Congratulations to Lin Shidong! In the men's singles eighth-third match of the Goa star, which ended on March 3, national table tennis junior Lin Shidong defeated South Korea's Zhao Dacheng 3-2. The latter eliminated Fan Zhendong 2-3 in the sixteenth match on March 2 to break out the biggest upset. After winning, Zhao Dacheng once released a bold statement: Because I defeated Fan Zhendong, I must win the next game. Unexpectedly, a day later, Zhao Dacheng was slapped in the face by the national table tennis junior!
Zhao Dacheng defeated Fan Zhendong in an upset
National table tennis fans are far less familiar with the name Zhao Dacheng than Han table tennis players such as Ahn Jae-hyun, Lee Sang-so, Zhang Yuzhen and so on. However, in the men's table tennis elimination tournament on March 2, Zhao Dacheng was concerned by fans for eliminating Fan Zhendong of National Table Tennis 3-2 in the competition. As a new-generation player of Han Ping, Zhao Dacheng's singles results are not particularly outstanding. On the contrary, he won several championships in doubles events. Among them, there are Chinese national table king Chuqin, Ma Long, Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng and other combinations. Therefore, he is familiar with the style of play of Chinese players.
In the match against Fan Zhendong, Fan Zhendong had the opportunity to win the match with a bang when he won two games first. However, due to psychological fluctuations in the third game, he was pulled back by his opponent. In the fourth and fifth games, the opponent controlled the rhythm of the game, and Fan Zhendong failed to show his domineering side, and finally lost regretfully. The moment Zhao Dacheng won, he raised his fist in celebration. He was excited to win the world number one player.
In an interview after the game, Zhao Dacheng could not hide his inner excitement. He said, because I won Fan Zhendong, I must win the next game. Some netizens made a mocking interpretation of Zhao Dacheng's sentence: Because I won Fan Zhendong, I am stronger than the world's first strength, my strength has surpassed the world's first, so I will definitely win in the next game, I must be able to win.
Zhao Dacheng challenges Lin Shidong
After Zhao Dacheng defeated Fan Zhendong, his opponent in the eighth match was Lin Shidong of National Table Ping. Lin Shidong is known as Little Fat in National Pingping, and is one of the successors trained by Guoping for Fan Zhendong. Lin Shidong is a player born in 2005, 3 years younger than Zhao Dacheng. The two have played off in the international arena, and on June 26, 2022, at the WTT Challenger Slovenia, Cho Dae-sung / Kim Na-young lost 1-3 to Quang Man/Lin Shidong to finish second. In the men's doubles final of the same tournament, Zhang Yuzhen/Zhao Dacheng narrowly defeated Xiang Peng/Lin Shidong 3-2 to win the championship. This time in the men's singles competition, Zhao Dacheng has to practice his bold words. Lin Shidong shouldered the heavy responsibility of avenging his senior brother Fan Zhendong.
In the first game of the game between the two sides, Lin Shidong took the initiative to attack and score to take the lead, and Zhao Dacheng found the opportunity to counterattack, and the two sides played a wonderful round. After the fierce battle between the two sides reached a 5-5 draw, Zhao Dacheng scored, Lin Shidong accelerated the pace of attack to achieve an 8-6 comeback, and then Zhao Dacheng chased the score to 8-8 draw. At the end of the game, Lin Shidong decisively won the first set 11-9.
In the second game between the two sides, Zhao Dacheng took the lead and took a 2-0 lead. Lin Shidong fell into passivity because he did not adapt to the opponent's serve, and Lin Shidong began to improve in the service and attack in the middle and back games, but he continuously ate the serve or received the serve indirectly to send points, coupled with the front loss of points too quickly, Lin Shidong lost the second game 5-11, and the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw on the big score.
The third game was a replica of the first game, and the two sides kept glued to the score, fighting fiercely until it was tied 8-8. Zhao Dacheng took the lead at the end of the game and won the third game 11-9. At this time, Lin Shidong was 1-2 behind, and Zhao Dacheng held the initiative in the game. However, Lin Shidong broke out from the fourth game, and after adapting to the opponent's serve, Lin Shidong's mistakes were reduced, and at the same time he comprehensively suppressed Zhao Dacheng offensively, and soon won 11-5. The score came to a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, Lin Shidong came up and beat Zhao Dacheng an 8-1. This score happened to be the score of the fifth game between Zhao Dacheng and Fan Zhendong, and Lin Shidong played extremely well in the fifth game to win 11-4. The huge point difference in this game can also be regarded as a breath back for Fan Zhendong.
Congratulations to Lin Shidong for advancing to the quarterfinals. Avenge your senior brother and fight for the national ping, and look forward to your continued wonderful performance in the next competition!
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