2017 ITTF World Tour Finals: China won three championships

The 2017 ITTF World Tour Finals ended in Astana on December 17th. The Chinese team won three men's singles (Fan Zhendong), women's singles (Chen Meng) and women's doubles (Zhu Yuling/Chen Meng). champion.

Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, the men's and women's singles champions, will each receive a $100,000 singles title prize. In the men's doubles finals, the Japanese combination Mori Masaru / Oshima Yuki won the championship with a 4 to 3 win over China Hong Kong combination Huang Zhenting/He Yujie.

In the high-profile men's single-focus championship game, Chinese player Fan Zhendong defeated the hot German player Ochalov with 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10. For the first time in his career, he won the men's singles championship in the finals.

This is Fan Zhendong's third consecutive men's singles championship in the tournament finals. In 2015 and 2016, he lost to teammate Malone 3 to 4, 2 to 4 respectively, and missed the championship. The ITTF Chinese official website commented that this match against Ochalov, Fan Zhendong is clearly "prepared", whether it is technical and tactical combination or speed, is significantly better than the opponent.

Even when he was behind, Fan Zhendong remained clear-headed and determined to implement tactics. In the fourth game, Ochalov took the lead with 10:8, but Fan Zhendong, who had a good psychological quality, scored 4 points and locked the final victory at 12:10.

"I am very happy! I played well with Ochalov in the finals today." Fan Zhendong said after the game that the first few games were more anxious, "I still dare to fight hard at the crucial moment."

Chinese players Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling became the opponents in the women's singles finals after winning the women's doubles championship. 11:6, 11:3, 11:3, 12:10, Chen Meng went straight to 4 games in the game, defeated Zhu Yuling, and achieved the single-double double-double champion in the 2017 ITTF World Tour Finals.

After the game, Chen Meng said frankly that some of today was unexpected. "In fact, I have also prepared for playing 7 games. We have also played this year. Although I won at the time, it is not easy to win. I am also preparing to compare today. Full, there may be some luck in the composition." Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling last time in the women's singles final of the German Open in November, Chen Meng reversed the final victory in the situation of 1 to 3 behind.

According to the ITTF Chinese official website, this is the fourth singles champion Chen Meng won this season. Previously, she won the women's singles title in the Platinum Open, the Australian Open and the German Open. In January 2018, Chen Meng ranked first in the world.