On April 18, 2024, in the semifinals of the Table Tennis Men's Singles World Cup, Fan Zhendong continued to face his teammates, this time it was Lin Gaoyuan, after the first four games 2-2, Fan Zhendong led 8-1 in the fifth game, and was reversed, and Lin Gaoyuan won the game in the sixth game.
In this way, in the first men's singles semifinals, Lin Gaoyuan faced the Japanese team Tomokazu Zhangmoto.
In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead at the beginning, Fan Zhendong failed to chase the score, and Lin Gaoyuan re-established his advantage and won the first game 11-7. In the second game, Fan Zhendong controlled the situation in the second half, established an advantage of 9-5, and won the second game 11-6. The first two games were tied 1-1.
In the third game, the first half was quite stalemate, after Fan Zhendong suffered a penalty point, Lin Gaoyuan opened the score, 10-5 game points, Fan Zhendong shouted a medical timeout, and said when communicating, "Tendons, don't bother, no strain." The team doctor entered and gave Fan Zhendong a massage treatment. Fan Zhendong returned to the game, and Lin Gaoyuan won the third game 11-7.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong opened the score 6-2, Lin Gaoyuan scored a dramatic point, Fan Zhendong paused and came back to score consecutive points to open the score, 11-6. The two sides drew 2-2.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong led 7-0 and started 8-1, but Lin Gaoyuan scored 9-8 in a row, Fan Zhendong scored 10-9 points, and Lin Gaoyuan won the fifth game 12-10.
In the sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan opened the score 7-3 and won the game 11-7!