Sun Yingsha's most anticipated first round of the Macau Tournament will officially start at 15:00 p.m. on November 19. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun of the national table tennis men's team staged a civil war in the first round. This is a one-game knockout match, and the losing side will stop at the Macau Championship. After five rounds, Liang Jingkun defeated Lin Gaoyuan 3:2 to advance to the round of 16. Lin Gaoyuan collapsed in the fifth game, and Liang Jingkun won the game with a bang. 5-set scores (11-6, 12-14, 12-10, 10-12, 11-2)
Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun are already very familiar with each other, so there is no need to test too much after the start of the game, Liang Jingkun is more active in the first game, basically controlling the initiative on the field, and Lin Gaoyuan is slightly passive. In the first game, Liang Jingkun won 11-6 relatively smoothly, thus leading 1-0 by a big score. In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan adjusted his tactics and became more ferocious in attack, and after fierce multiple rounds of competition, Lin Gaoyuan won the second game 14-12 and equalized the score 1-1.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun played very stalemate, and Liang Jingkun took a slight lead at 7-6 and requested a timeout. After the timeout, Lin Gaoyuan quickly equalized, but Liang Jingkun still won 12-10 and led again 2-1.
In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan had no way back, so he had to give it a go. Lin Gaoyuan started well, making a fantastic start to 4-0, and has since suppressed Liang Jingkun to take a 5-1 lead. Liang Jingkun stabilized his emotions and chased straight to 5-6, and as Lin Gaoyuan made another mistake, Liang Jingkun chased to 7-7 draws, and then the competition between the two fell into a stalemate again, Liang Jingkun chased to 9-9 draws, Lin Gaoyuan was chased to 10-10 after 10-9, Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, 12-10 to win, at this time the big score of the two came to 2-2! Back on the same running line again.
In the tiebreaker, Lin Gaoyuan's performance surprised fans. Liang Jingkun came up and took an 8-0 lead, which is still relatively rare in the history of the two of them. Lin Gaoyuan had a bit of a mental collapse since he fell behind in the fifth inning, and he kept shaking his head. Although Lin Gaoyuan chased 2 points in a row, Liang Jingkun still won the match point 10-2. Finally, it won the fifth set 11-2.
After the victory. Liang Jingkun also exhaled a long breath. He and Lin Gaoyuan have the same pressure, but Big Fat eventually turned pressure into motivation and showed the momentum of daring to fight in the tiebreaker. After winning, Big Fat inserted the racket into the waistband of his trousers, very domineering.
On the other hand, Lin Gaoyuan's shortcomings of unstable mentality at the critical moment were once again exposed. In the key game, the key score is behind, and the mentality will collapse. This state is the most worrying. In the 2022 WTT Budapest Championship, Lin Gaoyuan held 7 match points and was defeated by Zhang Benzhihe. This time he was suppressed by his opponent in the tiebreaker and only scored 2 points, and Lin Gaoyuan's performance this time was really out of standard.
Although this is just an innocuous business event, Lin Gaoyuan must sum up when he goes back. Don't be so dull when playing games, you can get yourself excited. The main force of national table tennis must have the ability to resist pressure. If the mentality is not good, Liu Guoliang will not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
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