boer and other famous players. At the same time, he is also the victim of Japanese player Zhang Benzhi and, who beat the 'Post-00' young general three times.

Beat French Simon & middot in 7 innings in the previous quarter finals; After Gotz, Xu Xin lamented the rapid development of the strength of European players, 'now the level of European players has improved a lot. After changing the ball, their strength of COSCO can be shown.'

However, Xu Xin believes that the growth of the strength of European players is a good thing for table tennis, 'the men's team has a wider range of competitors, and there are some stronger competitors on all continents, which is also a good thing for us.'

"I played the singles in general during this competition, and lost a lot of points in terms of advantages, especially in today's semi-finals, I had at least 3 points of active mistakes in the forehand in each game."

"I think this is the most important reason for losing the game. I put great pressure on my opponent's attack before, because I always attack with my forehand. After I made many mistakes today, my opponent may have been seizing this loophole."

Pitford celebrated the victory.

In another men's singles semi-final on the same day, fan Zhendong, the new leader of the national table tennis team, reversed 4-2 and defeated teammate Wang Chuqin. He admitted that he had played relatively 'boring' in the past few games, 'this game is better today, and I hope he can continue this state.'

On the side of the national table tennis women's team, it also encountered no small challenges.

In the women's singles semi-final the day before, Grand Slam winner Ding Ning was swept 0-4 by Japan's "Post-00" young player Meicheng ITO, and lost a 0-11 in the third inning. The winning ITO will compete for the championship with another national table tennis player Chen Meng on the night of Beijing time on the 8th.

In addition, in the mixed doubles final on March 7, Itoh Meicheng also beat Chinese young combination Wang Chuqin / sun yingsha to win the championship with veteran Hayabusa Mizutani. After the game, shuigu Falcon said frankly that his confidence had increased, 'I think we have confidence to beat the Chinese players by taking this opportunity.'

"Although we have more chances to win second place in the tour, I am very confident that we can beat Chinese players to win the championship when the Olympic Games are approaching. We will also work harder and become stronger. "

As for Chen Meng, the opponent in the women's singles final and now the world's No. 1, ITO said low-key that he would do his best: 'because I haven't won her, I want to play as much as I can. I hope I can calm down and play freely in my own way. "