On the evening of March 13, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam singles quarterfinals continued. Women's table tennis Olympic champion Wang Manyu swept 3-0 through Pota and successfully advanced to the round of 16. Men's table tennis teenager Lin Shidong lost to European champion Dako and stopped in the second round of the regular round, and he is also the third person to get out of the Chinese men's table tennis.
The 23-year-old, ranked 12th in the world from Slovenia, is a recent rising star in European table tennis, beating Pitcheford, Zhang Benzhihe at the Tokyo Olympics. In the recent final of the European Table Tennis Championships, Darko defeated the men's singles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, Moregold, to win the European championship.
16-year-old Lin Shidong is ranked more than 600 in the world, and his idol is Xiao Fat Fan Zhendong, who is a key training object of Chinese men's table tennis and was nominated to directly qualify for the Grand Slam main competition. Facing a tall and powerful dako that has recently risen strongly, Lin Shidong, who lacks competition experience, fought hard for 5 innings and was eliminated by Dako at 2-3.
In the first set, the two sides fought to 3 draws, Dako mastered the initiative, took points consecutively, led 7-3, Lin Shidong chased back 2 points 5-7 behind, the two sides fought to 9 draws, Dacco won the set point 10-9, Lin Shidong chased 3 points in a row at a critical moment, and completed the counter-overtaking at 12-10; in the second set, Dako Started 3-0, Lin Shidong directly sent a penalty to send points, 0-4 behind, Dako 7-2 lead, 10-3 won 7 innings, Lin Shidong recovered 3 points, Dako took another point, and won back a set at 11-6;
In the third set, Lin Shidong started with 4-1, maintained the advantage 7-4, and then opened up full firepower, the Vietnam War became more and more courageous, won 11-7, and the total score was 2-1 again; in the fourth set, the two sides fought to 6 draws, And Dako took the advantage, 11-7, and the total score was 2 draws; in the fifth set, the two sides fought to 5 draws, and Dacco took the lead in winning the match point 10-9, and locked the victory 12-10.
In the first round of the main tournament, Lin Gaoyuan and Xiang Peng both lost 0-3 and lost the foreign war. Lin Shidong is now also eliminated, becoming the third Chinese men's singles player to be eliminated. Compared with the two teammates who were swept away, languishing and dejected, Lin Shidong played his own characteristics, showed his style, fought hard for 5 rounds before losing, and he still needed more accumulation of game experience.
At present, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin have entered the round of 16, unfortunately, the two will face each other directly in the next round, and another male table tennis main force will be out.