On April 18, Beijing time, the table tennis Macao World Cup began the knockout competition, and the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan appeared again to meet the impact of the Slovenian star and the three-time winner of the European Cup men's singles Darko, as a result, Lin Gaoyuan led 3-0 and lost 2 games in a row, but fortunately, in the end, he eliminated the national table tennis rival 4-2 and took the lead in getting the ticket to the quarterfinals.
In this match, Lin Gaoyuan was in distress in the first game, drawing 2-2 with Croatia's Pucar, but then defeated Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0, and now defeated Darko 4-2.
Highlights of the game
Darko is a rising member of the Tokyo Olympics, when he became famous, the two goals of the national table tennis men's singles preparation for the "first group" - Pitchford, Zhang Benzhihe all eliminated, and later won three consecutive men's singles championships in the table tennis European Cup, and defeated the main force of the Chinese team Liang Jingkun, which is indeed very powerful.
For Lim Gaoyuan, who was recently defeated in a foreign war and lost to South Korea's Lee Sang-so, this World Cup is also his chance to prove himself again, but many people still doubt his ability, and this national table tennis is facing a severe test.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, standing near the platform to quickly connect and suppress Darko's middle position, forcing the opponent to be unable to use his high-quality curve ball to twist and pull to score, and soon took a 7-1 lead, and then contained Darko's counterattack, and finally won the first place 11-7 relatively easily.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan encountered some difficulties, and was a little lax in receiving serves, but he quickly regained his foothold in the second half, continued to play fast and slow, and constantly forced Darko to make mistakes in the backlash, and finally won 11-8.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan had a bad start, but then began to use the serve to catch up, and after chasing it to 8-9, the Slovenian side called a timeout to adjust. After returning to the court, Lin Gaoyuan continued to remain strong, and soon scored three points in a row to achieve an 11-9 reversal, thus leading 3-0 and forcing Darko into a desperate situation.
The penultimate opening lead of the fourth game was tied and finally tied at 7-11 by Darko. The result of the fifth game showed that the game was a little chaotic, and the result was a 4-11 defeat, and the increasingly brave Darko won another game.
In the sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan was under great pressure, because the victory was in sight and he lost two games in a row, and his mentality would definitely be affected, and he fell behind after returning to the game, but he still stubbornly chased 7 draws, and then insisted on breaking through from the middle, with good results, and finally achieved a reversal of 11-8, thus defeating the strong opponent with a big score of 4-2 and advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
At present, it seems that Darko's strength is indeed enough to compete with the main force of national table tennis, and the Paris Olympics will become an important opponent of the Chinese team in the near future, which is worth watching out for by the coaching staff!