4-3! Defending champion desperate escape: Fan Zhendong saved the match point and reversed Lin Shidong in three consecutive games

The 2024 Table Tennis World Cup continues to be held in Macau, China, with Men's Singles 1/ 8 finals, Fan Zhendong and Lin Shidong staged a derby, Fan Zhendong is the defending champion of this event, Lin Shidong is the future star of the national table tennis key training, although the overall strength is superior, but Fan Zhendong can not be careless, in the Singapore Grand Slam last month, Fan Zhendong had lost to Lin Shidong, but at that time it was a best-of-five system, and now in the table tennis World Cup of the best-of-seven system, can Lin Shidong upset Fan Zhendong again?

Fan Zhendong is ranked No. 2 in the world, that is, after losing to Lin Shidong in the Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong lost the world No. 1 and was overtaken by Wang Chuqin. Recently, Fan Zhendong's state is very average, and in the Incheon Championship after the Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong lost the foreign war, losing to Hugo in the men's singles semifinals. In the first stage of the group stage, Fan Zhendong swept Duda 4-0 and defeated Huang Zhenting 3-1, winning all 2 games to win the first place in the second group and advance to the second stage of the knockout round. It is worth mentioning that in the World Cup, Fan Zhendong has won the championship 4 times, and he is also the champion of the last event, and the current national table tennis coach Ma Lin is tied for the player who has won the most World Cup men's singles championships in history.

Lin Shidong ranked 14th in the world, as the men's singles champion of the World Youth Championships entered the World Cup, in the group stage, Lin Shidong swept Alberto 4-0, swept Alex Lebrun 4-0, and advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout round with a strong record of not losing a game.

In the first game, #有者失误偏多, Lin Shidong established a lead of 6-1, and took three points in a row to chase 4-6, Lin Shidong maintained offensive firepower in the second half and took the lead 11-7.

In the second game, Fan Zhendong made changes in the serve, which also made Lin Shidong's first three boards not very adaptable, and at the end of the game, Fan Zhendong grasped the key points and tied the total game score 11-9.

In the third game, Fan Zhendong frequently started through the control of the stage, Lin Shidong's mistakes increased, Fan Zhendong took the lead 4-2, and then, the situation changed abruptly, Lin Shidong overtook the score 9-5 and took the lead in getting the game point 10-6, Fan Zhendong saved 4 game points in a row to chase 10-10, Lin Shidong withstood the pressure at the critical moment and won two points in a row 12-10.

In the fourth game, Lin Shidong scored two points first, Fan Zhendong chased two points in a row but deducted the opportunity ball, Lin Shidong opened the score 6-3 again, Fan Zhendong asked for a timeout, paused back, Lin Shidong 8-4 to maintain the lead, Fan Zhendong chased to 6-8, Lin Shidong also used up the pause opportunity in this game, the two sides returned to the court to continue the game, Lin Shidong's timeout effect was very good, and he won three points in a row to win 11-6.

In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong actively mobilized himself without retreating, first scored three points to take the lead 3-0, Lin Shidong chased two points in a row to 2-3, Fan Zhendong 6-2 to expand the advantage, Lin Shidong saved the game point to chase 9-10, Fan Zhendong seized the opportunity to recover a game 11-9.

In the sixth game, Lin Shidong scored two points in a row, Fan Zhendong chased the points through high-quality twisting and pulling, and achieved a 3-2 overtake after scoring three points in a row, Lin Shidong chased 3-3, and the score was in a tight state. Fan Zhendong improved his state and played a wave of small climaxes that scored 4 points in a row, and opened the score 7-3. Lin Shidong chased 7-7, Fan Zhendong wasted 10-8 consecutive game points and was chased to 10-10, Lin Shidong then wasted a match point, and Fan Zhendong escaped 13-11.

Bank, on the certificate, went out of the door and rose sharply, blasted out 6-1 to open the score, Lin Shidong chased the score unsuccessfully, took out the total score of 4-3 narrowly won, saved the match point and reversed Lin Shidong in three games in a row, and the defending champion passenger escaped and advanced to the top 8 of men's singles!