On the first day of the WTT Doha Table Tennis Men's Finals, the men's singles quarterfinals were all produced, and the powerful Chinese table tennis team occupied five of the seats, which means that the next quarterfinals will have a national table tennis derby, both in 2/ Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long in the 4 and a half districts, both won the first round, successfully met in the semifinals, and will compete for a place in the semifinals, judging from the past battle record, the Dragon team has an absolute advantage, he and Lin Gaoyuan in the World Series 7 direct dialogues to maintain a full victory, and now meet again, whether Ma Long remains undefeated or Lin Gaoyuan breaks the spell of invincibility, it has become the biggest attraction of this battle! Both of them played very well in the first four games, and after winning two games each, the game came to the ultimate showdown, and Lin Gaoyuan performed better in the decisive game, advancing to the men's singles semifinals 3-2!
Game 1:
Compared with Ma Long, who has no shortcomings in technology, speed is one of Lin Gaoyuan's few advantages, after the first game started, Lin Gaoyuan went all out to speed up the attack in the first three boards, and after giving full play to the threat of his forehand assault, Lin Gaoyuan also took a 3-0 lead as he wished.
After the Dragons got the first point of the game by returning to the pole long ball, he made consecutive mistakes, allowing Lin Gaoyuan to gradually expand the advantage to 5-1, although Ma Long has been looking for an opportunity to fight back, but he has been unable to hold back Lin Gaoyuan, who is getting braver and braver, and easily got off to a good start with 11-4.
Game 2:
In order to limit Lin Gaoyuan's speed, Ma Long sought to take the initiative to split the second game whether it was serving or receiving the serve, and this positive adjustment also achieved the desired effect, the Dragons slowly took a 5-3 lead in the middle game, although Lin Gaoyuan wanted to speed up and disrupt Ma Long's rhythm, but the initiative of the game was firmly controlled by the Dragons, and finally equalized the score with 11-5.
Game 3:
In the crucial third game, the two players entered hand-to-hand combat at the beginning, but after you chased me to 3 draws, Lin Gaoyuan relied on his signature backhand to quickly twist and pull, and continuously penetrated Ma Long's defense, and took a 6-3 lead in the middle game as he wished, but I have to say that Ma Long's adjustment ability is too strong, after changing his own serving system, Lin Gaoyuan's offense instantly lost its threat, and after returning a wave of scoring climax, the Dragons achieved a 9-8 overtake, and at the decisive moment, Lin Gaoyuan's serve also changed, and after scoring 3 points in a row, he took the lead again with 11-9。
Game 4:
Ma Long, who couldn't lose again, played his own offensive threat as soon as he came up in the fourth game, especially the iconic half-stage attack, which made Lin Gaoyuan even more difficult to parry, and took a 5-1 lead early, but Lin Gaoyuan was obviously unwilling to let the Dragons drag the game into the deciding game, and after stabilizing his position, he gradually chased the score to 6-8.
The Dragons, who felt the pressure, called a timeout in time to adjust, and after returning to the game, Ma Long withstood Lin Gaoyuan's impact and brought the two sides back to the same running line with 11-9.
Game 5:
In the decisive game, Ma Long made consecutive mistakes as soon as he came up, allowing Lin Gaoyuan to seize the opportunity to score 4 points in a row to take the lead, although Ma Long stubbornly chased the difference to only 1 point, but Lin Gaoyuan's extremely high-quality backhand allowed him to expand the lead again, and locked the victory with 11-5.
In a men's singles match that ended earlier, Fan Zhendong easily defeated Aruna, the first African brother, and took the lead in locking a place in the semifinals.