The 28-year-old star won a big victory! scolded 3-1 to enter the finals of the men's singles quarterfinals to face Ma Long
On January 3, 2024, the table tennis men's finals continued, and the national table tennis men's singles received good news, Lin Gaoyuan eliminated the Swedish star Carlberg 3-1, becoming the fourth national table tennis player to advance to the quarterfinals after Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Liang Jingkun, and completed the meeting with Ma Long.
The 28-year-old Lin Gaoyuan is the fifth person in the national table tennis men's team, and there are Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun in front, the men's singles ranking 7th, the finals are a good opportunity, you can get 1500 points to win the championship, all six players want to prove themselves, of course, Lin Shidong has been eliminated, naturally withdraw from this competition, Lin Gaoyuan was arranged to do both, men's doubles partner Lin Shidong, and Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin in the same district.
The opponent is Sweden's main star Carlberg, ranked 15th in the world, who has challenged the main force of national table tennis many times in the past, and can occasionally play to the tiebreaker, and is at least a first-class player in the European table tennis world.
In fact, looking back on last season, Lin Gaoyuan's performance is undoubtedly remarkable, maintaining a good winning rate in foreign battles, and completing the task of meeting teammates many times, that is, the doubles lineup is not very fixed, and each time it cooperates with different players, for example, the next mixed doubles is to partner Wang Manyu, and some time ago he teamed up with Wang Yidi, this time the difficulty of advancing in the first round is not too high, and Lin Gaoyuan is optimistic about achieving better results.
After the start of the game, Lin Gaoyuan's mentality was stable in the first game, giving full play to the advantage of his speed, avoiding fighting with Carlberg for quality, the opponent always wanted to pass a board directly, forming a stalemate and rushing to increase quality, resulting in more unnecessary mistakes, Lin Gaoyuan's 8-5 lead was a little conservative, Carlberg saved a number of game points, and chased down to 12 draws, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row to take the lead 14-12.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan took advantage of the situation to pursue, Carlberg's connection speed was too slow, and he didn't keep up with the rhythm at all in the COSCO platform, so he could only seize the serve and strive to form a stalemate, Lin Gaoyuan saw the move, and played steadily and steadily, winning another game with 11-7, Carlberg was very helpless, Lin Gaoyuan's style of play made him feel very awkward, and the off-court guidance of national table tennis was Liu Heng, I believe everyone is no stranger to him.
In the third game, Carlberg led 7-4, Lin Gaoyuan chased to 7-8, Carlberg called a timeout, and after coming back, Lin Gaoyuan was not prepared to receive the serve, Carlberg pulled back a game with 11-8, and in the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan stabilized his position, Carlberg chased the score in vain, Lin Gaoyuan wasted many match points, but still seized the opportunity to lock the victory with 12-10, and finally eliminated Carlberg 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals against Ma Long.