2-4! The World Cup is full of upsets: the four top seeds are out, and the world No. 6 is miserably reversed by the second and the fourth
Following Wang Yidi and Liang Jingkun, Lin Yunru also stopped in the top 16, and won two games first, the men's singles world No. 6 Lin Yunru was tragically reversed by the two chases, and after losing four games in a row, Lin Yunru lost to the South Korean titan Zhang Yuzhen with a total score of 2-4! So far, in the morning game on April 18, the four big seeds Wang Yidi, Felix Lebrun, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Yunru have been out!
In the latest edition of the world rankings, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru ranks 6th in the world, second only to the 4th main national table tennis team and the rising French star Felix Lebrun. In the first stage of the group stage, Lin Yunru defeated Gerardo 3-1 and swept the Japanese teenager Matsushima Teruku 4-0, winning the first place in the 5th group with 2 consecutive wins, and advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles. In the second stage of the knockout round, Lin Yunru met the South Korean titan Zhang Yuzhen in the 1/8 finals, although Zhang Yuzhen's playing style is very fierce, but it is not as good as Lin Yunru in terms of stability, in addition, Lin Yunru is also more comprehensive than Zhang Yuzhen.
In the first two games, Lin Yunru controlled the opponent in the first three boards, combined with the change of the landing point, won the first game 13-11 thrillingly, and then easily won the second game 11-5, and established a 2-0 advantage in the total score after the opening. In the third game, Zhang Yuzhen won 14-12 narrowly, and the Korean warriors also took off! In the fourth game, Zhang Yuzhen won again 11-5 and tied the total score. In the fifth game, Zhang Yuzhen became more and more courageous, 11-6 and then the next city, and the total score was 3-2. From leading to behind, Lin Yunru's mentality has changed, and he lost 5-11 again in the sixth game, and Zhang Yuzhen won four games in a row from 0-2 to 4-2 to eliminate the world's No. 6 Lin Yunru to advance.
Among the top eight seeds in men's singles, in addition to Lin Yunru, there are also national table tennis main Liang Jingkun and world No. 5 Felix Lebrun stopped in the 1/8 finals, facing Carlberg who had previously defeated in the Incheon Championships, Liang Jingkun fought hard to lose 3-4 in seven games, and in the game, Liang Jingkun chased from 1-3 to 3-3 in the total game, but unfortunately lost to the opponent in the deciding game and missed the big reversal. The top eight seeds in women's singles, world No. 3 Wang Yidi, also lost in an upset, unexpectedly losing to Miwa Zhangmoto, who is less than 16 years old in Japan, with a total score of 1-4. The rest of the national table tennis players, in the early game, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, and Chen Meng advanced to the quarterfinals, Lin Gaoyuan defeated the European champion Jochik 4-2, Chen Meng swept Sutasini 4-0, and Ma Long defeated Felix Lebrun 4-2.