World Table Tennis Championships: Lim Jong-hoon made meritorious contributions, the South Korean men's team advanced to the semifinals 3-1 Denmark, and the semifinals VS the Chinese team
On February 23, Beijing time, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships ushered in the men's team semifinals and the women's team semifinals. At 9:00 a.m., there will be a key battle, that is, the men's team 1/4 finals host South Korea team against Denmark. South Korea sent Lim Jong-hoon, Jang Woo-jin and Ahn Jae-hyun, and Denmark sent Lindgroot and Anderson to play. In the end, South Korea won 3-1 Denmark to advance to the semi-finals, where they faced a strong Chinese team in the semi-finals. Details are as follows:
First set: Lim Jong-hoon 3-1 Anders Lind.
In the first game, the first half of the game was more intense, and in the final game, Lin Zhongxun took a 9-6 lead and made a good start 11-8. In the second game, Lim Jong-hoon opened with a 4-1 lead, and the Danish team asked for a timeout. After scoring a point after the timeout, Lim Jong-hoon continued to extend the score to a 7-2 lead in the middle game, and then Linde chased from 4-8 to 6-8, and Lim Jong-hoon also applied for a timeout. After the pause, Lim Jong-hoon scored 9-6, Lim Jong-hoon got the game point 10-7, and Lin De had a tennis ball to chase it to 8-10, but Lim Jong-hoon still won the second game 11-8.
In the third game, Lim Jong-hoon led 3-1 at the start, but Linde quickly tied the score. After 5-5, Lim Jong-hoon once again had the upper hand, leading 8-6 in the middle game and 9-7 in the final game, but Linde tied the score again 9-9, and then won two points in a row to pull back a game 11-9. In the fourth game, the two sides started 3-3, and then the score rose alternately 8-8 after Lim Jong-hoon scored a 10-8 lead through serve, but Linde tied the score again. After that, the score alternated and finally Lim Jong-hoon won the fourth game 14-12, thus defeating Linde 3-1 to get the first point for the Korean team.
Second set: Zhang Yuzhen 1-3 Jonatan Grote.
In the first game, Grlot led 3-0 at the beginning, but Zhang Yuzhen quickly tied the score. After the two men went up 8-8, Grote took a 10-8 lead and finally won the first game 11-9. In the second game, Grote led 4-2 at the beginning, 7-2 in the middle game, Zhang Yuzhen chased it to 4-7, and Grote asked for a timeout. After the pause, Grote scored 8-4, and after Zhang Yuzhen chased one point, Grote won two points in a row to get the game point 10-5, although Zhang Yuzhen chased 4 points in a row, but Grote still won the second game 11-9.
In the third game, Zhang Yuzhen led 5-1 at the beginning, led 6-3 in the middle game, Grote chased to 5-6, and Zhang Yuzhen asked for a timeout. After the pause, Zhang Yuzhen served and scored 7-5. After that, he won 4 points in a row and pulled back a game 11-5. In the fourth game, Grote led 3-1 at the beginning and 7-3 in the middle game, and then Zhang Yuzhen was not in the state, and Grote won four points in a row 11-3 to win the fourth game, thus defeating Zhang Yuzhen 3-1 to save a point for the Danish team. The two sides played 1-1.
Third set: Ahn Jae-hyun 3-0 Martin Bucher Anderson.
In the first game, Ahn Jae-hyun entered the state quickly, winning 11-2 and getting off to a good start. In the second game, Anderson started 3-1, and the 6-3 lead in the middle game was chased to 5-6, and Anderson asked for a timeout. Coming back from a timeout, Anderson scored two straight points to make it 8-5. But then Anderson made a mistake on the serve, Ahn Jae-hyun won five points in a row to overtake the score 10-8, and Anderson then tied the score 10-10, but still lost to Ahn Jae-hyun 11-13. In the third game, the two sides played quite fiercely in the first half, but after 7-7, Ahn Jae-hyun had the upper hand 10-7 to get the handicap point, and won another game 11-7, so that Ahn Jae-hyun 3-0 Anderson took another point for the South Korean team to lead Denmark 2-1.
Fourth set: Lim Jong-hoon 3-1 Jonatan Grote.
In the first game, the two sides started 3-3, after 7-7, Grote took the initiative to take a 9-7 lead, and in the final game 10-8 took the lead to get the game point, and 11-9 Grote won the first game. In the second game, Lim Jong-hoon led 4-2 at the beginning, and was tied 6-6 by Grote in the middle game. However, in the final game, Lim Jong-hoon regained the upper hand and took a 9-7 lead, won the game point 10-8, and finally won the second game 12-10. In the third game, Lim Jong-hoon led 5-3 at the beginning, led 8-4 in the middle game, won the game point 10-6, and won the third game 11-6. In the fourth game, the two sides started 3-3, and when Lim Jong-hoon led 4-3, Grote asked for a timeout. After the pause, it was Lim Jong-hoon who won 4 points in a row to lead 8-3, and Grote chased it to 7-8, but then Lim Jong-hoon had the upper hand 10-8 to get the set point and win 11-8, so that Lim Jong-hoon defeated Grote 3-1 to score the third point for the Korean team.
In this way, the South Korean team defeated the Danish team 3-1 to advance to the semifinals, and Lim Jong-hoon made a meritorious service to help the Korean team win a medal with two points. However, in the semi-finals, their opponent is the strong Chinese team, and we will wait and see who can win!