On January 11, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Doha Star Challenge continued, and today's game was obviously much more intense, with many famous players suffering losses, and the national table tennis also began to suffer losses in foreign wars, bringing a men's doubles and a women's singles match.
The Japanese combination Tomokazu Zhangmoto / Shinozuka Daiden played against Lin Gaoyuan Lin Shidong, their first meeting in the international competition, the speed of the Japanese combination at the beginning of the game was very fast, Zhang Benzhihe backhand launched quickly, took the initiative to twist and pull, quickly tore back, and the battle was tied 4-4, and then Lin Shidong's hair extension twisted and pulled wrong, and Zhang Benzhihe's serve changed, giving Shinozuka Daden a chance to attack the third board.
The Japanese combination has an advantage in the near stage, Shinozuka Daiden has achieved good results with a straight backhand many times, Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake, Tomokazu Zhangmoto's middle platform back-pull scored, and the Japanese pair scored 7 points in a row 11-4 to win the first game. They played fluently, with good consistency, few mistakes and a strong hold.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan made consecutive mistakes, 3-3 at the beginning, Zhang Benzhihe continued to pick and hit the net, Lin Shidong rubbed very much, and then lost more than one round against Lin Gaoyuan, fortunately, he scored 4 points in a row 7-4 advantage, Zhang Benzhi and backhand pulled Lin Shidong's attack, Japan still has an advantage in the hold, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong took the initiative to lose points, and there was a 9-8 lead at the end of the game, Lin Shidong's opportunity to attack was lost, and the national table tennis still lost in the hold, and the Japanese combination continued to pull the ball with the forehand, always occupying the active side.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong started 5-0, and the Japanese combination made some mistakes, but Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong began to lose points, and were overtaken by the Japanese combination 6-5, until Zhang Benzhihe's pull ball out of bounds, he stopped losing points, but he still made mistakes later, and the ball was obviously disadvantaged, and he lost another game at 9-11. After three rounds of this game, they all failed to grasp the rhythm and key scores, 4-4 in the first game, and lost 7 points in a row.
In the second game, I have been leading in the middle game, and I didn't grasp it, and the third game was still 5-0 or lost, and there were more mistakes, and the holding link was basically in a passive situation, originally Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong The combination was very strong, and he just defeated Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong last week.
In another game, Sun Yingsha played against Japan's world runner-up Nagasaki Miyu, at present, Nagasaki Meiyu is still in the main position in Japan, but it is not the absolute main force, the Olympics is basically no play, the competition in the Japanese team is not outstanding, she is mainly in the doubles better results, singles is mainly the previous two wins Zhu Yuling.
The game started 3-3, all of which were groping, Sun Yingsha played more actively, Nagasaki Meiyu's backhand was actively launched, Sun Yingsha continuously gave her forehand position, then Nagasaki Meiyu made consecutive mistakes on her forehand, Sun Yingsha had already taken an 8-3 lead, and then entered Sun Yingsha's rhythm and won 11-4.
The second Nagasaki Miyu started 3-1, a change in the extension, strong backhand continuity, a 5-2 lead in the back, mainly relying on the backhand to score, 9-6 continued to dominate, the back of a forehand pulled, basically a backhand score, forehand pull error, Sun Yingsha continued to chase points, 11-9 reversed the game, although it encountered difficulties, even if the tactics were adjusted, of course, Nagasaki Miyu's forehand error also had a chance.
At the beginning of the third game, Sun Yingsha ate 2 serves, the two sides played 4-4, and then Sun Yingsha gradually dominated 7-5, and the forehand attack made Nagasaki Meiyu unable to bear it, called a timeout, and after coming back, Sun Yingsha's serve changed, and it was sent to the small triangle position of Nagasaki Meiyu, and finally won another game 11-6. After advancing to the round of 16, Sun Yingsha's opponent is Zhang Benmeihe, a game worth looking forward to.