On the afternoon of March 31, Beijing time, there was a sudden situation in the table tennis WTT Doha Star Competition, Sweden's St. Nova world champion Karlsson was forced to choose to withdraw from the men's singles field with a neck injury, and the opponent Gassina also felt very sorry about this and embraced it with him to express comfort.
After the game, Carlsson sat on the sidelines with tears in his eyes, and his painful expression on the field also made the fans look at it with heart-wrenching: the injury is as fierce as a tiger, it is not easy!
Carlsson is the top doubles master in table tennis today, and last year's World Table Tennis Championships won the national table tennis team Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan in cooperation with partner Falke, and finally won the championship. In singles, he also won the fourth place in the World Cup and is a very strong player.
The opponent of This competition Karlsson is a big dark horse, that is, the upset victory over the national table tennis player Xue Fei, the famous Hong Kong player Huang Zhenting, and the Swedish World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregård Croatian veteran Gassina.
Although Carlsson's form was very good, eliminating the world's No. 3 seed Hugo, but Garcina's performance was more conspicuous, his previous three wins could be regarded as upset, and before the game, he was not optimistic that he could reach the final four, but he did it, so everyone thought that the semi-final would be a bad battle, but the result was a very dramatic end.
After the game began, Gassina really began to fight, and successively got the advantage of the score, and the opponent was defeated one after another. However, Carlsson was the world champion in the end, and soon used his left-handed line advantage to achieve a reversal. However, after taking a 10-8 lead, Carlsson suddenly felt a lot of pain in his neck and was forced to call out a timeout.
However, after a brief examination of the injury, Swedish coach Perlson decided to apply for the suspension of the game and take his disciple away from the field for treatment, which seems to be not light! Then Karlsson returned to the arena to try to hold on a little longer, but in the end he could not overcome the difficulties and chose to withdraw, and in the face of defeat he buried his head deep in the towel and cried, it was not easy!
I have to say that competitive sports are so cruel, not only to compete with opponents, but also to play games with their own bodies and injuries. Finally, I wish Karlsson a speedy recovery and look forward to a more exciting performance in his next game: come on!