On April 18, Beijing time, the men's singles 1/8 finals of the Table Tennis Macao World Cup were in full swing. In a focus battle that just ended, it was a duel between the two members of the national table tennis team, and Fan Zhendong played even better, defeating Lin Shidong 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. At present, the national table tennis has advanced to the quarterfinals, with Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, and Fan Zhendong.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong started very unstated, falling behind 1-5 at the beginning, but Lin Shidong twisted but was very high-quality, and Lin Shidong won the first game 11-7.
In the second game, Fan Zhendong's slow heating problem has not been solved, the beginning is still behind, until the middle game Fan Zhendong relied on changing the way to tie the score, the middle game of the competition is also very intense, are the first three boards to solve the battle, the score again in 9-9 draw, Fan Zhendong grasped the key point 11-9 equalizer.
In the third game, Lin Shidong strengthened the quality of the backhand snowboard and played an unreasonable ball. After 2-2, Fan Zhendong launched an attack and began to take the lead in the score, but Lin Shidong's backhand twist and pull tried repeatedly, and overtook the score, 10-6 took the lead in getting the game point, although Fan Zhendong saved 4 game points in a row, and then Lin Shidong scored two points in a row, 12-10, and then the next city. In the first three games, it felt like Lin Shidong's style of play was very good at Fan Zhendong.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong still did not solve the serving problem, and Lin Shidong was very easy to start. When he fell behind 3-5, Fan Zhendong was penalized, and Fan Zhendong took a pause. At the time of the pause, the match between Sun Yingsha and Chen Xingtong was about to start. After returning from the pause, Fan Zhendong chased two points, but Lin Shidong then scored 11-6 in a row to win the fourth game, leading Xiaopang 3-1.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong, who was fighting against the water, finally made a breakthrough in the serve, Lin Shidong ate the serve one after another, Fan Zhendong led 8-3, but after the lead, Fan Zhendong made a needless mistake and was chased by Lin Shidong to 9-10 in a row, and Lin Shidong twisted out of bounds Fan Zhendong pulled back a game 11-9.
In the sixth game, Fan Zhendong was beaten by Lin Shidong with a 7-3 lead at the beginning and stubbornly tied the score with a lot of unreasonable balls. Fan Zhendong scored consecutive points in his service round, taking the lead in getting the game point 10-8, and Lin Shidong also got the match point in this game by relying on the serve to overtake the score. But Fan Zhendong scored three points in a row to win the sixth game 13-11, with a big score of 3-3.
Tiebreaker: This game is a test of the psychological quality of both sides, who is more resolute and who can win. Fan Zhendong led 6-1 at the beginning, and the balance of victory was tilted in favor of Fan Zhendong. But Lin Shidong did not relentless when he fell behind and chased the score to 10-10, and Fan Zhendong grasped the key points to win the final game 15-13.
In this way, Fan Zhendong chased 3 games in a row, and reversed Lin Shidong with a big score of 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Fan Zhendong once again proved to everyone that he is still the first brother of national table tennis.
Other matches of the national table tennis players:
Malone 4-2 Philinx Lebrun
Lin Gaoyuan 4-2 Darko Joczyk