Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin lost 0-3, and Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong advanced to the finals
On the evening of January 5, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT men's finals ushered in the last day of competition, in the first men's doubles semifinals, the two pairs Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong met in a narrow way to compete for the qualification to advance, and the result was that the world No. 1 Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin was swept away 0-3, breaking out a big upset.
It is worth mentioning that the two pairs have already played against each other at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban last year, when Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin had the last laugh, but I didn't expect to lose so badly this time.
Match Focus
Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin , Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong is the current ace pair of the national table tennis men's doubles, and they are also the combination selected for the Durban World Table Tennis Championships squad last year, but as mentioned earlier, they met together in the 1/4 finals at that time, and Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin won 3-1, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong missed the medal, and now they are "narrow" and have been assigned to the same half of the finals.
In terms of comprehensive strength, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world and has won the World Table Tennis Championships and Asian Games championships, is undoubtedly stronger, so Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong has to do their best to fight each other to get vitality, and it is difficult to win if it is decent.
Match Results
After the start of the first game, the two sides came up and carried out a very high-quality twist and pull, there are not many rounds, almost whoever gets started first can take the initiative, there is not too much hold, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong knows that he is inferior, so he enters the state faster, and soon opens up a gap of about 4 points, and the second half also curbs Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin's intention to try to counterattack with a forehand, and finally wins 11-8.
In the second game, the two sides were still strong and strong, there was almost no transition ball, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin continued to increase the proportion of forehand use, but the sideways side was frequent and prone to running out of position, and the result was reversed after leading many times, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong narrowly won the next city 11-9.
In the third game, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin was already fighting against the water, but he fell behind when he came up, and was tied after overtaking, and lost 10-12 after wasting game points, so he lost the whole game, and was swept away without winning a game, which was really unexpected!
Summary of techniques and tactics
In terms of personal technical strength, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin are better than Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong want to break the defense is very difficult, and they must accelerate the impact of the opponent, and they did this after they came on the court, and Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin mainly suffered a loss in the backhand attack, and wanted to turn the forehand and caused the sideways to be restored too slowly, resulting in a high error rate.
Congratulations to Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong for being promoted, and look forward to the same brilliant performance in the finals: come on!