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On January 4, Beijing time, the second match day of the WTT Doha men's finals ushered in a key battle, a national table tennis civil war in the men's singles quarterfinals, Ma Long vs. Lin Gaoyuan. In terms of world rankings, Ma Long is ranked 3rd and Lin Gaoyuan is 7th. In this game, the two sides played five games unsurprisingly, and finally Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the semifinals 3-2 and defeated Ma Long for the first time in the international arena.
This finals is the first match of the National Table Tennis New Year, and the champion has as many as 1,500 points. There are 6 people in the national table tennis competition, and two people have been out of the game after a day and a half. Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun were successively eliminated by the famous German Chinese general Qiu Dang, and only Wang Chuqin was left in the second half of the area to fight alone. In the first half of the region, Fan Zhendong took the lead in reaching the semifinals, Ma Long swept Zhang Yuzhen 3-0 in the first round, and Lin Gaoyuan wasted 6 match points and narrowly defeated Carlberg 3-1, and the national table tennis locked the final seat in the upper half of the region in advance.
In the first game, both sides were hoping to win with speed, and Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, using the high quality of his serve to limit Ma Long's control, and Ma Long made slightly more mistakes at the beginning, and Lin Gaoyuan took a 5-1 lead. Although Ma Long scored to stop the bleeding in the first real multi-round strong confrontation between the two sides in this game, Lin Gaoyuan watched his forehand and backhand very tightly and continued to maintain the advantage. On the other hand, Ma Long did not give full play to the advantage of the first three boards, and Lin Gaoyuan won the first game 11-4.
In the second game, Ma Long quickly adjusted at the beginning, taking the lead with high-quality serve and connection, Lin Gaoyuan also immediately locked Ma Long's route in the next round, and the two saw the move, and the score rose alternately. In the middle game, Ma Long broke Lin Gaoyuan's rhythm and played a wave of small climaxes to open up the difference. Lin Gaoyuan made many mistakes in the forehand short ball, and Ma Long seized the opportunity to pull back a game 11-5.
In the third game, it was the Tianwang Mountain of both sides. After 3 draws, Lin Gaoyuan played very strongly, scoring consecutive points in the stalemate, leading 6-3. Ma Long swept a slash to stop the bleeding when he was out of position, coupled with Lin Gaoyuan's mistake, Ma Long chased 6 draws. At this time, the game between the two sides became more and more exciting, and the key ball was not soft, and the battle was 9 draws all the way. At the critical moment, Lin Gaoyuan was not soft, and exceeded again 11-9.
In the fourth game, Malone fought with his back to the water, and scored 3 points in a row to take the lead. Ma Long's serve and the connection between the first three boards, as well as the later hold, were all done even better, and the score expanded to 5-1. Lin Gaoyuan did not give up when he was behind by a big score, he bit back a point, and there was a sideline ball, chasing 6-8 to force Ma Long's timeout. After the pause, Lin Gaoyuan saved two game points, lost 9-11 and was dragged into the deciding game by Ma Long.
In the crucial tiebreaker, Lin Gaoyuan once again used an excellent half-billiard shot to take a 4-0 lead. Ma Long's face was still calm and light, and Lin Gaoyuan immediately paused the adjustment at 4-1, just to avoid Ma Long's momentum. After the timeout, Malone chased two more points, and Lin Gaoyuan scored a big slash to lead the exchange court 5-3. After that, Lin Gaoyuan was completely released, and after scoring a wonderful round, Lin Gaoyuan roared one after another. With 6 match points in hand, Lin Gaoyuan did not let the victory fly away, defeating Ma Long 11-5.