Beijing time on August 5 news, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT regular season challenge Tunisia station began the fifth day of competition. Lin Gaoyuan did not continue the good state of sweeping Niwa Takashi before, and lost 1-3 to the runner-up of the previous table tennis tournament, Fark, in the quarter-finals, missing the final four, so that the men's singles of national table tennis were eliminated.
Born in 1995, Lin Gaoyuan is one of the main players of Chinese men's table tennis, and in the 2017 Asian Cup, he beat Fan Zhendong to win the championship, which was the best result of his career.
At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Lin Gaoyuan cooperated with Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and Xue Fei to win the team championship. In the men's singles final, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Fan Zhendong and won the second place. In the mixed doubles final, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu lost to Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, winning the second place, and winning 1 gold and 2 silver in three events.
In 2019, Lin Gaoyuan became a regular finalist in the Itteach League, performing well overall, and once ranked second in the world ranking. However, the good results did not hide the reality that Lin Gaoyuan's psychology was more fragile, and the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships was reversed by Xu Xin at 10-5 with 5 match points, and the World Cup was overturned by Pol with 6 match points in 10-4.
In the recent WTT Championship Budapest men's singles final, Lin Gaoyuan led 3-0 in the round, holding 6 match points and not seizing the opportunity, and finally lost to Japan's number one player Zhang Benzhihe, who was relegated to the second place. To become a great instrument, Lin Gaoyuan still needs to be sharpened, and if he wants to get a ticket to the Paris Olympics, the psychological barrier needs to be overcome.
In this week's men's singles stage in Tunisia, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Monteiro 3-1 in the first round, swept Niwa Takashi 3-0 in the second round, and faced 30-year-old Sweden's Fark in the quarterfinals, who is now ranked 36th in the world and has won the second place in the men's singles of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.
In the first set, Lin Gaoyuan was a bit slow and hot, coming up to 1-3 behind. He stepped up his backhand and Falke took advantage of the heights to attack and lead 9-6. In the final stages of the set, Lin Gaoyuan's attack improved slightly, but failed to control the mistake, and Falke took the lead 11-8.
In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan's form was still sluggish, and the start was 0-3 into passivity. His serve was difficult to restrain Falke, who made more mistakes in the standoff and still trailed by three points at 3-6. Next, Lin Gaoyuan did not want to show weakness, and stubbornly chased to 8-9, forcing his opponent to request a timeout. At the end of the set, Lin Gaoyuan did not handle the key points enough, losing another set at 9-11.
In the third set of the game, the two sides began to fight into 2 draws, Lin Gaoyuan played a wave of small climax, to open the score 6-2, Falke chased two points in a row, 6-4 after Lin Gaoyuan encountered a strong impact of Falke, the two sides fought to 9 draws. In the key points competition, Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake, lost another set 9-11, and finally lost to Fark 0-3, missing the final four, so that all the men's singles players of national table tennis were out.
In the fourth set, Lin Gaoyuan fell behind 0-3, 2-4, and then he lost four consecutive points, and the situation was very unfavorable at 2-8. At the end of the inning, Lin Gaoyuan failed to withstand the pressure, lost another set 6-11, and finally lost to Fark 1-3, missing the final four, so that all the men's singles players of national table tennis were out.