On April 18, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Macau World Cup, the first round of the second stage of men's singles, the world's No. 8 Lin Gaoyuan faced Slovenia's Dako;
Lin Gaoyuan-Dako
At the beginning of the first game, Lin Gaoyuan showed strong strength and took the lead with a score of 11-7, which made the opponent feel pressured.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan once again led with lightning speed, leading Darko 8-5. However, Darko was not willing to fall behind, and fought hard to catch up and close the score. In the fierce competition, the two sides went back and forth, and finally Lin Gaoyuan won the game point 11-8, 2-0.
In the third game, Darko showed a strong counterattack momentum and quickly took the lead. However, Lin Gaoyuan did not give up easily, and he kept trying to catch up and narrow the score. Just when Darko looked dominant, Lin asked for a timeout when he was down 8-9. After the pause, Lin Gaoyuan readjusted his state, scored consecutive points, and overtook the score 10-9, and then won another game 11-9 to lead 3-0.
At the beginning of the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead at the beginning, and then Darko was very tenacious, chasing points to 5 draws and 7 draws in a row, and then Dakko achieved a reversal and pulled back a game 11-7. Immediately after the fifth game, Darko started a counterattack, leading quickly to 10-3 at the beginning, Lin Gaoyuan saved a point, and Darko scored 11-4 to pull back a game, 2-4 behind!
In the fifth game, Lin Gaoyuan withstood the pressure and Darko's attack, and finally won the game 11-8, Lin Gaoyuan 4-2 Darko, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The scores were: 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 4-11, 11-8
Next round: Lin Gaoyuan vs. the winner between Lin Shidong and Fan Zhendong!