On the evening of April 29, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Thailand star tournament ushered in the men's singles final battle, the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan appeared, and the South Korean fierce Zhang Yuzhen who had defeated himself and Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, as a result, Lin Gaoyuan completed the reversal 4-3 when he was 0-1, 1-2 behind, and won only 2 points in the tiebreaker, and won the men's singles championship after the mixed doubles summit: congratulations to him!
It is worth mentioning that after the arrival of 2023, Lin Gaoyuan's performance in foreign battles is very conspicuous, and he has won all the victories so far, which is really good: Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff are not mistaken about him, and he is deserved to be selected for the Durban World Table Tennis Championships!
Lin Gaoyuan and Zhang Yuzhen are the main players of their national table tennis teams, and their playing styles are very different, Lin Gaoyuan is a left-handed athlete, with a strong backhand and a forehand; Zhang Yuzhen is a right-handed athlete with a super forehand and mediocre backhand.
In the past competition, Zhang Yuzhen has broken through the national table tennis defense line many times and was named by Liu Guoliang to beware, and this time in Thailand also eliminated the national table tennis star Zhou Qihao 3-1, and he is in very good condition. However, Lin Gaoyuan also showed strong fighting power, sweeping strong opponents such as Pitchford 3-0, plus the mixed doubles has already won the championship, and the momentum is strong, so this battle is very interesting.
After the start of the game, the main competition between the two sides was in the control and grabbing of the near platform, Lin Gaoyuan tried to suppress Zhang Yuzhen's backhand to avoid being snatched by the opponent's forehand, but sometimes success and sometimes failure, at the key moment two receiving serve brave high was taken by the opponent to the game point, recovered 2 points and regretted to lose the first set 9-11, the old problem of forehand error was committed again.
In the second game, the two ate each other's serves, and only after the middle game began to let go of their hands and feet to play a wide open and closed pull-and-pull attack, Lin Gaoyuan led 10-9 to tie, but he firmly believed that Zhang Yuzhen's play on the line was limited, and then won back 12-10.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan won fast and lost fast, he lost too much, 8-10 behind and chased straight to 10-10 draw, and then the two kept fighting each other until 17-17 draw, the result was Zhang Yuzhen tougher, won 19-17, it's a pity! In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan came up and lost three points in a row, called a timeout and successfully adjusted his condition, completed the reversal with difficulty 11-9, and the two returned to the same running line.
In the fifth game, Lin Gaoyuan's morale was greatly improved, and he forced his opponent into a cornered situation 11-5, but lost 4-11 in the sixth game. The tiebreaker was still a tiebreaker, and Lin Gaoyuan withstood the pressure and finally ended the fight 11-9, narrowly winning the men's singles title.
Congratulations to Guoping for overwhelming South Korea's strong enemies and praising Lin Gaoyuan's performance!