On January 11, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Star Challenge ushered in a real peak showdown, and the two ace mixed doubles pairs of Chinese national table tennis, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Manyu and Liang Jingkun and Qian Tianyi, met unexpectedly in the first match of mixed doubles.
In the end, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu withstood the attack of the two of them, and eliminated their teammates 3-1 to complete the promotion, which can also be said to have grasped the last chance given to them by Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff. In this competition, their group draw was really divided into a particularly poor group, and they directly met their teammates to play a civil war in the first round, missing a lot of weaker opponents.
But it is precisely because of this that this may also be the best chance for Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu to prove themselves, and the best way for these two to go to the Olympics now is to use their doubles ability to prove their strength. Strong singles ability may not be able to go to the Olympics, but if the strength shown in doubles is enough, at least ensure that the third person in the Olympics may have your place, and it is not easy to secure a place in the team competition.
Therefore, these two people have to bear the pressure, but the biggest gap between the two sides in this game is communication, and the point of dispute is also communication. In the first two games, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu scored key points at 12:10 in the first game, and after losing 5:11 in the second game, they communicated very, very much between the games, and the two of them have been communicating.
On the other hand, the duo of Qian Tianyi and Liang Jingkun communicate and communicate much less frequently, and they don't look like a doubles combination. And you look at their positions, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu are sitting together, and the two of them keep turning their heads and talking to each other, but on the other hand, Liang Jingkun and Qian Tianyi? One is standing and the other is sitting, and the distance between the two must be two meters, which is too far away, how do you say this is a mixed doubles?
Mixed doubles pairs don't sit together to discuss tactics, which is too controversial. The two didn't talk a lot in the last two games, and in the end, at 11:8 and 11:6, the old duo of Gao Yuan and Manyu won a big victory, while the combination of Qian Tianyi and Liang Jingkun on the other side basically belonged to the whole process dominated by girls, and Liang Jingkun played too passive and didn't communicate.
As soon as this fight is over, it can be said that the chances of Liang Jingkun and Qian Tianyi are very slim, and Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu have ushered in greater good news, and every game in the back is a tough battle, and it is also the time to test them the most. Next up for them is Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin's nemesis, Lin Shidong and Kuo Man. The "anime" combination can't beat others, but it's very good at beating Shatou, and I've won them 3 times before.
And if you can cross Lin Shidong and Kuaiman again, then the follow-up combination of Gao Yuan Manyu will face Zhang Benzhi and Hina Hayada again, and only Shatou will be left in the first half. Therefore, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu may encounter the most difficult mixed doubles promotion road in history, winning 4 top five mixed doubles combinations in the world in a row, but if they can go all the way and win three more matches to win the championship in the end, they will most likely have the hope of turning around and be able to impact the Olympics.