In the men's singles 1/8 finals of the WTT Doha Men's Finals, Liang Jingkun defeated Lin Yunru 3-1, and the national table tennis got off to a good start in 2024! At the moment of winning, Liang Jingkun clenched his fists to celebrate!
In the world ranking, Liang Jingkun is ranked 4th, and Lin Yunru is ranked 6th, which is the most watched strong dialogue in the first round.
In the first game, Liang Jingkun entered the state faster, 11-6 to win! In the second game, the two sides fell into a bitter battle, and both used up the timeout, and in the end, Liang Jingkun narrowly won 17-15! The first two games led 2-0, and in the third game, Liang Jingkun was a little lax, Lin Yunru scored continuously, and soon got the game point 10-1, and in the end, Lin Yunru pulled back a city 11-3! In the fourth game, Liang Jingkun readjusted and led 3-1 in the opening game. After that, Liang Jingkun played steadily, leading 9-5 and approaching victory, 11-5, Liang Jingkun won 3-1.
For Liang Jingkun, he is currently the No. 4 player in national table tennis singles, and Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long are ranked higher in the world than him. With more than half a year to go before the Paris Olympics, Liang Jingkun wants to qualify for the Olympics, and every competition this year is very important. After all, the goal of Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long is to compete for two singles qualifications, while Liang Jingkun is more realistic to compete for a team qualification.
Objectively speaking, it is difficult for Liang Jingkun to qualify for the Olympic team, but the competition has to be played one game at a time. In half a year, everything is possible, once Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long have a decline in form or injury problems, Liang Jingkun's opportunity will come. In the Tokyo Olympics, it was precisely because of Liu Shiwen's injury that Wang Manyu got the opportunity and eventually became the Olympic champion, and then won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships and the women's singles championship of the National Games one after another.