Marco Fu’s Epic Comeback at the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships

2024-04-13 04:31:56

[Tilu News]The qualifiers for the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships will be held on the fifth day of competition on Friday (12th) UK time. Hong Kong’s “Wonder dad” Marco Fu returns to the battle. In the second round, he will face the former world champion Irish star Du Boots. Ken Doherty. Marco relied on his strength from behind after falling behind many times, including trying to hit 147 in the 16th game. In the end, he won 5 games in a row and won 10:6 to advance to the third round. He will beat Iran’s “No. 1 Brother” He on Sunday (14th). Hossein Vafaei.

(Picture: WST)(Picture: WST)

(Picture: WST)

Marco Marco, currently ranked 83rd in the world, recently swept last year’s women’s world champion Thai star Baipat Siripaporn 10:1 in the first round. He easily entered the second round and met the 1997 world champion Du Xiudi. He turned professional in 1990. In his heyday, he won six ranking tournaments and was ranked No. 2 in the world. In 1997, he defeated Stephen Hendry, the “Emperor of Table Tennis” in Japan at the time, to become the king. Like Marco Marco, although Du Xiudi fell out of the top 64 in the world rankings, he was awarded a “wild card” by the World Table Tennis Tour (WST) to continue playing in the professional competition. In the 14 previous encounters between the two sides, Marco was slightly at a disadvantage with 6 wins and 8 losses, but the last time they faced off was in the top 128 of the 2019 British Open, they won 4:0.

(Picture: WST)<span>Marco Marco lost the first two games in this battle and went back to lead 3:2 in three consecutive games, but was then counterattacked 3:1 by Du Xiudi. Marco fell behind 4:5 after completing the first stage. Back in the second stage, both sides won one game each. Hong Kong’s “Brother No. 1” regained his touch at 5:6 and suddenly “fired”, hitting 97, 136, 61 and 104 degrees, winning 5 consecutive games in one go. 10:6 completed the reversal. Among them, Marco tried to hit 147 in the 16th game, but unfortunately he missed the 14th long-range red wave “break force”. The score stayed at 104 degrees, but it proved that his condition was getting better.</span>” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CydHkDd.XGtzfYxHoeV2XQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU3NA–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/sportsroad.hk/766a33196fba9a3d69eb7fc98f44efff”/><img alt=Marco Marco lost the first two games in this battle and went back to lead 3:2 in three consecutive games, but was then counterattacked 3:1 by Du Xiudi. Marco fell behind 4:5 after completing the first stage. Back in the second stage, both sides won one game each. Hong Kong’s “Brother No. 1” regained his touch at 5:6 and suddenly “fired”, hitting 97, 136, 61 and 104 degrees, winning 5 consecutive games in one go. 10:6 completed the reversal. Among them, Marco tried to hit 147 in the 16th game, but unfortunately he missed the 14th long-range red wave “break force”. The score stayed at 104 degrees, but it proved that his condition was getting better.” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/CydHkDd.XGtzfYxHoeV2XQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU3NA–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/sportsroad.hk/766a33196fba9a3d69eb7fc98f44efff” class=”caas-img”/>

(Picture: WST) Marco Fu lost the first two games in this battle and went back to lead 3:2 in three consecutive games, but was then counterattacked 3:1 by Du Xiudi. Marco fell behind 4:5 after completing the first stage. Back in the second stage, both sides won one game each. Hong Kong’s “Brother No. 1” regained his touch at 5:6 and suddenly “fired”, hitting 97, 136, 61 and 104 degrees, winning 5 consecutive games in one go. 10:6 completed the reversal. Among them, Marco tried to hit 147 in the 16th game, but unfortunately he missed the 14th long-range red wave “break force”. The score stayed at 104 degrees, but it proved that his condition was getting better.

(Picture: WST)(Picture: WST)

(Picture: WST)

Fu Jiajun said after the game: “Ken (Du Xiedi) is an old friend and old rival. I have been playing against him since I first became a professional player, and he is an amazing player. You would not expect him to It’s the same as 20 years ago, but he is still so elegant on the court. This kind of “crash” will always exist. It’s always a pleasure to play with Ken. It’s a bit like a reunion after the epidemic. “Marco said about the last time in Crewe. It was already 2018 when the Crucible (the main venue of the World Championships) debuted. He admitted that he missed this palace of table tennis very much: “I needed to win 4 games in a row in the qualifying rounds before I could play the Crucible again. Now I have won. 2 games, but it will become more difficult after that. The next opponent He Xin is an offensive player and is very fast. I am looking forward to playing against him. It will be an exciting game.” Fu Jiajun and He Xin have faced each other three times before. Recorded a complete victory.

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”Billiards|Fu Jiajun failed to hit 147 in the World Championships but defeated Guan Ming to defeat Iran’s “No. 1 Brother” (with a film)

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