On April 19, Beijing time, the ITTF Singles World Cup entered the 5th day of competition, and the top 4 places in men's and women's singles will be born on this day, and the 8 matches in the whole day are very worthy of fans' expectations. The 4 national table tennis men's singles ushered in 2 foreign wars and 1 internal war, and the 3 national table tennis women's singles were all foreign wars, and the game was destined to be very exciting!
At present, 3 players in the national table tennis team have finished the game, and all the results have won, Ma Long reversed the Japanese player Hayasuke Togami 4-2, Chen Meng swept the Japanese player Miyu Hirano 4-0, Wang Manyu eliminated another Japanese player Hina Hayada 4-1, and the above 3 players of the national table tennis successfully advanced to the semifinals!
On April 19, the quarter-finals between the two foreign association players have also ended, and the Zhang brothers and sisters have advanced together, in which Zhang Benzhihe defeated Sweden's Carlberg 4-2, and Zhang Benmei and eliminated Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz 4-1.
So far, there have been 2 seats in the men's singles semifinals, namely Ma Long and Zhang Benzhihe, and 3 seats in the women's singles semifinals, namely Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, and Zhang Benmeihe. In the next semi-finals, the match that has been confirmed is that Wang Manyu will compete with Zhang Benmei and Zhang for a ticket to the women's singles final.
Next is the third men's singles 1/4 finals, and the only national table tennis civil war, Fan Zhendong vs. Lin Gaoyuan, the winner of this group of duels, will compete with Zhang Benzhihe for a ticket to the men's singles final. Although this game is a national table tennis civil war, it will definitely receive great attention from many fans, because the national table tennis civil war will be very exciting!
Fan Zhendong is 27 years old, the world No. 2 in men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan is 29 years old, ranked No. 8 in the world, the two have a total of 13 previous records, Fan Zhendong has a 9-4 advantage, but Lin Gaoyuan's performance in the last year is very good, so there is also a chance to beat Fan Zhendong, the following brings the details of this match.
In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 4-1, Fan Zhendong chased the score to 4-6 in the middle section, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, 8-4 to pull the score away, at the end of the game, Fan Zhendong chased the score to 7-9, Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, and took the lead 11-7.
In the second game, the score of the two was very tight, from a 1-1 draw to a 4-4 draw, and then Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row, Lin Gaoyuan chased to 5-6, and then Fan Zhendong scored 3 points in a row, 9-5 The score was pulled apart, Lin Gaoyuan scored 1 point, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row, won the second game 11-6, and the big score chased to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 2-0, Lin Gaoyuan chased it to a 3-3 draw, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row, Fan Zhendong scored 1 point, Lin Gaoyuan scored 4 points in a row, and got 6 game points in the third game 10-4.
The pause was interrupted for about 5 minutes, and Fan Zhendong saved 2 game points after coming back, and Lin Gaoyuan still won the third game 11-7, and the big score was 2-1 to take the lead again.
In the fourth game, the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Fan Zhendong scored 4 points in a row, 6-2 to take the lead, Lin Gaoyuan recovered 1 point, and Fan Zhendong safely asked for a timeout. After the pause, Fan Zhendong scored 3 points in a row, 9-3 to open the score, because the score was too different, Lin Gaoyuan could not chase the score, Fan Zhendong won the fourth game 11-6, chasing the big score to a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong took the lead 7-0, Fan Zhendong took an 8-1 lead and then suddenly dropped the line, Lin Gaoyuan scored 8 points in a row, so far 9-8 The score was overtaken, and the national table tennis civil war was indeed too exciting!
After that, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row and got a chance to get a game point at 10-9, and Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row, winning the fifth game with a 12-10 reversal, and took the lead again with a big score of 3-2.
You must know that Fan Zhendong once led 7-0 and 8-1 in this game, but was reversed by Lin Gaoyuan to win, I have to say that Fan Zhendong's state is indeed ups and downs, and Lin Gaoyuan showed a tenacious side, and he did not give up after falling behind.
In the sixth game, Fan Zhendong took the lead 3-1, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 6 points in a row, 7-3 to open the score, at the end of the game, Lin Gaoyuan got 3 match point opportunities at 10-7, and then Lin Gaoyuan decisively cashed in the match point, won the sixth game 11-7, eliminated Fan Zhendong with a big score of 4-2, and advanced to the top 4 of men's singles, congratulations to Lin Gaoyuan!
In the next men's singles semifinals, Lin Gaoyuan will face Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto, this Sino-Japanese decisive battle is undoubtedly in the spotlight, looking forward to Lin Gaoyuan's more outstanding performance, come on national table tennis!