In the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam competition, the Chinese men's table tennis sent many players with good strength to participate, but in the first round of the showdown, Xiang Peng and Lin Gaoyuan did not enter the second round or unexpected fans, in contrast, only 16-year-old Lin Shidong became a surprise for the national table tennis and successfully passed the first round, and in the sixteenth elimination match of the third match day, Lin Shidong encountered Slovenian Dakoyoc, who is also very young and only 23 years old. But his world ranking reached 12, in the just concluded European round of sixteen, Dakoyoc also won the men's singles championship, which shows that the personal ability is still very strong, compared to Lin Shidong's world ranking of only 657, which is why many fans worried about him before the game! However, after the start of the game, Lin Shidong showed the momentum of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, but the lack of experience made him miss a good situation, losing 2-3 to Dakoyocke to stop the men's singles round of 32!
As soon as the first game came up, the young Lin Shidong took the lead in serving, because this was the first meeting between the two, Dakoyocke was still very uncomfortable with Lin Shidong's serve, Lin Shidong also used this point to serve to save his own serve and take a 2-0 lead, and Dakoyoc then also saved his own serve with the same strategy, chasing the score to 2 draws, after the end of mutual testing, the duo's multi-shot rounds began to increase, but Lin Shidong was obviously not as good as his opponent in mentality. Slight nervousness made a lot of unnecessary mistakes, and Dakoyocke also took advantage of this and quickly extended his lead to 7-4.
Lin Shidong, who stabilized his position, began to chase points, but after scoring 2 points in a row, Dakoyoc scored a lucky tennis score, interrupting Lin Shidong's rhythm, but he was not discouraged, still stubbornly chased the score to 9 draws, and in the case of a big score behind, he could see the hope of winning, which greatly boosted Lin Shidong's morale, and in the handling of key balls, he also became more bold and decisive, and finally won 12-10 to win the opening red.
Dakoyoc, who was reversed in the first set, played more aggressively in the second set, as long as there was an opportunity to take the lead in the attack, and also achieved a fantastic start of the opening 4-0, while Lin Shidong played more and more anxiously, 2-10 let the opponent get the set point, although Lin Shidong chased 4 points in a row, but finally lost the second set 6-11, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the third game, Lin Shidong obviously changed the impatient mentality of the second set, when there was no good chance, more dragged the game into the multi-beat phase, and the opening also achieved a 4-1 lead, although Dakoyoc has been trying to narrow the score difference by forehand fighting, but Lin Shidong did not give the opponent a chance, through high-quality serves, suppressed the opponent on the scene, and maintained the lead to the end, winning 11-7 to get the match point.
Dakoyoc, who has no way back, still implemented his fighting strategy in the fourth set, but he made too many mistakes in the forehand pulling the back angle, so that Lin Shidong has been biting the score, and the two have been fighting until 6 draws, but the young Lin Shidong, after seeing the hope of winning, thought the game was too simple, and after successive low-level mistakes, let the opponent seize the opportunity to drag the game into the decider 11-7!
In the fifth set of the decisive battle, Lin Shidong re-tightened the relaxed nerves, and also achieved a 3-1 lead in the opening stage, but the young players lacked the weakness of the experience of the big game, and with the nervousness exposed, the rush to get started gave the opponent a lot of offensive opportunities, Dakoyoc quickly overtook the score 5-3, after Lin Shidong relied on the backhand to twist La Lian scored 2 points, his unnecessary mistake gave up the initiative, Andakoyochek's 9-6 lead was only one step away from victory, Although Lin Shidong tenaciously chased the score to 10 draws, the key ball was not as certain as the opponent, losing 10-12, stopping the men's singles strong 32!