On April 15, 2024, Beijing time, the table tennis World Cup in Macao officially kicked off! In the just-concluded men's singles group stage, the world's No. 8 Lin Gaoyuan was strongly impacted by Croatian player Puka, and was tied by Puka in two consecutive games while leading 2-0! In the end, the two sides drew 2-2 and shook hands!
The national table tennis sent 12 people to participate in the competition, including 6 men's singles: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong, and the 6 golden flowers in women's singles are: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong and Kuo Man! Earlier, the four national table tennis players had finished the first game of the group stage, including Chen Meng 4-0 swept Poland's Natalia Bayo, Ma Long swept the 15-year-old young player Aditya Salene 4-0, Fan Zhendong 4-0 Duda, Lin Shidong 4-0 Alberto Mino, all of them swept 4-0 and won a big victory!
Tonight, there are 6 players in the second stage of national table tennis, namely Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin! Among them, Lin Gaoyuan is the first to appear, he is divided into Group 6, and the same group members are Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan and Croatian player Tommislav Puka! Lin Gaoyuan's first match will be against Puka, Lin Gaoyuan is ranked 8th in the world, Puka is ranked 48th in the world, and there is no winning record between him and the national table tennis, there is a huge disparity in strength between him and Lin Gaoyuan, if nothing else, there is no suspense that Lin Gaoyuan will win!
Lin Gaoyuan did not qualify for the Incheon Championship last time, and judging from the Olympic points, Lin Gaoyuan has basically lost his qualification for the Olympic Games! The third ticket for the national table tennis men's team should be between Liang Jingkun and Ma Long! Lin Gaoyuan's singles results are not as good as the doubles results, and he partnered with Ma Long to win the Singapore Grand Slam men's doubles championship this season! Lin Gaoyuan's technical characteristics are that he holds a left-handed racket and wins with a high-quality backhand and speed! Once his form and confidence come up, the hexagonal warrior Ma Long can't resist it!
The first game of the game Puka fought very fiercely, he also knew very well, if you don't fight, there will be no chance, once took a 6-3 lead, after which Lin Gaoyuan began to counterattack, and the mistakes began to decrease, the two sides once fought to a 9-9 draw, and at the critical moment Lin Gaoyuan was a step ahead, winning a game 12-10! In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan led 5-3, Puka struggled to catch up, played a 3-1 offensive, the two sides fought to a 6-6 draw, 7-7 After the draw, Lin Gaoyuan tore apart the opponent's defense through a large-angle line change, scoring 4 points in a row to win another game 11-7!
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan led 2-0, and Puka immediately asked for a timeout! After the pause, Puka played a wave of 5-1 to overtake the score 5-3, and Lin Gaoyuan adjusted his state and scored 3 points in a row to regain the lead 6-5! The two sides continued to draw after that, Puka once seized Lin Gaoyuan's mistake to take the lead 10-8, and Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row at the critical moment to chase 10-10! After that, Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake, and Puka seized the opportunity to pull back a game at 13-11! In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan fell behind 1-3, and then Lin Gaoyuan made many mistakes and has not been able to narrow the difference, Puka firmly grasped the lead, and finally Puka won another game 11-8, and won 2 games in a row in the case of 0-2 behind, and the two sides ended in a 2-2 draw!