On the evening of July 17, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Budapest Star Challenge staged a Sino-Korean showdown, and the two world champions of national table tennis, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, appeared in the final round of the men's doubles, competing with South Korea's strong rivals Lee Sang-so/ Cho Dae-sung, who eliminated Ma Long and Wang Chuqin.
Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan started well, leading 1-0, 2-1 consecutively, but then failed to defend their advantages, and finally won the opponent's two consecutive cities, a big score of 3-2 reversal defeat - so far, the national table tennis men's doubles army was completely destroyed, and the four world champions all lost to these two South Korean players, which was really unexpected!
Friends who pay attention to table tennis know that in recent years, the emphasis on men's doubles in national table tennis has declined, while the South Korean side has focused on strengthening this link and cultivating many powerful combinations, such as Lee Sang-so / Jung Young-sik once ranked first in the world, and Jang Yu-jin / Lin Jong-hoon won the silver medal in the World Table Tennis Championships last year.
In this star challenge, Zheng Rongzhi naturally did not register because he had long since withdrawn from the Korean table tennis national team; Zhang Yuzhen also withdrew from the game because of infection with the new crown. Therefore, everyone originally thought that Li Shangsu / Zhao Dacheng was difficult to become a climate, but in the semi-finals, the World Table Tennis Champion combination Ma Long / Wang Chuqin was eliminated, which also made the pressure on Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan, who was not as good as his teammates, increased sharply.
After the start of the final, the South Korean combination took the lead and played relatively more actively, while Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan seemed to be still groping for the opponent's offensive line, many balls with a clear tentative taste, worried that the start was too hasty and made mistakes, but this was easy to appear conservative mentality, and soon the other side gained a score lead.
In the face of difficulties, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan also began to gradually increase the quality of the shot, creating a certain pressure on the Korean players, but then the opponent took the lead 10-9 to get the set point. At the critical moment, the national table tennis combination forced the opponent to make mistakes through the rotation of the serve and the change of the line, and won the first set with a 13-11 reversal after continuous scoring, which was good!
After the difficulty to get the top spot, in the second set Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan played relatively more free, but the ensuing problem is to win fast and lose fast, big grin is not fine enough, but the South Koreans are not very careful opponents, so the two sides opened a big deal, you come and go, and finally Lee Sang-so / Cho Dae-sung grabbed the attack and won it in an 11-8 reversal, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
After the start of the third set, the battle situation is still very glue, the score continues to rise alternately, the national table tennis combination called out a suspension to adjust the mentality when it led 8-7, obviously wanting to force the opponent into a desperate situation, and then indeed scored 3 points in a row, won 11-7, the big score 2-1 lead victory is in sight, the Situation of the South Korean team is not good.
In the fourth set, Li Shangsu / Zhao Dacheng fought backwaters, the desire to fight increased sharply, while the national table tennis side made consecutive mistakes, was led by the other side, and then lost 6-11, the two sides drew again, the game was dragged into the decider, and the pressure at this time shifted to the Chinese team.
In the fifth round of the big battle, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan started unfavorably, losing 6 points in a row as soon as he came up, which can be said to be beaten and unable to lift his head. In this most difficult situation, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan chased the score to 8-8 consecutive points, but unfortunately lost by 2 points, 9-11, and thus did not win the men's doubles event: a pity!
The national table tennis combination in this competition still has some problems in the hair and hair extension link, has been swinging between twisting and rubbing the ball, causing a large negative impact, while the South Korean team is relatively calm, fierce and properly mastered, Zhao Dacheng has a high quality of the board in the stage, Lee Sang-so is a big threat in the later stage, and it is indeed not unreasonable for them to win the championship.
There were three pairs of world table tennis men's doubles champions in this competition, namely Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Fark/Carlson, Zhuang Zhiyuan/Chen Jian'an, and as a result, everyone was wiped out and did not even reach the final; Last year's World Table Tennis Championships National Table Tennis Men's Doubles broke the sand, and this time it was repeated, which shows how fierce the competition in this project is.
Finally, I look forward to the Next Time the Chinese Team can have a better play, strive to regain the lost championship, come on!