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"i am very happy when i win, but the game is not over yet. i have to immediately prepare for the next game." xiang peng smiled shyly and described his mood after winning. exist10moon3conducted day and nightWTTin the third round of the chinese grand slam men's singles, the chinese rookie who participated as a wild card won the3compare1lectra paris olympic bronze medalist, competition4no. 1 seed felix le brun, advanced8powerful.

21xiang peng, 20, is ranked no. 1 in the world68there is only one stop this yearWTTthe champion of the regional tournament is in hand, and the rest of the games have not even been entered.4powerful. however, he lived up to this wild card. facing the french star who met for the first time, the chinese rookie faced off with11compare9、10compare12、11compare9、12compare10hard to win. "i think i have a good grasp of my mentality, because my opponent's performance and ranking are higher than mine, so i always fight against my opponent with a fighting mentality." xiang peng said, "being able to win is worthy of recognition."

at the same time, xiang peng also clearly realized the shortcomings. in the four games, he was tied or even overtaken by his opponent when he was leading by a big score. "when i was leading, i was a little conservative, especially when i was about to win. there was a sense of luck." in addition, although he was well restricted in the serving round, although he defeated his opponent, xiang peng bluntly said that lebron jr.'s fast and changeable serve also caused trouble for him, "the catch was not very good."

after chewing off this "hard bone",4japanese men's singles1/4waiting for xiang peng in the final will be olympic runner-up moregard. the two are of similar age.2019in the finals of the 2016 world youth championship, xiang peng once4compare0defeat your opponent. "i definitely have confidence, but i still have to play point by point." xiang peng said that his opponent's world ranking and competition results are better than his own, "so i still have to put my position low and fight it out on the court."

photo courtesy of wtt world table tennis federation

source: beijing news sports

reporter: wang xiaoxiao, zhao xiaosong