On March 5, Beijing time, the men's singles semifinals of the Oman Challenge, world champion Lin Gaoyuan faced the dark horse Liu Dingshuo, and finally Lin Gaoyuan won 4:1 to advance to the final, and competed with Liang Jingkun for the men's singles championship of this competition.
With the progress of the competition, this game came to the final match of the men's singles semifinals of the WTT Oman Challenge, the two sides were Liu Dingshuo and Lin Gaoyuan, which was also a national table tennis civil war, their winners will compete with Liang Jingkun for the men's singles championship of this competition in the final, and as far as Liu Dingshuo and Lin Gaoyuan are concerned, Lin Gaoyuan is indeed richer than Liu Dingshuo in terms of comprehensive strength and competition experience, and has more advantages, but in recent years, Liu Dingshuo's progress is also obvious to all. The result of this confrontation is still relatively suspenseful.
In the first set of the game, Liu Dingshuo took the lead in serving, but Lin Gaoyuan actively got on and got the first point, and then served again Liu Dingshuo picked a straight line but was pulled back by Lin Gaoyuan to score, the score came to 2:0, came to Lin Gaoyuan's serve wheel, first of all, his own service direct score, after the second serve Lin Gaoyuan backhand changed line but was backhanded by Liu Dingshuo backhand to tear the big corner score, but Lin Gaoyuan still led Liu Dingshuo 3:1.
Came to Liu Dingshuo's serve wheel, first used his own backhand to tear up again to score again, the second serve, Lin Gaoyuan swung short after the backhand scored with a backhand, the two started to play very fiercely, the score was also quickly to 4:2, but soon Lin Gaoyuan used his own serve wheel to score consecutively to 6:2 to open up the score difference with Liu Dingshuo again, followed by Liu Dingshuo's serve wheel, first his own backhand near the table screw score, after serving again Liu Dingshuo still habitually withdrew, but through the line change or score, The score of the two came to 6:4, but Lin Gaoyuan always held a small advantage of 2 points, although Liu Dingshuo was constantly looking for a state to chase points in the innings, but Lin Gaoyuan got the set point at 10:8, and then Lin Gaoyuan won the first set 11:8.
From the two people in the first set of the encounter is not difficult to see, Lin Gaoyuan's advantage is still in the front three boards and the speed of the middle and near platforms, such a quick start, rapid connection makes Liu Dingshuo very uncomfortable, and Liu Dingshuo found some ways in the innings, with rotation changes and rushing to control Lin Gaoyuan's speed, the effect is not bad, but he has never been able to get rid of Lin Gaoyuan's shackles on himself, and finally Lin Gaoyuan won the first set.
In the second set, holding a set of leadership, the beginning Lin Gaoyuan played very actively, direct serve sneak attack Liu Dingshuo's backhand position bottom line and then continuous attack score, after serving again Lin Gaoyuan was reminded by the referee, and then the heavy serve was directly scored by Liu Dingshuo, the opening two played 1 draw, came to Liu Dingshuo's serve wheel, first by Lin Gaoyuan's backhand attack score, but then Liu Dingshuo scored with the backhand quick bullet Score The score between the two sides came to 2:2, the two still competed fiercely, and Liu Dingshuo once led Lin Gaoyuan 8:6 in the round. But it was still overtaken by Lin Gaoyuan 9:8, and then Liu Dingshuo was forced to hand over the suspension, and After the suspension came back, Lin Gaoyuan still maintained a strong state, and finally took the next set at 11:8.
In the third set, the competition between the two sides is still very fierce, but Lin Gaoyuan started to play more strongly, the score also quickly came to 4:2, the latter two are also fighting wits, the score is even more alternate, but the key points on Lin Gaoyuan always occupied a 2-point advantage, until 9:7, Liu Dingshuo served, first by Lin Gaoyuan took the initiative to score consecutively, after serving again, Liu Dingshuo picked up the hand to score 10:8, Lin Gaoyuan's innings, with Lin Gaoyuan's active start to score again, 11:9 Lin Gaoyuan and the next set.
In the fourth set, Liu Dingshuo still readjusted his state and won back a set at 11:8, and in the fifth set, Lin Gaoyuan's match point innings, with a stable play, finally Lin Gaoyuan defeated Liu Dingshuo 4:1 with a score of 11:3 to successfully advance to the final and compete with Liang Jingkun for the men's singles championship of this competition.