On April 18, Beijing time, the WTT Macau World Cup entered the knockout round, in the just-concluded game, Fan Zhendong won three games in a row with a big score of 1-3 behind, eliminated the 18-year-old Lin Shidong 4-3, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the Macau World Cup, the national table tennis played well, 12 people played in the group stage, and won 11 games, in today's knockout round, the national table tennis was mixed, including Wang Yidi 1-4 lost to the Japanese star Zhang Benmeihe, Liang Jingkun 3-4 was killed by Anton Carlberg. And Ma Long, Chen Meng, and Lin Gaoyuan all successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
Fan Zhendong defeated Lin Shidong 4-3
As the leader of national table tennis, Fan Zhendong ranks second in the world. The teenager Lin Shidong is thirteenth, and in the last two encounters, the Singapore Grand Slam and the WTT Goa Challenger, Lin Shidong has won two consecutive victories. Fan Zhendong also lost the world No. 1 because of his defeat in the Singapore Grand Slam. In this World Cup, Fan Zhendong ushered in the best opportunity for revenge.
In the first game, Lin Shidong used a strong attack to score again and again with a backhand, and won the first game 11-7.
In the second game, the two played very closely at the beginning, and Fan Zhendong also actively adjusted his tactics, using the change of the large-angle landing point to suppress Lin Shidong's attack, and pulled back a game 11-9.
In the third game, Lin Shidong took advantage of the first three boards, scored consecutive points, 9-6 lead, as Fan Zhendong returned the ball to the net, Lin Shidong got the game point 10-6, at the critical moment, Fan Zhendong used the serve, picked the middle to complete Lin Shidong's mistake, Fan Zhendong chased four points in a row, 10-10 tied the score, and then Lin Shidong scored two points with a backhand, 12-10 successfully won the third game, and Lin Shidong led 2-1.
In the fourth game, Lin Shidong led 4-2, and in the first three boards, Lin Shidong always had the advantage and continued to lead 8-6. Fan Zhendong made a mistake in receiving the serve, Lin Shidong got the game point 10-6, and won another game at 11-6, and Lin Shidong led 3-1.
Fan Zhendong has always fallen behind in the competition with Lin Shidong, and Fan Zhendong, who has fallen behind in two games, is also in a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong led 3-0, Lin Shidong then scored two points in a row, and the score was chased to 2-3. Fan Zhendong hit the middle of the road to win, 8-3 to open the score gap, and then Lin Shidong scored three points in a row, the score chased to 6-8! Lin Shidong sent the hair to score continuously, and the score chased to 7-9! As Lin Shidong returned the ball out of bounds, Fan Zhendong got the game point 10-8, Lin Shidong made a mistake in receiving the serve, Fan Zhendong won the victory 11-9, and the score was chased to 2-3!
Judging from the game, Lin Shidong's attack was very sharp, while Fan Zhendong's change in the landing point limited Lin Shidong's powerful attack.
In the sixth game, Fan Zhendong made a mistake in the forehand backhand of Taiwan, Lin Shidong led 2-0, Fan Zhendong used the change of serve to open the score gap 5-3, and as Fan Zhendong hit the middle of the road, Fan Zhendong scored two points in a row and expanded the lead 7-3. Judging from the scene, Fan Zhendong's state has improved significantly. Then Lin Shidong won the big angle backhand, and the score was tied 7-7. The pressure came to Fan Zhendong's side. At the critical moment, Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure and got the game point 10-8, and then Lin Shidong used the serve to send to Fan Zhendong's backhand small triangle to score three points in a row, Lin Shidong got the match point 11-10, Fan Zhendong was very resolute with his backhand, 11-11 draw, Fan Zhendong scored two points in a row, 13-11 won the sixth game, and the big score chased to 3-3!
Lin Shidong led from 3-1, and when he once got the match point, he was reversed by Fan Zhendong continuously, and the improvement of Fan Zhendong's state also threw the pressure on Lin Shidong.
In the deciding game, Fan Zhendong was like a rainbow, took a 5-1 lead, and opened the score gap with 6-3, Lin Shidong used a long ball to score, the score chased to 6-8, Fan Zhendong made a service error, Lin Shidong chased another point, Fan Zhendong successfully transferred the straight oblique line, 9-7 to expand the lead, Lin Shidong returned the ball to the net, Fan Zhendong got the match point 10-8, Lin Shidong pulled the backhand to save a match point, Fan Zhendong returned the ball out of bounds, and the score was chased to 10-10. Fan Zhendong used the serve to get the match point again at 13-12, and in the multi-shot contest, Fan Zhendong turned his forehand to the net, and the score was tied 13-13. In the end, Fan Zhendong scored two points in a row and won the game 15-13.
Judging from the game, the two contributed a very exciting game, it is really hard to imagine that this is just a 1/8 final, although Lin Shidong lost, but also gave Fan Zhendong enough impact.
In this way, Fan Zhendong also reversed Lin Shidong 4-3, survived, successfully avenged Lin Shidong, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Macau World Cup.