1 to 0 to 3 to 2! Lin Shidong reversed the promotion + contributed to the Immortal Ball, and Zhou Qihao made the old mistake again
On January 19, Beijing time, the first day of WTT Macau officially began, in the first round of the men's singles showdown, Zhou Qihao met the challenge from Lin Shidong. Zhou Qihao's performance in foreign wars has not been good, but also in the World Table Tennis Championships directly encountered the elimination of German veteran Pol, such a play also makes the talented national table tennis has almost no place for him, this Time Macao Station will be his opportunity to prove himself, if there is no way to stand out, it is likely that he will not see his figure in the world series after that.
His opponent Lin Shidong is a representative player of the new generation, born in 2005, he entered the national table tennis second team at the end of 2020 to start training. Last year, he successfully helped the Chinese team win the U19 men's team championship, and his personal strength is constantly growing, and this Macau station is also a very rare opportunity for him.
Voice-over: WTT's matches before the final four were all in a 5-inning, 3-win system, and the shortening of the number of rounds also made the outcome of the game full of strong uncertainty.
Round 1:
Lin Shidong took the lead in serving, and then he directly attacked with a backhand and successfully scored the first point. Both of them started today with a lot of attention to the first board of the rush, but after the opening Zhou Qihao's success rate was obviously higher, with excellent platform grabbing strength successfully got a 5-2 lead. However, Lin Shidong then made a counterattack, and his return ball landing point was very tricky, and full of power, chasing the score to 5-6.
Then the two launched a multi-shot confrontation, compared to Zhou Qihao, who seemed to be a bit passive, the whole person was played by Lin Shidong with rhythm, Lin Shidong got 10-8 to successfully get the first set point, and with Zhou Qihao's return ball out of bounds, Lin Shidong successfully won the first set 11-8.
Today, Lin Shidong's attack and defense are very well prepared, and he fully exerts his strength and speed advantages, and Zhou Qihao is constantly making mistakes, and has been following the rhythm of Lin Shidong in the second half, resulting in the burying of the leading advantage and being reversed by the opponent.
Round 2:
Zhou Qihao took the lead in serving, and Lin Shidong directly pulled back the ball with a sideways grab and got the first point. This game Zhou Qihao's change in terms of going on stage is still not much, and the number of sets of ball roads has not been guessed by Lin Shidong at all, directly 1-3 behind. But then he used his serve to play a wonderful far-court attack, successfully reversing the score and leading 4-3.
In the middle of the game, Zhou Qihao began to change the ball path, completely suppressing Lin Shidong, which led to the latter's frequent mistakes, and Zhou Qihao successfully opened the score and led 9-4. In the end, with Lin Shidong returning the ball out of bounds, Zhou Qihao pulled the big score to a draw 11-4. Lin Shidong's personal skills in the second half of this round were completely suppressed by Zhou Qihao, coupled with his slight impatience when he was behind, and finally lost this round.
Round 3:
Lin Shidong took the lead in serving, Zhou Qihao made a low-level mistake, and Lin Shidong took a 2-0 lead. But then Zhou Qihao used his skillful forehand and backhand skills to constantly pull out the space for the attack and successfully got a 4-2 lead. These two innings can obviously be seen that when Lin Shidong's first three boards were completely snatched by Zhou Qihao, there was no way to make a good counterattack.
In the middle of the game, Lin Shidong's overall rhythm had great problems, mistakes began to increase again, and Zhou Qihao continued to expand the advantage of leading the way 7-3. However, Lin Shidong seized the opportunity and carried out several boards of fighting, which had a good effect and chased the score to 5-7. Zhou Qihao decisively requested a sideline timeout to adjust the state and thinking.
The game continued, the two once again played a wonderful multi-shot attack, Lin Shidong was still unrelenting at the key moment, chasing the score to 8 draws. However, Lin Shidong still seemed a little impatient when he handled the ball afterwards, and Zhou Qihao stabilized the situation and successfully won the set point. But Lin Shidong then pulled the score to 10 draws. But then Zhou Qihao was a wonderful defensive quality, successfully winning the third set 12-10 and taking a 2-1 lead.
Round 4:
Zhou Qihao took the lead in serving, although Lin Shidong was ready to fight hard, but the control of mistakes was still not done well, and Zhou Qihao started with a 3-1 lead. Lin Shidong directly requested a sideline timer, and he needed to make adjustments in time.
The game continued, Lin Shidong came up to the wonderful side pull to get the points, and successfully pulled the score to 3 draws. In the next few goals, Zhou Qihao successfully pulled out of position, played a wonderful attack, and took a 7-3 lead. In these few rounds, Zhou Qihao has successfully grabbed the initiative of the first three boards, making it very difficult for Lin Shidong to fight.
However, Lin Shidong did not give up, played a very wonderful defense, and chased the score to 6-7. These few balls Lin Shidong is completely undead, the result is that Zhou Qihao's mentality is some ups and downs, Lin Shidong is taking advantage of the chase, scoring 4 points in a row, directly leading 9-7. In the end, Lin Shidong successfully pulled the big score to 2 draws 11-8, and completed a wonderful big reversal.
Round 5:
Lin Shidong took the lead in serving the ball and directly got the first point by rushing to attack. Then the two launched a confrontation, Lin Shidong's running position and ball landing point began to change again, taking a 4-1 lead, and Lin Shidong, who had completely found the state, began to cheer for himself. At this time, Zhou Qihao's whole person was already in chaos, and the control of the first three boards was not as good as the previous rounds.
After the two sides changed sides, Zhou Qihao still successfully adjusted, through the rush of the two boards, chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to 4-5. Today, Lin Shidong played a lot of fairy balls, and several times successfully countered the attack at key moments and won the score. The two then entered a state of glue, and the score came to 8-7.
At the critical moment, Lin Shidong missed two good opportunities in a row, and the two played a 9-draw. However, Lin Shidong still pulled out the opportunity sideways, successfully won the match point, and finally with a fairy return ball, Lin Shidong defeated Zhou Qihao 11-9 and entered the men's singles quarterfinals.
Zhou Qihao obviously had an old problem in his mentality in the second half of today, which led to a reversal defeat by Lin Shidong in a good situation.