On April 18, Beijing time, the knockout round of the 2024 Table Tennis Macao World Cup kicked off. In the just-concluded first men's singles 1/8 finals, Lin Gaoyuan played well, defeating the European champion Darko 4-2 and taking the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals. Lin Gaoyuan's next round opponent is the winner of Fan Zhendong and Lin Shidong, and the national table tennis has locked a place in the top four in advance.
Lin Gaoyuan's promotion road is also full of twists and turns, the first round Lin Gaoyuan and Puka played 2-2, the second round Puka 3-1 Zhuang Zhiyuan, which requires Lin Gaoyuan to score more than 3-1 in the third round to advance, Lin Gaoyuan finally withstood the pressure and swept Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0 to advance to the round of 16.
Darko Joczyk's way to qualify, in the group stage, Darko 4-0 Apollonia, Darko 2-2 Lee Sang-so (37-35), because Lee Sang-so 4-0 Apollonia, so Darko advanced by small points. But in the men's singles 1/8 finals of the 2023 Macau Championships: Darko Joczyk defeated Liang Jingkun 3-2, and as a European champion, Darko is very strong.
Lin Gaoyuan started well today, leading 7-1 at the beginning, although Darko strengthened the quality of the backhand snowboard to start chasing points, but because he was behind at the beginning and was unable to return to the sky, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 11-7.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan continued to be proactive, and the first strike was also Lin Gaoyuan's regular operation, 11-8 and then the next city, Dakko This game has actually come out of some state, but Lin Gaoyuan himself made fewer unnecessary mistakes, so he won this game.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan continued to play bravely, winning another game 11-9, and leading 3-0.
In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan was able to bite the score before entering the key point, but after the key point, he felt like he was not energetic, and Darko pulled back a game 11-7.
In the fifth game, Lin Gaoyuan had an old problem again, and he was not resolute in his shot, the beginning was 1-7 behind, a bit of a collapse, and the big score was 3-1 ahead, which is supposed to have a psychological advantage, but the more Lin Gaoyuan wanted to win, he was afraid that the psychology of losing would affect the shot. 11-4 Darko won another game.
In the sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan knew that he couldn't be softer anymore, and he fell behind at the beginning, but he kept biting the score, and finally reversed 11-8, with a big score of 4-2 and became the first player to advance to the quarterfinals.