On the morning of November 27, Beijing time, the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships continued. In the just-concluded men's singles round of 16 competition, China's famous Liang Jingkun defeated the British player Pecheford 4-3, risking to enter the top 8; Lin Gaoyuan eliminated Hong Kong athlete Huang Zhenting 4-1 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
Lin Gaoyuan ranked 7th in the world, and he gathered with fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin in the men's singles quarter of the men's singles table at this World Table Tennis Championships. Lin Gaoyuan,000 in the round of 64 in the first round of bye, was challenged by Swede Carlberg and narrowly won 4-3 in seven sets. In yesterday's round of 32, Lin Gaoyuan won much easier, beating Croatia's Tomislav 4-0.
Hong Kong, China's first brother Huang Zhenting is now ranked 21st in the world, and he played solidly in the first three rounds of men's singles, eliminating Prishkoppa 4-2, beating Masataka Morien 4-1 and Defeating Habesson 4-1. Facing Lin Gaoyuan today, Huang Zhenting's offensive and defensive ends in the first two sets were obviously inferior, and Lin Gaoyuan won 11-6, 11-8 consecutive victories, laying a 2-0 lead.
In the third set, Lin Gaoyuan led 8-6 after halfway, Huang Zhenting scored 3 consecutive points and once took the lead 10-9 to win the set point; Lin Gaoyuan calmly responded, hitting back a wave of 3-0, 12-10 and then the next city. In the fourth set, Huang Zhenting fought backwaters, came up and directly blasted 6-0, 11-7 to win back a set. In the fifth set, Lin Gaoyuan opened the game with frequent scoring to quickly open the gap, Huang Zhenting struggled to catch up, Lin Gaoyuan was far from being moved, 11-7 locked the full score to 4-1. In the next game, Lin Gaoyuan will compete with the winners between Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin for semi-final qualification.
World No. 9 Liang Jingkun is in the men's singles table in the men's singles table two-quarters zone, and the road to advancement is quite similar to Lin Gaoyuan. In the round of 64, facing the Famous German-Chinese player Qiu Dang, who sent Japanese supernova Yukiya Utada out in the first round, Liang Jingkun tangled with the other side until the decider was difficult to land 4-3. Yesterday, Liang Jingkun played against another German player, Duda, the game did not have much waves, Liang Jingkun won 4-1.
Facing the world's 15th-ranked British star Peecheford today, Liang Jingkun formed a glue with his opponent in the first set, and the two sides repeatedly withdrew from the stage to pull, and the scene was extremely exciting - Liang Jingkun grasped the key ball after 12 draws and won the opening red 14-12. In the second set, Liang Jingkun always suppressed his opponents in the score, rewriting the big score to 2-0 at 11-6.
In the third set, Liang Jingkun chased from 6-9 to 9 draws, but Pitcheford withstood the impact in the finale and won 11-9. In the fourth set, Liang Jingkun set off a rapid whirlwind in the near stage from 6-6, and won 11-6 with a wave of 5-0. In the fifth set, Pitcheford had the upper hand on several occasions to close the aggregate to 2-3 at 11-7. In the sixth set, Peecheford's offensive attack did not decrease, Liang Jingkun's mistakes increased, and he was dragged into the seventh set by the opponent's 11-3 victory.
At the moment of the decisive battle, Liang Jingkun remobilized himself, came up to break the opponent's two serves in a row, and then maintained the lead all the way, winning the decider 11-4, and the big score was 4-3 Nick Pitcherford. In the round of 8, Liang Jingkun will face Brazilian genius Hugo, who today eliminated Slovenian star Toček 4-1.