Lin Gaoyuan, it's a pity
The table tennis men's finals are over, and Lin Gaoyuan has become a relatively eye-catching star in this competition. But fans who like Lin Gaoyuan should have a feeling, but it's a pity that it's another time to be anticlimactic. Together with Lin Shidong, doubles passed Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin and reached the finals, but lost to the national table tennis post-00 combination Yuan Licen and Xiang Peng.
singles passed Ma Long's level and broke the demons, but in the face of Fan Zhendong, he inexplicably lost a 0-4 and stopped in the semifinals, which is both weird and regrettable.
Speaking of Lin Gaoyuan, it really made many fans uneasy, Lin Gaoyuan had a very high starting point when he debuted, he entered the national team very early, and he was also the master of winning gold and silver in the World Series. It's a pity that their group of post-90s players have not had the opportunity to play in the last three Olympic Games, when the London Olympics, the current coach Wang Hao is still a player, the star at that time was Zhang Jike, Lin Gaoyuan was still young at the time, and when the Rio Olympics, Lin Gaoyuan had become famous, but the singles of that session still belonged to Zhang Jike and Ma Long's twin stars.
The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed for a year, were originally Lin Gaoyuan's golden age, but standing next to Ma Long and Xu Xin was Fan Zhendong, who was two years younger than him. In this Paris Olympics cycle, although Lin Gaoyuan is still one of the five main forces of national table tennis, he has been ranked fifth for a long time and has been tepid.
However, whether it is Liu Guoliang or Wang Hao, they have not given up on Lin Gaoyuan, and they are constantly giving him opportunities. Lin Gaoyuan himself is also working very hard, but since the Budapest Championship final in the summer of 2022, when he was leading by 3 games, he was reversed by Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Gaoyuan was once again sprayed by fans to the cusp, and many people ridiculed him for his poor psychological quality and easy to collapse.
There are even a few fans who are still saying that Lin Gaoyuan is old and has not yet achieved results, why give him these opportunities? It is better to train some young players, Lin Shidong and Xiang Peng are better than Lin Gaoyuan.
However, Lin Gaoyuan did not flinch, as a player who is only younger than Ma Long among the national table tennis players, Lin Gaoyuan has been insisting on high-intensity training and competitions under pressure from the outside world. Since the second half of last year, Lin Gaoyuan has gradually regained his form and won the Asian Championships and Asian Games with the national table tennis.
At the beginning of the year, there were three major competitions in Doha, and only Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan participated in all three events, which is enough to prove that the national table tennis has begun to pay attention to Lin Gaoyuan this year. And General Kobayashi was really amazing at the beginning of the finals, winning the world champion combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, and losing to Yuan Licen and Xiang Peng in the final, it is not a big deal, maybe it is a light enemy, maybe Yuan Licen and Xiang Peng rarely play this level of competition, and the desire for victory is higher than these main national table tennis forces, which is possible.
If you lose in doubles, you will lose, because Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong, their combination is impossible to go to the Olympics. It's a real pity that in singles, Lin Gaoyuan used his power to win Big Brother Ma Long, but in the semifinals, he lost 0-4 to Fan Zhendong.
Lin Gaoyuan's loss is not unexpected, the opponent is Fan Zhendong, the first brother of national table tennis, not an ordinary player, but Lin Gaoyuan's state in that game was very abnormal, and he did not have the pride of defeating Ma Long before.
Even, Wanwan's commentator mocked in a weird way, thinking that Lin Gaoyuan did not use his full strength, and after the game, "match-fixing" was on the hot search. Many fans also heckled and thought there was something wrong with the game. Measured by professional ethics, it is unlikely that national table tennis will have so-called match-fixing and handicaps, but Lin Gaoyuan was pressed by Fan Zhendong and had no power to fight back, and his state was indeed a bit weird.
More fans feel sorry for Lin Gaoyuan, in fact, everyone wants to see that after Lin Gaoyuan defeated Ma Long, he could turn the tables against the wind again and find the highlight moment of General Xiaolin in the field in the past, but unfortunately, Lin Gaoyuan was one step away and still didn't do it.
However, Lin Gaoyuan still has a chance, and in the next two competitions in Doha, Lin Gaoyuan will be there, as long as Lin Gaoyuan seizes all the opportunities before the Olympics, it is not a fool's dream to overtake in the corners and enter the Olympic list.