The places for the semi-finals of the men's finals have come out, the first half is the civil war between the national table tennis Fan Zhendong vs. Lin Gaoyuan, and the lower half is Qiu Dang vs. Wang Chuqin. Due to Qiu Dang's relatively good performance, the two national table tennis players in the lower half of the region did not have a chance to win the top four. Originally, there were three national table tennis players in the upper and lower districts, but I didn't expect the lower half to let Qiu Dang mess up the situation.
The match between Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan in the first half of the district is really eye-catching, and the two sides have won and lost each other this year. Lin Gaoyuan still showed maturity in this kind of internal competition, and was able to eliminate Ma Long in the eight-in-four game, which shows that Lin Gaoyuan's concentration in the game is very high.
Many fans don't understand how Lin Gaoyuan defeated Ma Long, in fact, the reason is very simple, Lin Gaoyuan's connection speed is fast. Especially in the decisive game, Lin Gaoyuan took a big lead without suspense. After the game, Lin Gaoyuan said that no matter how many points he leads, he is opposite Ma Long, and as long as he relaxes, he will be caught up by Ma Long.
Lin Gaoyuan did not relax even if he was leading by a large score, this is the game experience obtained by the two sides many times, and Lin Gaoyuan also played against Ma Long with the attitude of learning Xi. Malone is older and loses at a slower pace in the tiebreaker. Lin Gaoyuan's forehand and backhand connection speed is particularly fast, and he has always maintained high-quality pressing.
This made Ma Long not have the upper hand in the tiebreaker, and it can be seen from this point that Lin Gaoyuan has indeed matured a lot. In particular, his connection technique of fast attack near Taiwan is also in line with the characteristics of the playing style of the big ball era. Now the players with super fast connection speed do have an advantage over Ma Long, so Ma Long and Zhang Benzhihe have not fought for three years.
I haven't been able to touch it in the past three years, just like Chen Meng and Ito Micheng, and Ito Micheng's strength has declined, and Chen Meng's number of battles against Ito has also increased. Lin Gaoyuan's speed connection advantage is so fast, not only will it put pressure on Ma Long, but it will also be the same for the current Fan Zhendong.
Fan Zhendong has a strong hard power, but he is also very difficult to fight against fast players. In the past year, South Korean players Zhao Dacheng and Lee Sang-so used super-fast fast first three boards to limit Fan Zhendong, especially in the rapid conversion of forehand and backhand attacks, they did not give Fan Zhendong too much time and space to return the ball, and basically scored on one board.
However, this time, Lin Gaoyuan's arm felt a little injured, which could be seen by fans who watched the previous doubles match. This also laid the groundwork for this men's doubles semi-final, Lin Gaoyuan's arm injury will definitely affect the performance of the game, and many fans believe that Fan Zhendong is more likely to reach the final.
This also depends on Lin Gaoyuan's game performance, and fans also hope that he will create more pressure on Fan Zhendong in the game. In this way, Fan Zhendong can discover his own shortcomings and improve them as soon as possible before the start of the Olympic Games. Lin Gaoyuan seems to be a lot more mature on the whole, and he will not give up easily in the competition.
This is obviously different from the previous games, and the previous Lin Gaoyuan may have greater psychological fluctuations when the score is behind, which in turn affects the quality of the shot. But now Lin Gaoyuan is more confident in beating Ma Long, and fans should not be surprised if he beats Fan Zhendong, he does have this potential.
For Fan Zhendong, the goal is to win the championship, and the next thing to face is the game of his teammates. Whether it is against Lin Gaoyuan in the semifinals or Wang Chuqin in the finals, Fan Zhendong will go all out. After all, Fan Zhendong has not won a singles championship for a long time, and he really needs to prove himself again by winning the championship.
And Wang Chuqin also said when looking forward to the match with Qiu Dang that the competitor's playing skills are very advanced. Compared with the previous games, Qiu Dang's style of play has indeed become more stable, and in general, the ability to reverse has been strengthened a lot. Wang Chuqin believes that this semi-final will be a tough battle and will not seem particularly easy.
Qiu Dang, as a player with a straight board style of play, has a lot of variations. The reason why he was able to reach the semi-finals was due to a certain amount of luck in the draw group. Because whether he is fighting against Lin Shidong or Liang Jingkun, he is mainly based on rapid connection and change. These two opponents are on the slow side in terms of speed and mainly play power balls.
This gives Qiu Dang too many good opportunities to fight back, in fact, as long as Qiu Dang takes the lead in speeding up, whether it is Lin Shidong or Liang Jingkun, they will fall into defensive passivity. But Wang Chuqin is different, his near-stage connection speed is faster. It is also very unlikely that Qiu Dang wants to simply speed up and defeat Wang Chuqin, and only the first three boards have changed.
In fact, the two people are relatively close in tactics, but one is a straight board player and the other is a horizontal board player. Wang Chuqin defeated Tomokazu Zhang in the semi-finals, and admitted after the game that he was not satisfied with the performance. A very important reason is that he won the first two games very lucky, and he was always caught up with the score lead.
Facing Qiu Dang, who has excellent reversal ability, Wang Chuqin must also be ready to play a tiebreaker. Qiu Dang is obviously more stable in the game, which is different from Zhang Benzhihe. Therefore, the score lead is the most test of Wang Chuqin's stability, and Wang Chuqin has also been competing with himself in the game to correct the problems in the game.
On the whole, Wang Chuqin can still win, which the fans and coaching staff are very confident in. As the top two players in the world today, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong still have the strongest comprehensive ability, and both fans and coaching staff hope that these two players will meet in the finals.
Fans haven't seen the two play each other for a long time, and this finals is the best chance to meet.