At present, the table tennis WTT Star Challenge Goa is in full swing in India, and since March 4 is the penultimate match day, the end of the game is becoming more and more exciting, so far it has attracted the attention of many fans.
Fans familiar with national table tennis should know that before this event, the national table tennis team suffered injuries, including many main players withdrew from the competition due to injury, and finally the national table tennis coaching staff gave up the doubles competition and devoted themselves to singles. The men's team sent 7 people to participate: Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Zhou Qihao, Liang Yancang and Xu Yingbin; The women's team sent Wang Yidi, Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan and Qu Man to compete.
All 4 members of the national table tennis women's team started from the second round of the main competition, and all won the first game to successfully advance to the round of 16 of women's singles, and in the women's singles 1/8 final, Quang Man lost to Wang Yidi 1-3; Liu Weishan was reversed 2-3 by Monaco Chinese veteran Yang Xiaoxin. In the women's singles 1/4 final, Qian Tianyi lost 1-3 to Japan's Zhang Benmeihe, so far only Wang Yidi of the national table tennis women's team advanced to the women's singles semifinals.
In the next women's singles semifinals, Wang Yidi faced Zhang Benmeihe, the two fought for 5 games, and finally Wang Yidi completed the reversal when the score was 1-2 behind, and defeated her opponent 3-2 to enter the women's singles final, but Zhang Benmeihe, who is only 15 years old, is indeed worthy of the attention of the national table tennis coaching staff. In another women's singles semifinal, Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing defeated Japan's Miyu Hirano 3-2, so far Wang Yidi will compete with Zheng Yijing for the women's singles championship, Wang Yidi come on!
In the national table tennis men's team, Xu Yingbin started playing from the qualifying round, but in the third round of the qualifying round, Xu Yingbin lost 1-3 to Japan's Yutai Tanaka and missed the men's singles main event. In the second round of the men's singles main event, a big upset broke out, and the men's singles world No. 1 Fan Zhendong lost 2-3 to South Korea's 20-year-old Zhao Dacheng, and suffered a round of travel, which surprised everyone's expectations; At the same time, Zhou Qihao and Liang also stopped in the second round of the men's singles, losing to Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru and Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, respectively.
The remaining three players of the national table tennis men's team, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong, played well and all advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. In the men's singles 1/4 final on March 4, Lin Gaoyuan was blocked from the semifinals by teammate Liang Jingkun 1-3. In the men's singles semifinals that took the lead later, Liang Jingkun lived up to expectations, defeating the biggest rival of national table tennis and Japan's Zhang Benzhihe 3-1 to enter the men's singles final. Liang Jingkun's opponents will be the winners of Lin Shidong and France's 16-year-old Felix.
Lin Shidong and Felix performed very well in this tournament, Lin Shidong started from the second round of the men's singles main draw, and won 3-1 against Kazakhstan's Grassmenko in the first match; Men's singles 1/8 final, 3-2 defeat South Korean dark horse Zhao Dacheng, the reason why Zhao Dacheng is a dark horse, because he eliminated Fan Zhendong in the men's singles 1/16 final, but Lin Shidong "revenge" Fan Zhendong succeeded! Then in the men's singles 1/4 final, Lin Shidong defeated the No. 5 seed and Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru 3-1, and Lin Shidong won three consecutive games to reach the men's singles semifinals.
France's 16-year-old Felix was equally strong, knowing that Felix started in the second round of qualifying, sweeping France's Picard 3-0 in the first match; Defeated India's Manash Shah 3-1 in the third qualifying round to advance to the men's singles main draw; In the first round of the main draw, he swept Ukraine's Zamudenko 3-0; Men's singles 1/16 final, 3-1 victory over South Korea's Lee Sang-so; Men's singles 1/8 final, 3-1 victory over the third seed of the tournament, Sweden's Moregaard, broke out a big upset; Next, in the men's singles 1/4 final, he defeated South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen 3-2, winning 6 consecutive games to reach the men's singles semifinals, which can be said to be a dark horse.
Next, bring the details of Lin Shidong and Felix in the men's singles semifinals. In the first game, Lin Shidong took a 4-1 lead, and Felix chased consecutive points in the middle of the game to tie the score at 7-7, and then Lin Shidong scored four consecutive points to take the lead 11-7.
In the second game, Lin Shidong still took a 4-1 lead, and Felix reluctantly asked for a timeout. After the timeout came back, after Felix scored 2 consecutive points, Lin Shidong scored consecutive points, especially Lin Shidong's backhand score, Felix simply couldn't react, Lin Shidong won the second game 11-5.
In the third game, Lin Shidong was in full swing, once taking a 7-2 lead, which made Felix roar angrily, and the commentator also bluntly said that he felt sorry for the young man in France. In fact, it can't be said that Felix is not good enough, it can only be said that Lin Shidong is indeed too strong, and finally Lin Shidong won the third set 11-4, easily won the opponent 3-0 with a big score, and successfully met Liang Jingkun in the men's singles final!
Throughout the overall performance of Lin Shidong in this event, showing maturity beyond his age, in the case of Fan Zhendong unexpectedly out and Zhou Qihao did not give strength, Lin Shidong alone guarded the upper half of the area, perfectly completed the task, even if the men's singles final has not yet been carried out, Lin Shidong in this star challenge can also be said to be a battle of fame, is bound to be highly valued by the national table tennis coaching staff, the future is limitless!