The WTT Challenge Goa Station continued, and Fan Zhendong's upset elimination in the last round caused great controversy, and even made the national table tennis men's team questioned from top to bottom. Fortunately, in the subsequent matches, Lin Shidong, who was young and promising and was regarded as the core of the future, lived up to expectations, fought five games and was the first to get the match point by his opponent, and finally won 3:2 to advance, successfully helping the big brother Fan Zhendong complete revenge, and also "relieved pain" for the national table tennis in time like a heart booster, in addition, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and others also successfully advanced.
At the same time, on another "battlefield", the main opponent of the national table tennis men's team, Zhang Benzhihe, suffered a defeat, and in the mixed doubles match with Hina Hayada, he was eliminated by the Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi 3:2, so that Zhang Benzhihe's championship dream stopped. However, his younger sister Zhang Benmeiwa advanced to the final, can she successfully complete the "revenge" for her brother Zhang Benzhihe? Be one of the focus topics of the final.
Although the national table tennis men's team now looks a little green, it does not mean that there are no rising stars, but for various reasons it has not been particularly prominent, for example, Lin Shidong is a key training object, only 17 years old He has reached 24th in the world ranking. Even if it has not yet reached the strength of immediate succession, it is bound to become the core main force in the next Olympic cycle, provided that it has a stable and excellent performance, and the frequent participation in international competitions in the past year is a high recognition of Lin Shidong.
As the opponent of this match, Cho Dae-sung eliminated Fan Zhendong in the last round, making the 20-year-old South Korean teenager an overnight success, but even so, the world ranking is only 193rd. Although he is not well known in terms of strength and fame, he has become famous because of the elimination of Fan Zhendong in the last game, and at the same time, he should pay more attention to Guoping, after all, no opponent can ignore it. And the strength of Korean players has always been unpredictable, and Yoo Seung-min before was a deep sore spot.
In the first game, Lin Shidong showed strength suppression, although the two were not familiar, but Lin Shidong dared to fight and always controlled the situation on the court, and finally won the first game 11:9. In the second game, Zhao Dacheng turned on the fight mode, which made the young Lin Shidong a little overwhelmed, and quickly lost 5:11. In the third game, Lin Shidong still did not find a good way to deal with it, although he clenched the score but still lost 9:11, and the total score was 2:1, and Zhao Dacheng came to the match point first.
Caught in a desperate situation, Lin Shidong gave it a go, and controlled the game at the start of the crazy attack in the fourth game, easily winning 11:5 to drag the game into the tiebreaker. After entering the tiebreaker, Lin Shidong was already unstoppable, and directly blasted out a wave of 8:1 at the beginning, and the victory and defeat of the game lost suspense, ending the tiebreaker at 11:3, and the total score was 3:2 to win and advance. Whether Fan Zhendong was in a bad state or for other reasons before, Lin Shidong's successful revenge has reduced the pressure of public opinion a lot, but for Guoping, it still needs to be well summarized, after all, such mistakes cannot appear one after another.
In the mixed doubles arena, Zhang Benzhihe originally wanted to reunite, but his brother Zhang Benzhihe "got off" halfway, facing the Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi, the two pairs fought for five games, and finally Zhang Benzhihe lost three consecutive games with the same score of 11:8 when he led 2:0, and stopped 2:3 in the semifinals and missed the final. His younger sister Miwa Chang took revenge for her brother, and her partner Hayasuke Togami easily defeated the French team 3-0 to advance to the final, and whether she can really "avenge" her brother in the final depends on how strong it is.