Beijing time on March 12, 2023, the World Table Tennis Federation Singapore Grand Slam continued, after Xiang Peng and Yuan Licen were out one after another, the men's table tennis finally came with good news, Lin Shidong, who had previously reached the final in the Star Challenge, continued to be strong, the post-00 youngster fought hard for 4 games, eliminated world champion Christian Carlson 3-1, and successfully advanced to the round of 32. For head coach Wang Hao, this is definitely good news, Lin Shidong may attack the main lineup.
On the first day of the main competition, the Chinese men's table tennis performance was excellent, with Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin all winning 3-0 and easily advancing to the round of 32. Entering the second match day, the Chinese men's table tennis suffered two consecutive defeats, Xiang Peng played 5 games, defeated Zhang Benzhihe 2-3, and Yuan Licen played averagely, losing 1-3 to Alex Lebrun. In the blink of an eye, the Chinese men's table tennis has been under more pressure, and head coach Wang Hao may not be able to sit still.
However, Lin Shidong, who came on later, stopped the men's team's losing streak, facing Christian Carlson, who holds the world title, Lin Shidong played well, won 3-1, advanced to the round of 32, and the four sets were 11-7, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8, judging from the course of the game, if Lin Shidong can continue to improve his ability to play key balls, he is very likely to take away the game 3-0. In fact, the previous match against Liang Jingkun also exposed this problem, and how to play the key score at the end of the game is the next problem that Lin Shidong will face.
For Wang Hao, Lin Shidong's strong rise is definitely good news, he can attack the main players, and the competition in the team will be more intense. So far in the new season, Lin Shidong has partnered with Qu Man, won 5 titles in the mixed doubles competition, and Lin Shidong also won the men's singles runner-up in the Star Challenge, he is not yet 18 years old, which is indeed very amazing.
This match day, the national table tennis has two more fierce opponents out, in addition to Christian Carlsen, and France's Simon Goats, the European titan who defeated Xu Xin will be eliminated by the junior brother Felix Lebrun. In the game, Simon Goetz won one game first, but then lost three consecutive games, I have to say that the momentum of the Lebrun brothers is also fierce, this time all entered the men's singles round of 32, and the national table tennis had to defend.
So far, the second round matches that have been confirmed in the second half of the men's singles include: Karian Ott (Germany) VS Dako Jochik (Slovenia), Aruna (Nigeria) VS Alex Lebrun (France), Akuzu (France) VS Tomokazu Chang (Japan), Lin Yunru VS Felix Lebrun (France), Chuang Ji-yon VS Lee Sang-so (South Korea), it should be said that the young generation of the French team has risen, which is worthy of national table attention!