On January 5, Beijing time, the Doha men's finals ushered in the final match, and today will produce the champions of men's doubles and men's singles, taking the lead in the semifinals.
A national table tennis derby, the result of Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong 3-0 victory over Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, somewhat unexpected, after all, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin's men's doubles is ranked first in the world, and the men's singles is still the world's first and second, the launch is relatively slow, and there are two more games that have a chance to win, but in the end they all lost the opportunity, especially in the third game with two game points in a row, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong's play is remarkable, and the speed advantage is brought into play, and the wind is not down.
Post-match interview, Stone: We gave you a very good game, the score was 3-0, but the process was very difficult. Gao Yuan: Beyond imagination, they are the strongest in the world, be prepared for difficulties. The key ball is firmer and more decisive.
Another semi-final, Yuan Licen / Xiang Peng vs men's doubles No. 4 seed Lebrun brothers, all four are post-00, but also the hope of the future table tennis world, last year Lebrun brothers made great progress, in the singles and doubles results have also improved significantly, brother F Lebrun shortlisted for the finals of singles and doubles, Yuan Licen / Xiang Peng The number of times he participated is actually not much, the results are okay, and being able to be shortlisted shows that their results are also OK, and Yuan Licen is in good shape recently.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides were 2-2, and then Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng led 6-2, Yuan Licen's play was very good, continuous hits, relative to Xiang Peng has not been opened, was chased to 6-6, 8-8 at the end of the game, to 10-10, basically Yuan Licen scored, Xiang Peng made a mistake and lost points, fortunately, the Lebrun brothers also made mistakes and gave a chance, Yuan Licen / Xiang Peng won 13-11.
In the second game, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng started 3-1, and 6-2 in the middle game, Yuan Licen's state was hot, the forehand and backhand took turns to hit, and the quality was very high, the speed was very fast, Xiang Peng's state had a certain recovery, the Lebrun brothers were obviously passive, and they were basically controlled by Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng.
At the beginning of the third game 2-2, to 3-2, the Lebrun brothers called a timeout, came back to play 4-4, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng led 6-4, was chased to 6-6, played very stalemate, continued to tie 9-9, the last two points Lebrun brothers played very well 11-9, relying on the feel to score points.
In the fourth game, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng fell into passivity at the beginning, and was 2-7 later, although he chased 8-9, he still lost 8-11. In the deciding game, the two sides fought fiercely, the score was somewhat drawn, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng has been behind in the chase 5-7, and then 10-9 to get the match point, and 12-10 thrilling win.
In this game, Yuan Licen played the strongest, not only handsome, but also excellent technology, the forehand and backhand attack is very powerful, the key points at the end of the tiebreaker, continuous sideways forehand attack score, the last point is also very exciting, the future can be expected.