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on the evening of october 4th, the young national table tennis player xiang peng, who participated as a wild card, fought in 7 games in the quarter-finals of the wtt china grand slam men's singles, defeating the paris olympic table tennis men's singles silver medalist and swedish star morey 4-3. garde, advanced to the semi-finals.

after this ups and downs game, 21-year-old xiang peng was very excited. he told the beijing daily client reporter: "facing moregard, i still put myself very low mentally. technically and tactically, i am weakness. in a best-of-seven game, it’s more about my strengths. i think my (performance) is worthy of recognition for being able to bite in the last game and win the game.”

in the fourth game of this game, xiang peng was leading 10-7, but moregard fought back and finally won 20-18, tying the game. xiang peng analyzed that when he was leading 10 to 7, he was a little conservative in handling the ball. when the two of them hit a high score, he hoped to win the game and continue to improve his morale. unfortunately, he could not find the feeling. "in fact, the one who lost earlier i knew what the problem was after several games. in the 7th game, i just showed my skills resolutely and shot confidently, even if i lost, i could accept it.”

in this competition, xiang peng, who participated as a wild card, passed all the tests and eliminated the third runner-up of the paris olympics, french player felix le brun, and the runner-up of the paris olympics, moregard. when asked if he thought he was a "dark horse" in this competition, xiang peng hesitated and said, "it doesn't count. after all, i am a player of the chinese team and i have the responsibility (to achieve good results)." xiang peng said that no matter what the result is, as long as he goes all out and leaves no regrets on the court.

source: beijing news sports

reporter: wang xiaoxiao, zhao xiaosong