Chinese Taipei table tennis men's single Corinthian Yunru, ranked 6th in the world, was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the airport returning home! Lin Yunru won the mixed doubles and men's doubles runners-up in the just-concluded Doha Star Tournament, and the men's singles competition once again lost to South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon failed to reach the semi-finals, but he still recently played against national table tennis players Ma Long, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha and Yuan Licen, respectively, in the Grand Slam men's singles quarterfinals, Grand Slam mixed doubles final and Doha Challenge men's singles competition, lin Yunru achieved 3 defeats, and it is more fortunate that the national table tennis players did not have a direct confrontation with Lin Yunru at this week's Doha Star Tournament.
The 21-year-old Lin Yunru is the star of the Chinese Taipei table tennis men's team, although he is not very old, he has already jumped to the ranks of the world's top masters as early as 3 years ago, and defeated Ma Long in the 2019 World Cup to achieve third place. Lin Yunru left hand cross plate on both sides of the glue, due to their own body is relatively thin, in the initiative of the lack of strength, accustomed to using force and the pursuit of landing point changes to score, Lin Yunru and Zheng Yijing in the mixed doubles ranked 1st, and Liao Zhenju's men's doubles has just won a runner-up in the star competition, it can be said that he is a table tennis all-rounder, is expected to play in 4 games at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Lin Yunru changed the head coach at the beginning of this year, but in the singles event there was a weak situation, the past two weeks have lost to Yuan Licen and South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon, are not the world's top 10 masters, Lin Yunru exposed the weakness of the lack of effective tactics for left-handed players, but Lin Yunru and Ma Long are playing in the 1/4 final of the Grand Slam tournament is difficult to solve, the decisive game is defeated to prove their strength, he has room to rise in the actual combat experience and technical level. In Doha star Selin Yunru reached the men's doubles and mixed doubles finals, especially the mixed doubles loss to the French combination to lose the championship, it seems a bit unexpected, I don't know if it is related to the fact that he has been infected with the new crown and insisted on fighting with illness.
Fortunately, there has been no major event in the international table tennis world recently, and even the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed, giving Lin Yunru enough time for treatment, hoping that he can return to the field as soon as possible to resume training matches. This is not the first time that a similar incident has occurred among table tennis players, Germany's famous Pol was already infected during the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston last year, and after active treatment after returning to China, he resumed training in less than 1 month.
The International Table Tennis Federation launched a lot of WTT events, especially the European Open, the national table tennis without exception are absent from the game, many fans do not understand, why not send a young team to play, mainly consider the health and safety issues, the beginning of this year in the Düsseldorf regional tournament was exposed to the news of the infection of the team members, Lin Yunru was infected in Doha, foreign prevention and control is relatively loose, bringing uncertain hidden dangers, in order to prevent problems, it is better not to participate in the risk. But always avoid fighting, points are bound to be affected, the adverse effects of the draw in the future international competitions will gradually appear, in the first 2 rounds there may be a civil war or draw to the world's top 10 opponents, premature encounters are not what the national table tennis wants to see, in addition, always withdraw, lack of competition feeling, to the competition may not be able to adjust the best game rhythm and state.