The 2022 National Table Tennis Championships ushered in a focus showdown, in the men's team final, Guangdong and Shanghai team competed for the championship. In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan appeared against Zhou Kai. As a result, Lin Gaoyuan played even better, defeating Zhou Kai 3-2.
Lin Gaoyuan's world ranking is 11th, although he is optimistic about the national table tennis, but in the past 1 year, Lin Gaoyuan has not made much progress, compared to Wang Chuqin's strong outbreak, Lin Gaoyuan is relatively silent. Especially in the game against Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Gaoyuan had a disappointing performance, once leading 3-0, but was reversed by his opponent winning four consecutive games. Zhou Kai's current world ranking is No. 134, and in this matchup, he is the role of the impactor. In the first set, Fan Zhendong defeated Zhou Qihao 3-0.
After a simple warm-up, the match was officially played, and in the first game, Zhou Kai entered the state faster and gained a 6-3 advantage. Lin Gaoyuan responded quickly, a backhand slash ball is very exciting, the landing point is tricky, and the ball speed is also very fast. Zhou Kai scored a strong forehand, and Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake, falling behind 4-8, and facing his disadvantage. Next, Lin Gaoyuan returned the ball and made a mistake, but, soon, he played the fairy ball and still trailed 5-9. 10-5, Zhou Kai got the innings point, the two faced each other, Zhou Kai returned the ball and touched the net, still leading by 4 points. Lin Gaoyuan attacked with a forehand and scored easily, 7-10. Another backhand slash ball, Lin Gaoyuan caught his opponent off guard and chased it to 8-10. Unfortunately, Lin Gaoyuan still returned the ball and lost the first game 8-11.
In the second game between the two sides, Lin Gaoyuan once led 4-2, while Zhou Kai scored three consecutive points to overtake his opponent by a score of 5-4. As a last resort, Lin Gaoyuan called a pause. When the game resumed, he made another mistake and gave his opponent a two-point lead. Next, Lin Gaoyuan broke out and chased to a 7-7 draw. Subsequently, Lin Gaoyuan continued to play at a high level, sending a big slash with a backhand to lead 10-8, roaring loudly and venting his emotions. 11-8, Lin Gaoyuan won the second set.
After the two won one game each, the third game became a battle of inflection points. Lin Gaoyuan was proactive and won a 7-4 advantage, and after 8-4, Lin Gaoyuan cheered. After 9-4, Lin Gaoyuan continued to roar. Zhou Kai chased 3 points in a row, but Lin Gaoyuan finally scored, 10-7 to win the game point, Zhou Kai saved 2 points, or lost 9-11, the aggregate score was 1-2. Lin Gaoyuan continued to roar, as if Zhang Benzhi was peaceful.
In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan was 3-7 behind, and he kept making mistakes in the game, and he quickly lost the game 4-9, although he struggled to chase the score, he still lost the game 6-11. In the tiebreaker matchup, Lin Gaoyuan quickly got a 7-4 advantage, after 9-5, Lin Gaoyuan did not let the opportunity slip away, 11-7 to win, in the end, Lin Gaoyuan became the winner, the total score was 3-2, after 5 rounds of hard fighting, Lin Gaoyuan won hard.