Liang Jingkun clenched his fists! defeated the Brazilian star 4-1, which was a great contribution to the G-1 victory, and the Incheon Championship came to an end
On March 31, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship came to an end, Liang Jingkun and Sun Yingsha won the singles championship, and the men's singles Liang Jingkun defeated Brazilian star Hugo Calderano 4-1, winning the foreign war for the national table tennis, which is also his best result in the same level of competition.
The men's singles final ushered in the end, the main force of national table tennis Liang Jingkun vs. Brazilian star Hugo Calderano, Liang Jingkun is the second seed, ranked 3rd in the world, and has won the team world championship with the team many times.
The opponent is 27-year-old Hugo Calderano, men's singles world No. 8, once defeated Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, although the results of this Olympic cycle are not very good, but the threat always exists, objectively speaking, Brazilian players play table tennis, can achieve the current results, indicating that the talent is very strong, and now Hugo has defeated Fan Zhendong again, Liang Jingkun has become the last hope of the national table tennis men's team.
It is worth mentioning that Liang Jingkun's recent performance is very eye-catching, winning Zhang Ben Zhihe, Lin Yunru, Pol in Singapore, coming to Incheon to eliminate Darko, Simon Goets, Ma Long, basically winning are all masters, the gold content is really not to say, the two sides have played each other in the World Table Tennis Championships before, when Liang Jingkun fell behind 0-3, and completed the reversal in four games in a row, which is still fresh in people's memory, and there must be an advantage in mentality.
After the start of the game, Liang Jingkun adopted a steady and steady strategy in the first game, he first stood in the position to adapt to Hugo's rhythm, avoided too many unnecessary mistakes, gave full play to the advantages of his own singleton quality, and brought more pressure to the opponent, Liang Jingkun took the lead 11-6, in fact, Hugo won Fan Zhendong mainly by backhand, and the change of service round is also very critical, Liang Jingkun has long been prepared in this regard.
In the second game, Hugo obviously adjusted, especially the first three boards to get started faster, mobilized Liang Jingkun's large angle, and frequently used twisting and pulling to score, Liang Jingkun's on-the-spot strain was too general, Hugo returned 11-6 and also colored, in the third game, Liang Jingkun opened the landing point, and held Hugo downwind with more shots, Liang Jingkun stabilized his position and pulled back a game with 11-8, Hugo's ability to chase points was very strong, and Liang Jingkun clenched his fists.
In the fourth game, Liang Jingkun fell behind 2-4 and scored 3 points in a row, Hugo called the timeout effect was not good, after coming back, Liang Jingkun seized the opportunity to win another game 11-7, and in the fifth game Hugo's 5-2 lead was reversed, Liang Jingkun played a momentum, ended the game 11-5, and finally defeated Hugo Calderano 4-1, after Sun Yingsha won Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun also won the championship, and the two got 1,000 points and $15,000 in bonuses.