On the evening of March 15, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam tournament ushered in a contest between two strong opponents of national table tennis - Japanese national champion Yukiya Utada appeared and competed with South Korea's Lin Zhongxun.
In the last round of competition, Lin Zhongxun knocked out the Chinese world champion Lin Gaoyuan, Utah Yukiya beat the German world champion Pol, and now the two big dark horses met together, and the result was Utada Yukiya 3-1 laughed to the end, but he only won 2 points in every game, and during the game, he was still using ice packs to wrap his neck, which was really not easy!
Yukiya Utada and Lin Zhongxun are both rookies in their national table tennis team, and they have been famous before: Yukiya Utada defeated Zhang Benzhihe and others to win the Japanese national championship in 2020, and won the bronze medal in the men's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships in 2021; Lin Zhongxun won Xu Xin in 2018, and the men's singles victory over Lin Yunru in the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships won the silver medal in the men's doubles.
The two players in this Grand Slam tournament, Japan and South Korea have played quite well, beating Lin Gaoyuan and Bohr to advance, so everyone also wants to see who is more "black" of these two dark horses?
After the game began, the two played a difficult game as soon as they came up, and as a result, Yukiya Utada suppressed The strength of Lin Zhongxun with speed, and then won the first set 11-9. In the second set, Yukiya Utada continued to play fast and slow, and was more mature in the handling of key balls, and soon won 12-10.
When the game reached this point, Lin Zhongxun had no way back. Although his forehand is very powerful, the backhand is obviously at a disadvantage, so he cannot stand on the near stage, and thus falls into passivity. But in the third set, Lin Zhongxun played a small climax, and won 11-3, temporarily saving the loss.
In the fourth set, Lin Zhongxun once again took the lead, but Yukiya Utada did not give up, but bit back the score. Seeing this situation, Lin Zhongxun had to call out a timeout to make adjustments, but he did not expect to be reversed by the opponent 10-9 to get the match point, the situation was very bad!
At the crucial moment, Yukiya Utada also made a mistake in returning the ball, and the score was equalized. But then Lin Zhongxun made mistakes in the backhand and forehand, thus losing the whole game with a score of 10-12, and did not qualify for the top eight, and Utada Yukiya also won the dark horse showdown.