11.2 French Championship: 3 out of the top 4 in men’s singles, Moregard 4-2 Qiu Dang, Matsushima Terukong 4-1 Simon

On November 2, the Table Tennis WTT Montpellier Championship just concluded the third men’s singles quarter-finals. Moregard missed 3 match points in a row in the fourth and fifth games. However, Moregard’s outstanding performance in the sixth game made it 4 times without any danger. -2 defeated Qiu Dang to advance to the men's singles semi-finals, waiting for the winner between Darko and Alex Lebrun. So far, there are 3 men's singles semi-finals. In another game that ended early this morning, national table tennis player Chen Yi lost 2-4 to Shen Yubin and missed the women's singles semi-finals. The specific match results are as follows :

Moregard is currently ranked 6th in the world and is also the third seed in men's singles in this tournament. After Hugo and Harimoto were eliminated, Moregard's possibility of winning has greatly increased. Moregard and Qiu Dang are both famous players in the European table tennis world. Both of them performed very well in international competitions, especially Moregard, who reached the men's singles finals of three major competitions twice. Among them, he lost to Fan Zhendong at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston and missed the championship. Moregard once again lost to Fan Zhendong at the Paris Olympics last year and missed the championship. Moregard also won the men's singles championship at this year's European Grand Slam in Sweden. He is the first non-national table tennis player to win the men's singles championship in a Grand Slam. Qiu Dang is also in a very hot state recently. He defeated Zhang Benzhihe and won the championship in the London Star Challenge that ended last week.

In the first game, Moregard entered the state relatively quickly. Both of them had excellent skills in the first three boards, and Moregard changed more in the first three boards, while Qiu Dang entered the state a little slowly. Moregard started with a 6-1 lead. As Qiu Dang gradually got better, the point difference was narrowed, but then Moregard opened the score again, and finally took the lead 11-7.

In the second game, Moregard continued to play steadily and once again took a 9-2 lead at the start. Qiu Dang still did not find a good way to score, and Moregard won another game 11-6.

In the third game, Qiu Dang was behind 6-9 and tied at 9-9, but Moregard withstood the pressure of chasing points and won another game 13-11 with difficulty. Qiu Dang's condition was getting better.

In the fourth game, Moregaard was once behind 5-8, chasing points continuously, and came back from behind. However, Qiu Dang then got the game point 10-9. Moregaard, who was lagging behind, did not give up, and continuously obtained match points 11-10, 12-11. Unfortunately, he still failed to seize the opportunity to win the game. Qiu Dang struggled to regain the game 14-12.

In the fifth game, Moregard readjusted and took an 8-5 lead. Qiu Dang, who was lagging behind, did not give up and changed the rhythm to tie at 9-9. Then Moregard once again got the match point, and Qiu Dang scored 2 more points in a row, winning the game point at 11-10 and chasing another game at 12-10. Moregard had already missed three match points.

In the sixth game, Moregard led 6-2 at the beginning and reached the critical point at 9-4. Moregard finally sealed the victory 11-5.

In the other two men's singles quarter-finals, Matsushima Terukong 4-1 Simon Gautz, the specific score is: 13-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7

Zhang Yuzhen 4-1 Lee Sang-soo, the specific score is: 11- 8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5】

Shen Yubin 4-2 Chen Yi, the specific score is: 11-6, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9