The WTT Doha Star Challenge came to an end, with Croatia's 35-year-old veteran Ghazni beating South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon 4-2 to win the men's singles title for the first time. Ghazni did show a certain strength, but considering that he is 35 years old and there is an accident in winning the championship, in comparison, we should pay more attention to the 25-year-old Lin Zhongxun, who may become a fierce opponent of national table tennis.
South Korean men's table tennis is very powerful, but several main players lack stability, Lee Sang-so, Jung Young-sik, Jang Woo-jin often drop the chain at key moments. In this case, the Korean coaching staff gave Ahn Jae-hyun and Lim Jong-hoon more opportunities to compete. This season, Lin Zhongxun made people shine, and the world table tennis partner Zhang Yuzhen won the men's doubles runner-up. Before the Singapore Grand Slam, he broke into the men's singles round of 16 and swept Lin Gaoyuan 3-0 in the first round, which surprised people.
Facts have proved that Lin Zhongxun swept Lin Gaoyuan 3-0 is not accidental, on the one hand, Lin Gaoyuan is in average state, on the other hand, Lin Zhongxun has indeed made progress, and the on-site state is even better.
In the following Doha Star Challenge, Lim Jong-hoon fully proved his strength. In fact, Lin Zhongxun's signing luck is very general, the first round of the main round of the hard battle 5 sets, 3-2 narrow victory over Habison. Subsequently, Lin Zhongxun showed great strength and eliminated 4 seeded players in succession, namely Simon Gautz, Pitcheford, Lin Yunru and Aruna.
In these games, Lin Zhongxun has a big score to win, but also 0-2 behind to reverse the promotion, in the technical and psychological level, Lin Zhongxun has shown a good competitiveness. Don't forget, Lin Yunru is a favorite to win the men's singles championship, Aruna has defeated three players in the national table tennis in a row, and his confidence is very strong, but in front of Lin Zhongxun, it seems that there are not many ways. These matches further proved that It was no accident that Lim Jong-hoon swept Lin Gaoyuan.
It is more regrettable that because the interval between the semi-finals and the final is short, Lin Zhongxun's physical consumption is too large, it is difficult to recover in a short period of time, the final against Ghazni, he suddenly lost his hand after 2-0, the footsteps obviously could not keep up, and finally lost 4 consecutive sets, regrettably missing the championship. If Lin Zhongxun's physical reserves are better, the results may be very different, which may also be the direction that Lin Zhongxun should strive for.
For the national table tennis, the next must pay attention to Lin Zhongxun, his outbreak will enhance the overall strength of Korean men's table tennis, and he is in the year of playing, it can also be said that it is the rising period, the national table tennis must be careful!