On April 18, Beijing time, Macau Table Tennis World Cup, men's singles one-eighth finals, Chinese player Liang Jingkun challenged Carlberg, a good player from Sweden, in the previous game, national table tennis teammates Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan were in danger, and now the baton has been passed to Liang Jingkun, after entering the knockout round, the competition system has been changed to seven games and four wins, which is more exciting.
In the first game, Liang Jingkun entered the state quickly, took a big lead as soon as he came up, and finally took advantage of the victory to chase, not giving Carlberg a chance to make adjustments, 11-3, won the first game cleanly, and led the opponent with a total score of 1-0. However, in the second game, the Swede began to make a change in serve and strengthened the forehand fighting attack, Liang Jingkun played a little passive, and was always in a backward situation, and in the end, 8-11, he lost a game, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the third game, Carlberg continued to output strongly, and played Liang Jingkun a 5-2 as soon as he came up, "Big Fat" was a little unable to keep up with the opponent's rhythm, although he once chased only 1 point, but Carlberg still withstood the key points, and returned Liang Jingkun a chasing ball, 9-5 to expand the advantage, and finally won another game 11-5, and the total score has been overtaken.
In the crucial fourth game, the Swedes took a 2-0 lead at the beginning, and then 5-3 still maintained an advantage in the middle section, the state of the "big fat" was not very stable, and this game was lost again, 6-11, Liang Jingkun had fallen behind with a total score of 1-3, and Wang Hao on the sidelines was very nervous and anxious.
In the fifth game of the backwater battle, Liang Jingkun withstood the pressure and pulled back a city 11-8, but in the total score, he was still in a backward situation, and in the sixth game of the two sides, Liang Jingkun and Carlberg played very cautiously, the score rose alternately, quite stalemate, from 1 to 1 to 9 to 9, the competition for the first three boards is extremely fierce, you score a point, no one dares to make a mistake. At the critical moment, Liang Jingkun withstood and fought continuously with a forehand at a large angle, 11-9, and the two sides entered a cruel tiebreaker.
In the last game, the two sides were still very close, Carlberg took the lead to grab 11 points, won the game, and fought hard to break into the top 8 in seven rounds, which was not easy!