On March 12, Beijing time, in the first round of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles competition, there was a big upset, that is, world champion Lin Gaoyuan was swept by qualifier Lin Zhongxun with a score of 0-3, and suffered the first round of travel. As a men's singles player who has won the world championship, Lin Gaoyuan lost to the qualifiers in the first round and was eliminated by a score of 0-3, which was a very surprising result.
In this game, Lin Gaoyuan's state was very bad, he did not enter his own rhythm at all, there were many mistakes, and he could not adjust his state after requesting a timeout. In the first set, he quickly lost 6-11. In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan's state has rebounded, and he can play back and forth with Lin Zhongxun, but in the key points, Lin Gaoyuan did not grasp it, and he finally lost 9-11, falling behind 0-2.
After losing two games in a row, Lin Gaoyuan's mentality also fluctuated, his return quality declined, and the strength of the forehand was not enough, and he could not score after more shots. Compared with Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Zhongxun's state is better, although he starts from the qualification tournament, but he has a certain strength, and his state is very good in this battle, comprehensively suppressing Lin Gaoyuan. In the third set, Lim soon won 11-6. In the end, he won three consecutive sets, swept Lin Gaoyuan 3-0, and advanced to the second round.
Lin Gaoyuan lost to foreign fighters, in fact, it is not strange, because in many major competitions in the past, Lin Gaoyuan has lost to foreign association opponents. In the first round of men's singles at last year's Table Tennis World Cup, Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3 to Brazil's Hugo, encountering the first round of travel.
In the first round of the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles competition, Lin Gaoyuan once again lost to South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon by a score of 0-3, from the current point of view, Lin Gaoyuan is a player who is not good at playing foreign wars, he does not have the strength to crush other players, in terms of technical ability and mentality, Lin Gaoyuan still has deficiencies, hard power is not enough.
When Lin Gaoyuan has a good mentality, he can play a lot of high-quality return balls, no matter who the opponent is, he can win the game. And when the start is not smooth, Lin Gaoyuan's mentality will be very anxious, and then there will be mistakes, if it cannot be adjusted, then it is likely that it will be swept by the opponent. In general, mental instability has always been Lin Gaoyuan's shortcoming, which is also the main reason why he frequently loses foreign wars. After losing to the foreign war again and encountering the first round of the tour, Lin Gaoyuan still needs to summarize it well and strive to improve this deficiency in the next game and play a more stable performance.
After two days of regular competition, the first round of the Singapore Grand Slam men's and women's singles has also ended, and the Chinese team is still playing well, and most of the players have successfully advanced to the second round. However, there are also three players who are eliminated, namely Xiang Peng, Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong, of which Chen Xingtong lost to teammate Wang Yidi, while Xiang Peng and Lin Gaoyuan lost to foreign fighters. Judging from the results, it was still acceptable, and most of the players successfully entered the second round and did not encounter too many difficulties in the competition. In the next competition, I also hope that the decline in the next round of promotion can play a better performance to impact the championship of this tournament.