Beijing time on April 21, the current time will be in late April. At present, the Macao World Cup, a major heavyweight event in the world table tennis world, has entered the final stage. The national table tennis soldiers who fought on their home soil once again showed a consistently strong level at home. At present, with the production of all the results of the final seats, the national table tennis has once again locked the championship and runner-up in the men's singles and women's singles, which is gratifying. Among them, the 29-year-old men's team's "reversal and breakthrough" has attracted the most attention from the outside world: this time he is worth it!
In the men's singles semifinals, national table tennis player Lin Gaoyuan and Japanese table tennis player Tomokazu Zhang encountered each other. Let's talk about Lin Gaoyuan first, as the main player of the current national table tennis men's team who is "somewhat marginalized", Gao Yuan's current sense of existence is far inferior to Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and others. Two years ago, he lost 6 match points in the men's singles final of the WTT Budapest station and was overturned by Zhang Benzhihe, which became the landmark starting point of Lin Gaoyuan's "foreign war layman" reputation collapse, and it will be difficult for him to get the opportunity to play in many important tournaments in the future. After entering the Paris cycle, Lin Gaoyuan has changed a lot compared with the previous cycle, his style of play has changed a lot, and he has strengthened the oppressiveness of the attack while focusing on speed play. This can be seen mainly in the last round against Fan Zhendong, even if the score is behind, Lin Gaoyuan still insists on his technical and tactical play, and then gets the final victory.
It is likely that the Paris Olympics will be Lin's last Olympic year, so he will definitely want to close his career to a successful conclusion, and it would be the best reward for him to win a World Cup before he retires. Look at Zhang Benzhihe here, the "wonder boy" of the last cycle, and now Zhang Benzhihe, who has become the first brother of Japanese table tennis, is a little less arrogant, a little more mature and honest, Zhang Ben's style of play has been basically cracked by national table tennis, but his on-the-spot strain is still in the first echelon with Wang Chuqin, Lin Yunru and others, so it is not easy for Lin Gaoyuan to win this old opponent. Before the game, the outside world was not very optimistic about Lin Gaoyuan winning the game, after all, the duel two years ago was really too hurtful for Lin Gaoyuan, and the shadow of the past defeat would affect him to some extent, but Lin Gaoyuan broke the expectations with practical actions!
In this game, in the first set, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhang Ben entered the state very quickly, Zhang Ben fought fiercely at the beginning, Gao Yuan played a little tight and couldn't let go, and the score was quite stale. But as he gradually adapted to the rhythm of the opponent, Lin Gaoyuan began to exert himself with all his might, close to the table and not retreat, and tried his best to fight with Zhang Benzhihe in the near stage, and he dared to attack and immediately grasped the key points and took the lead 11-9. In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan continued to play steadily, and his backhand was so fast that it was difficult for Zhang Benzhihe to defend, and then won again 11-6. In the third set, Zhang Benzhihe began to change the rhythm, mobilizing Gao Yuan on the first three boards and landing points, which brought a lot of impact to the latter, but fortunately, Gao Yuan survived, and Zhang Ben's pause did not stop his offensive desire to win, sitting on a very small forehand and backhand error rate and the perfect state of full casting, so Lin Gaoyuan was unstoppable, and then Lin Gaoyuan won again 11-6.
In the fourth set, Lin Gaoyuan did not encounter great resistance again, Zhang Ben's momentum had been defeated, and Gao Yuan's victory was undoubted, and finally ended the suspense of the game with a disparity of 11-1. In this regard, Lin Gaoyuan swept Tomokazu Zhang 4-0 and advanced to the men's singles final. I believe that after the end of this game, Zhang Benzhihe is very touched, two years ago he was able to defeat Lin Gaoyuan, who was not determined, but now he can't win a set, the reason for this is actually very simple, Lin Gaoyuan has been relieved. At that meeting two years ago, Fan Zhendong was absent, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, and Liang Jingkun were all out one after another. Now this time, when the strength of both sides is at the top, Lin Gaoyuan, who is fully cast, shows his original strength, and Gao Yuan completely makes his level public without any reservations. Just ask such Lin Gaoyuan, what will Zhang Benzhihe use to win?
In an interview with the media after the game, Lin Gaoyuan's reply was also more moving, "gifts, cherish, enjoy" and other words, which shows that he is very mature and sophisticated. At the same time, he also reminded the loss in Budapest, the scar that he once thought could not be revealed, has now been laughed at by Lin Gaoyuan, and the big cube is a few points of real gold and pure color, such Lin Gaoyuan, I believe that the head coach of the men's team Wang Hao must also be very emotional, and then he will fight against his captain Ma Long, both sides will be released again, no matter who will win, the two have achieved their own new records before the final, they are their own champions!