On April 17, the 2024 Table Tennis Men's Singles World Cup, national table tennis Lin Gaoyuan defeated Chinese Taipei veteran and world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0.
Although the game lost suspense and Zhuang Zhiyuan was out early, in the fourth game, he was still tenacious and wanted to win a game, and the sportsmanship he interpreted made Qiu Dang, Moregard and others blush.
In the first three games, Yi crushed the situation, losing three games in straight sets, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6, and gaining a 3-0 advantage.
Lin Gaoyuan has already qualified ahead of schedule. As for Zhuang Zhiyuan, he had lost 1-3 to Puka before, and in the face of Lin Gaoyuan, losing two games, Zhuang Zhiyuan meant that he had been eliminated and stopped in the group stage.
However, in the fourth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan was still tenacious, Lin Gaoyuan was for a clean sheet, shouted a timeout, Zhuang Zhiyuan led 9-7 at the end of the game, and in the face of Lin Gaoyuan to recover a point, Zhuang Zhiyuan paused back 10-8 game points, but in the end Lin Gaoyuan won the fourth game 12-10, and Lin Gaoyuan won 4-0.
Compared with Zhuang Zhiyuan's spirit, in the previously concluded game, the German team Qiu Dang had already been out of the game in advance after three games, and directly lost to the Japanese team Hayasuke Togami 0-11 in the fourth game. The Swedish team Moregaard, in the face of Assal 1-2 behind, the fourth game was also a "negative game" and did not want to play. In the end, he insisted on finishing the game, 1-3 Assar.