On April 18, Beijing time, Chinese player Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles of the Macau World Cup after defeating Zhuang Zhiyuan, and his first knockout opponent will face the European star Darko, which is different from the points model of only playing 4 games in the group stage.
In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan came up in a very good state, played actively, and started with a strong 5-0, the opponent was a little unable to parry, and then Lin Gaoyuan continued to expand his advantage, strong 7 to 1, but Darko quickly adjusted his tactics and scored 5 points in a row, Lin Gaoyuan was once chased by the opponent to 7-6, the situation was a little dangerous, but at the critical moment, Lin Gaoyuan was firm and finally won the first game 11-7, he also clenched his fists tightly to cheer himself up.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan's state was still maintained well, and he was not affected by the emotions that were almost reversed in the first game, although the two sides played a little stalemate in the middle section, but Lin Gaoyuan always maintained a 1 to 2 point advantage, and finally won another game 11-8, and the total score was already 2-0 ahead of Darko.
In the third game, Darko played very hard, biting the score from 1 to 1, the two sides once fought to 6 to 6, the opponent's forehand attack was still very strong, Lin Gaoyuan was a little difficult to defend, and then Darko scored continuously through the service advantage, 9-7 lead, but this time Lin Gaoyuan withstood again, a wave of key 4-0 scoring tide, directly reversed the situation, 11-9 overtake, and won another game!
In this way, Lin Gaoyuan has a 3-0 lead in the total score, establishing a huge psychological advantage, in the fourth game, Darko let go, 11-7 to pull back a city, followed by the fifth game, Darko took advantage of the victory to chase, the opening game was 7-1, Lin Gaoyuan had no power to parry, and lost another game, the total score was 3-2.
In the crucial sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan adjusted his mentality, not impatient, and in the end, the national table tennis players did not let the cooked duck fly away, and took the lead in scoring 11 points, with a total score of 4 to 2, and defeated the opponent without danger, and broke into the men's singles quarterfinals, and his next opponent will be the winner between Lin Shidong and Fan Zhendong.