Big bang! Fan Zhendong collapsed 3-4 in the final, and Lin Gaoyuan won four teammates in a row to win the men's singles championship
On the evening of July 2, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Croatia men's singles final came to an end, the two main players of national table tennis Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan staged a peak dialogue, and Fan Zhendong was 0-1, 1-2 behind 3-2 reversal to force Lin Gaoyuan into a corner, but then lost 2 consecutive games collapse, and finally lost 3-4, the tiebreaker 9-11 only lost 2 points, upset and missed the championship.
Before that, this year's Durban World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion Sun Yingsha lost to Japan's Miyu Hirano 3-4 after 7 sets of hard fighting, and now the men's singles champion Fan Zhendong also collapsed, also 3-4 defeated, it seems that competitive sports are really full of uncertainty, no one can be careless!
Fan Zhendong was born in 1997, Lin Gaoyuan was born in 1995, the two were once regarded as Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin side by side with the national table tennis hope star, but at present, Fan Zhendong's achievements are much higher than Lin Gaoyuan, there are champions in major competitions and events, and Lin Gaoyuan can only win the gold medal of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup through team events.
In this tournament, Lin Gaoyuan became the king of the civil war again, knocking out three 3-0 teammates Liang Yancang, Zhou Qihao, and Xiang Peng, and Fan Zhendong also defeated his junior brother Lin Shidong 3-1 to advance, so the championship will be between him and Lin Gaoyuan: although Fan Zhendong has won more and lost less before, but after all, he has not lost, plus Sun Yingsha also lost to Miyu Hirano, so the men's singles may not be upset.
After the start of the final, the two teammates who knew each other came up without nonsense, and the first game launched a wonderful confrontation, Lin Gaoyuan started with some advantages, but was quickly reversed by Fan Zhendong, but the difference was delayed, until the key stage did not divide the win or loss, and as a result, Lin Gaoyuan also achieved a comeback, narrowly winning 11-9 to win the first place.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong stood firm and continued to suppress Lin Gaoyuan with a higher quality arc ball, while playing more carefully than before, this time he was not reversed by the opponent again, and won back 11-6 with relative ease. In the third game, Fan Zhendong came up and slammed 8-2, but then was chased by Lin Gaoyuan to only 1 point, so he chose to call a timeout to adjust.
After returning to the arena, Fan Zhendong still failed to regain his form, and then was chased to a 9-9 draw, and then took the first set point and did not win, and lost 13-15, which is a pity! In the fourth game, the two faced each other to 12 draws, and Fan Zhendong narrowly won 14-12, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan fought with his back, and after constantly leading, he finally saved the danger 11-9 and successfully dragged the game into the tiebreaker. After the start of the seventh game, the score continued to tie, and this time Lin Gaoyuan fell behind many times to achieve a turnover, and finally ended the battle by 2 points, 11-9, and won the men's singles championship 4-3: Congratulations to him! Fan Zhendong, who did not lose the foreign war, is also good, and it is also worthy of praise!