Just kidding, it's not superstition: Fan Zhendong's "Fan" character is "Lin" holding two "knives" and slashing on the "big" head, which may have doomed him to be sad about the surname "Lin".
On April 18, Fan Zhendong fought hard with Xiaolin-Lin Shidong in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup for 7 rounds, and in the case of falling behind 1-3, he used his will and psychological quality to win 3 games in a row, stepped on the tightrope, and reversed the test with difficulty.
On April 19, Fan Zhendong met Dalin - Lin Gaoyuan in the 1/4 finals of the World Cup.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong lost 7-11.
In the second game, they pulled one back 11-6.
Something happened in the third game. When Lin Gaoyuan led 5-3, Fan Zhendong was sentenced to throw back and penalized 1 point. In the last game against Lin Shidong, Fan Zhendong also penalized one point for the same reason. Then when he was down 5-10, he called a medical timeout, saying his wrist was numb.
After treatment, he returned to the court again, and after winning 2 points, he was still won by Lin Gaoyuan 11-7.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong played more smoothly, he led 6-2, although after Lin Gaoyuan hit the magic ball, he called a timeout to stabilize the mood, but there were no twists and turns, he won 11-6.
In the most crucial fifth game, the two sides played like sitting on a rocker, one on top of you, and one on top of him. First of all, Fan Zhendong led 8-2 and was about to win. Then Lin Gaoyuan scored 7 points in a row and overtook the score 9-8. Next, Fan Zhendong took the lead to get the game point 10-9, however, in the end, it was Lin Gaoyuan who won another game 12-10. The two sides exchanged advantages and disadvantages three times, which was really intense and exciting.
After the reversal and defeat in this game, Fan Zhendong called a timeout for the third time and applied to change clothes to cushion his emotions.
At the beginning of the sixth game, Fan Zhendong led 3-1. But Lin Gaoyuan then became more and more courageous, scored 6 points in a row, overtook the score 7-3, and finally won the sixth game 11-7, defeated Fan Zhendong 4:2, and broke into the semifinals.
In this game, Fan Zhendong still lost on the backhand, he called 3 timeouts, tried to adjust, and tried his best to avoid and control the opponent's backhand, but he just couldn't escape. Lin Gaoyuan's whole style of play is mainly the backhand, with an iron heart to play fast and a feel, no matter what the ball, it is a backhand without being unreasonable, and it doesn't ask about the West and the East for a while.
At the Paris Olympics, Fan Zhendong should be careful if he encounters opponents with strong backhands such as Lin Yunru and Hugo.