On January 19, 2022, the table tennis Macau Tournament ushered in the first match day, the women's singles youngster Wang Xiaotong narrowly defeated polish chipper Li Qian 3-2, becoming the first player to advance to the quarterfinals, the two sides fought for five sets to divide the victory, Wang Xiaotong locked up the victory in the decider 11-9, and then the nerve knife Zhou Qihao and the little fat Lin Shidong began to compete, and the result was that Lin Shidong 3-2 upset Zhou Qihao to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Zhou Qihao is 25 years old, ranked 110th in the world, the men's team is not the main player, the most competitive is Zhou Qihao, he once defeated Wang Chuqin in the Table Tennis Super League, won Ma Long and Fan Zhendong in the straight through competition, won the men's singles championship, but the foreign war results were not good, last year's World Table Tennis Championships lost to the German veteran Pol stopped the second round, everyone said that Zhou Qihao is a nerve knife, and the strength is too poor stability.
Lin Shidong is 16 years old, there is no world ranking, last year he won the World Youth Championship men's team championship, in the domestic arena once eliminated Xu Xin a battle to become famous, won the attention of outside fans, Liu Guoliang is more optimistic about the future of this young player, I hope Lin Shidong has the opportunity to play with Zhang Benzhihe to try, to see who has stronger talent, these two to compete for the top eight seats, optimistic about Zhou Qihao's fans more.
After the game began, Zhou Qihao entered the state very quickly, Lin Shidong is very young, there is a large room for improvement in all aspects, although the quality of the veneer is very high, but there are too few changes in the first three boards, the first inning Zhou Qihao quickly achieved a 5-2 lead, Lin Shidong strengthened the offensive, Zhou Qihao made a senseless mistake, Lin Shidong chased to 8 draws, did not expect Zhou Qihao to lose 3 points in a row, Lin Shidong played 11-8 first.
In the second set, Lin Shidong took advantage of the chase, Zhou Qihao improved the quality of the veneer, the two scored 4 points each, Zhou Qihao began to accelerate, scoring 7 points in a row to blast 11-4 with color, Zhou Qihao as long as he finds the state may defeat any opponent, the key is whether he can ensure a stable play.
In the third set Zhou Qihao took a 6-3 lead, Lin Shidong was inexperienced in the game, in the face of Zhou Qihao's changes in the first three boards, there was no too good means to deal with it, Lin Shidong chased to 5-7, off-court coach Liu Guozheng called Zhou Qihao a timeout, in the past national table tennis civil war was without coaches outside the field, but this time the Macau tournament was exceptional, the end of the game came to 10 draws, Zhou Qihao seized the opportunity, scored 2 points in a row to win 12-10.
Next Zhou Qihao suddenly dropped the line, Lin Shidong played an 11-8 equalizer, the decider Zhou Qihao let go of a fight, Lin Shidong took a 5-1 lead, Zhou Qihao chased to 9 draws, Lin Shidong scored 2 consecutive points to lock in the victory at 11-9, Lin Shidong won two consecutive sets 3-2 to reverse Zhou Qihao, advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals, and then played against the winners of Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Zhaoheng, Zhou Qihao was out of the first round, and he still had mixed doubles to fight for.