On January 3, Beijing time, in the WTT Doha men's finals, the national table tennis continued to play, and the baton was passed to Lin Gaoyuan, in the first round of the knockout round, his opponent was the Swedish star Carlberg, as we all know, Lin Gaoyuan was named the "foreign association crusher" by Chinese fans, you know, he won all 22 games in the 2023 annual foreign singles, and he is the only person in the main force of the national table tennis men's team to achieve this achievement, so in the face of Carlberg, Lin Gaoyuan is also full of confidence.
Before this game, the national table tennis has successfully promoted to 3 players, namely Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, 19-year-old Lin Shidong unfortunately lost to Qiu Dang, and missed the "big fat" division, and in addition to Ma Long played a 3-0 sweep score, Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong both lost the game, it can be seen that in the finals stage, every opponent is not easy to deal with, and Lin Gaoyuan, who is currently ranked seventh in the world, cannot be lightly defeated.
Back to this game, the score of the two sides in the first game was very tight, from 1-1 to 9-9, the key point, Lin Gaoyuan sent a half-long ball, so that the opponent was caught off guard, but Carlberg then scored a forehand strong attack, and the two sides came to 10 draws, which was very stalemate. After that, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, and as Carlberg returned the ball sideways to the net, Lin Gaoyuan won 14-12 with difficulty, and the overall score was 1-0.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 4-1, although Carlberg worked hard to chase the score, but has been maintained by Lin Gaoyuan A gap of about 3 points, after the game entered the middle section, Lin Gaoyuan's mistakes began to increase, and he was chased by the Swedes to 6-7, but on the key points, Lin Gaoyuan was indeed a lot calmer, continuous control short, with a sideways forehand straight line score, 11-7 to win, and achieved the crushing of the situation!
In the third game, the opponent has not regressed, Carlberg let go, increased the initiative to fight, 11-8 to pull back a city, but in the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan's state warmed up, the control of the landing point is very in place, and has never let the Swedes play momentum, and finally Lin Gaoyuan is bloodless, defeated the opponent 3-1, and successfully advanced, the top 8 will meet with Ma Long, and there will be a civil war in national table tennis, competing for a place in the top four!