WTT Macau Star Game ushered in the first matchday of competition, and in the first round of men's and women's singles quarter-finals that took the lead in the morning, Shandong youngster Wang Xiaotong was tied by Li Qian, a veteran of Polish cutting, and once fell behind 2-6 in the decider, or resisted the pressure and released himself, and finally won the decider 11-9 at the same time, but also fixed the final score at 3-2, thrilling to get a women's singles quarterfinals place. And with the end of this game, a strong conversation in the morning session, which can also be said to be a highlight of the first match day, is about to be staged. That is the contest between Zhou Qihao and Lin Shidong from the men's singles. The reason why this is a highly anticipated competition, on the one hand, is because Zhou Qihao is the closest to this position among the non-core main players of national table tennis, and his performance in various domestic competitions is very good. As a young player born in 2005, the young player Lin Shidong has improved very significantly in the past two seasons, and every time he appears in the public eye, he will give us some surprises, and he is also competitive in front of Zhou Qihao.
In the first game of the game, Zhou Qihao took the lead in the force, and the power of the backhand attack was also amazing. However, with Lin Shidong's adaptation to the rhythm and scene of the game, his excellence in the quality and feel of the veneer began to show, from 3-6 behind, to 8-8 to tie, to 10-8 to open the point difference, until 11-8 to win the first set of the game. It can be said that Lin Shidong is more and more courageous, showing his strength and spirituality in the first three boards, holding the ball, and controlling the rhythm, and taking a 1-0 lead in the innings.
However, with the deepening of the game, Zhou Qihao's offensive state has improved, and in terms of tactical application, he is more handy, but Lin Shidong is somewhat confused in the use of offensive means, and he also seems to be out of order when he takes the initiative to start and play under control, 4-11, almost no resistance, he lost the second set. In the third set of the game, Lin Shidong also did not start significantly better, 3-6, 4-7, the score is obviously in the inferior. However, a score of wiping tennis after a series of multi-board attacks allowed Lin Shidong to force the score to 5-7, and Zhou Qihao immediately called a timeout to adjust. This time the suspension also did have an effect, in the subsequent competition, although Lin Shidong once chased the score to 8-8 and 10-10, but at the end of the game, it was Zhou Qihao's attack that was more stable, and Lin Shidong's return ball under the net made the score of both sides frozen at 12-10. Zhou Qihao also won a 2-1 lead.
The game in the fourth inning can be said to be full of drama. Because of the opening stage of the innings, Zhou Qihao, in the case of a large score lead in the innings, once led 3-1 and 5-3, and further pulled the point difference apart 7-3, he sent a mid-tone on both sides, constantly through the change of angle and landing point to mobilize Lin Shidong's playing style, but also let him have the upper hand on the scene. But just when we thought that the game would end in this round, Lin Shidong played a tenacious style in the game, especially when the two sides played 5-7, the two formed a confrontation in the next one point, Lin Shidong also changed from passive to active, and finally relied on the cross ball to score, thus pulling back his own momentum on the field. And then fully played the state. A 11-8 comeback to win the fourth set. The two sides scored a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game of the decisive victory, Lin Shidong's state after the resurrection of the dead was completely played, and although Zhou Qihao's technical ability was outstanding, the weakness that psychological problems had not been too close was also exposed again. He conceded consecutive points at the beginning of the game, trailing 1-5 at the start. However, after experiencing the baptism of some world competitions, Zhou Qihao also has a certain ability to adjust. He then led Lin Shidong by a big score and chased the score to 4-5 after the emergence of conservative ideas. At the critical moment, the score of the two sides began to enter a state of glue, and once played a 9-9 draw, but the last two points, we obviously saw that Lin Shidong's psychological quality was outstanding, his backhand pull and straight ball scored continuously, so that Zhou Qihao even did not react to it, the game was over. In this set, Lin Shidong also won the final victory 11-9. Thus defeating Zhou Qihao 3-2 in the big score. The five-set scores were: 11-8, 4-11, 12-10, 8-11 and 11-9
In the post-match interview, Lin Shidong also bluntly said that he was lowering his position and fighting with all his strength, and it was obvious that he did it in this campaign and did a good job. And Zhou Qihao once again fell off the chain at a critical moment because he was not confident and firm enough to play. Here, let us once again congratulate Lin Shidong, he is really a fearsome future generation, the youngster is in charge, with a wonderful performance to get the first WTT Macau men's singles quarterfinals place, but also gained more fans support and love.