The singles one-sixteenth final of the 2024 WTT Star Challenge Doha station kicked off on this match day, and Liang Jingkun, the big fat Liang Jingkun, who was alone in the 2/4 half, had a direct bye in the first round, and this game was put on to face the Japanese player Shinozuka Daito, who experienced five rounds of hard fighting in the first round, and defeated Hong Kong, China player He Junjie with difficulty, and got the opportunity to challenge the big fat, from the perspective of personal strength, Liang Jingkun is far above the opponent, which is why the fans are optimistic that the big fat can avenge the provincial team before the game! After the start of the game, Shinozuka Daden's rotation created some trouble for Da Fat, but Liang Jingkun, who has more comprehensive and delicate personal skills, still firmly grasped the initiative, and finally lost three games in a row, won with a big score of 3-0, and advanced to the third round of men's singles!
As soon as the first game came up, Shinozuka Daden stole a backhand baseline long ball from Da Fat and got the first point of the game, but the experienced Liang Jingkun immediately strengthened the defense of the backhand position, and through the control of the first three boards, he played the threat of his forehand attack, and soon scored 4 points in a row, overtaking the score to 4-1.
Although Shinozuka Daiden, who was holding a shot in his left hand, grabbed several opportunities for Liang Jingkun to swing short with his forehand in a row, forming a direct score, Da Fat still firmly grasped the initiative, and after improving the quality of the return, he limited Shinozuka Daiden, and easily won 11-5 and made a good start.
Compared with other Japanese men's singles main players, Shinozuka Daito's biggest advantage is his spin, after the start of the second game, he obviously increased the change of his serve, and wanted to use the change of spin to catch Liang Jingkun off guard, but did not achieve the expected effect, Liang Jingkun's advantage in the quality of the board still has an overwhelming advantage, and Shinozuka Daden was defeated at the beginning, and took an early 6-1 lead.
After taking a relatively large lead, Liang Jingkun retreated from the stage of multi-shot hold, Shinozuka Daden also seized the opportunity to interrupt the momentum of the big fat consecutive scores, and gradually chased the score to 6-8, fortunately, Liang Jingkun quickly realized his own problems, after holding the front of the stage, scored 2 points in a row to stabilize the situation, and took the lead in getting the game point 10-6, after Shinozuka Daden saved two game points in a row, the big fat hit the next city with 11-8, and took the lead in his own match point game。
Shinozuka Daden, who fought against the water, let go in the third game and began to fight in the first three boards, and the change in rhythm also allowed it to establish a 2-1 lead in the opening stage, but looking at the table tennis world, Liang Jingkun was not afraid of any opponent, and after he also began to strengthen the attack, he quickly suppressed the opponent on the field, and gradually took the lead, and finally locked the victory with 11-5.
After winning this Sino-Japanese duel, Liang Jingkun broke into the top 16 of the men's singles in this event, and in the next round of the eighths of the finals, the big fat opponent is the winner between the Japanese player Hayasuke Togami and the Portuguese star Freitas, from the perspective of strength, Hayasuke Togami has a certain advantage, so the big fat is likely to continue to stage the Sino-Japanese duel, looking forward to him to continue the state, and strive to keep the 2/4 half of the national table tennis area, lock a place in the top four!