3-1! Wang Chuqin blasted 11-5, 11-4 and took the lead in advancing to the men's singles final, and Lin Gaoyuan suffered a tragic reversal
On January 13, 2024, the table tennis WTT Doha Stars Tournament continued, and the first final seat of the men's singles was released, Wang Chuqin reversed Lin Gaoyuan 3-1, following the men's finals, advanced to the singles finals back-to-back, and then faced the winner of Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong.
Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan are the main players of national table tennis, Wang Chuqin is a post-00 player, a leader of the younger generation, and last year he won the award on behalf of the national table tennis, which caused heated discussions among fans outside the world, and won the men's finals some time ago, Lin Gaoyuan is not simple, and he has won Ma Long recently, and the recent foreign victory rate is very high, and the overall performance is becoming more and more stable, ranking Wang Chuqin second in the world, Lin Gaoyuan sixth.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Chuqin has a good performance in both events, not losing the foreign war to complete the division, mixed doubles partner Sun Yingsha advanced to the finals, and then fought Lin Shidong/Kuo Man to compete for the championship, men's doubles partner Ma Long lost to Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen and won the runner-up, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu mixed doubles have long been eliminated by their teammates, and the singles are three levels in a row, of which the quality of the competition with Ma Long is very high, and the whole process is still fresh in people's memory.
After Fan Zhendong retired due to injury, Wang Chuqin's call for winning the championship was the highest, but it is normal for anyone to win in the national table tennis civil war, it can only be said that Wang Chuqin has the greatest chance of winning, but there is no absolute certainty, it often depends on the on-the-spot performance, Lin Gaoyuan's morale is in full swing, it must be difficult to play, Lin Gaoyuan's speed is an advantage, the quality of the veneer Wang Chuqin is slightly higher, and the palms and backs of his hands are meat.
After the start of the game, both of them were prepared in the first game, and at first they played back and forth, but with Lin Gaoyuan's acceleration, Wang Chuqin couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and his advantages were not brought into play, Lin Gaoyuan scored 5 points in a row, taking the lead with 11-6, the opponent's first three boards were handled better, Wang Chuqin's serving round was a little anxious, Lin Gaoyuan was always rubbing, Wang Chuqin was really not easy to pick up, and he needed to change his routine.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan's return quality was not high, so that Wang Chuqin scored many times, although Lin Gaoyuan had changes, but Wang Chuqin was very firm, seeing that the move was not affected, blasted out 11-5 and colored, in the third game Wang Chuqin took advantage of the situation to chase, Lin Gaoyuan was helpless about it, relying on speed alone was indeed almost, Wang Chuqin led 9-2, and then won another game 11-4, in these two games Lin Gaoyuan lost points too quickly.
In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin led 6-4, Lin Gaoyuan called a timeout, slowly disrupted the opponent's offensive rhythm, and at the end of the game, Lin Gaoyuan saved the match point, but it was Wang Chuqin who ended the game 13-11, and finally reversed Lin Gaoyuan 3-1, Wang Chuqin advanced to the singles finals back-to-back, following the men's finals, about to impact the Doha Star Tournament champion, and need to wait for the results of Liang Jingkun against Lin Shidong, one step away from reaching the top.