(Central News Agency reporter Yin Junjie in New York on the 15th) Zhuang Zhiyuan, the “Godfather of Billiards” in Taiwan, defeated Germany’s Duda 4-3 in the men’s singles final of the Westchester Branch of the World Pool Tennis Major League (WTT) today. Won the first international singles championship in 6 years.
The 41-year-old Zhuang Zhiyuan, ranked 25th in the men’s singles world, will participate in the WTT Feeder in Westchester, a suburb of New York City, from the 11th. Ranked the top seed in the men’s singles, he defeated Japan’s Hayabusa Togami 4-2 in the semi-finals on the last day of the tournament. In the final, he faced Germany’s Benedikt Duda, ranked 33rd in the world.
Zhuang Zhiyuan ate sugar cane and lost 2 games first and then 3 games in a row. Although he lost the 6th game, he scored 3 points in the decisive game to lay the foundation for victory. After that, Zhuang Zhiyuan played steadily and did not let Du Da catch the difference to within 2 points. After the end of the match, Zhuang Zhiyuan seized the opportunity, took multiple shots back and forth, and then relied on Duda to return the ball out of bounds to score points, winning the championship amidst the warm cheers of the overseas Chinese.
The campaign lasted 55 minutes and the game-by-game ratios were 3 to 11, 8 to 11, 11 to 9, 11 to 6, 12 to 10, 8 to 11, and 11 to 7.
This is Zhuang Zhiyuan’s first international singles championship since 2016.
In addition to winning the singles championship, Zhuang Zhiyuan and Chen Siyu also won the mixed doubles championship in the WTT Westchester branch match, so he can taste the mixed doubles championship in the WTT branch match following winning the championship in Fremont, California last week. . (Editor: Guo Zhonghan) 1110516
