On January 20, 2022, the table tennis Macau Tournament came to the second match day, the mixed doubles lin gaoyuan / Wang Manyu played, with the first partner Zhao Zihao / Liu Fei to compete for the quarter-finals, the result lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu won a big victory, and finally eliminated Zhao Zihao / Liu Fei 3-1 to advance, followed by Chen Xingtong / Yu Ziyang, the latter 3-1 victory over Sun Wen / Shi Xunyao, the opponent is getting stronger and stronger, the test continues.
Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu is a popular combination for the championship, the long-term partner cooperation is very tacit, and it is a right-hand clap, a left-handed clap, to ensure that the running position is not affected, the two have won the national championship mixed doubles championship, in the previous end of the singles competition, Lin Gaoyuan eliminated Lin Zhaoheng 3-1, Wang Manyu 3-1 reverse Ku Man, successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, the overall performance is also very stable.
Zhao Zihao is a straight board famous player, once won the finals men's singles runner-up, when lost to Fan Zhendong in the final, Liu Fei is a behind-the-scenes hero, cutting the ball playing style of her long-term sparring as the main player, just last year Liu Fei announced his retirement, this time was also invited by the coaching team, out to participate in international competitions, Zhao Zihao said that this is his first time with the chipper team, then will go all out to fight.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei's singles were all out of the first round, Zhao Zihao lost 1-3 to Xu Xin, Liu Fei lost to Zhang Rui 1-3, so that the two only had the last mixed doubles match, just started against the third seed Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, the result was no suspense.
After the game started, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei was not very comfortable, two players with different playing styles partnered in mixed doubles, the run-in time was too little, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu took a 5-1 lead, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei appeared luck ball, took the initiative to wave, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu continued to expand the point difference, scored 3 points in a row to 8-2, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei scored, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu scored 3 points in a row, and banged out 11-3 to take the lead.
In fact, Liu Fei doubles can also be, partner Matt once won the straight through mixed doubles championship, but with the straight board teammates obviously not good, both of them can not cross the ball, and Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu gap is larger, so it is best to play the best performance is two sharpshooters to team up.
In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu took advantage of the situation to chase, 2 draws to score 4 points 6-2 lead, at the end of the set Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu 10-4 to get the set point, Zhao Zihao / Liu Fei chased back 2 points, Zhao Zihao backhand attack out of bounds, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu played 11-6 to win another set.
In the third set, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei scored 5 consecutive points to lead 8-3, and then blasted out 11-4 to chase back a set, in the fourth set Lin Gaoyuan /Wang Manyu fell behind 2-4 and scored 3 consecutive points, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei called a timeout, and after returning, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu scored 6 consecutive points to end the game 11-4, eliminated Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei 3-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Macau Tournament in two lines.