On the evening of May 4, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam broke out again in a big upset, and Lin Yunru, the core main player of Chinese Taipei and ranked seventh in the world, suffered a 0-3 defeat and was swept away by his teammate, the 43-year-old world champion veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan.
Zhuang Zhiyuan's performance in this game was quite good, but Lin Yunru's performance made the fans feel incomprehensible, I don't know if it was a mental problem or physical discomfort, which really made everyone not expect it! Please see below for the detailed battle situation.
Lin Yunru was born in 2001 and Zhuang Zhiyuan was born in 1981, the two are 20 years apart, but because of Zhuang Zhiyuan's long professional life, he has become the core of Chinese Taipei men's table tennis at the same time.
Zhuang Zhiyuan used to be a first-class master in the table tennis world, and has defeated the main force of national table tennis many times, and Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and others have fought against each other, but it is difficult for a good man to mention the courage of the year, and now it is difficult to compete with the young and super strong Lin Yunru, and it is generally believed that it is difficult for him to get promoted in this battle, but the result is unexpected.
After the start of the first game, Lin Yunru played very passive in the first game, originally he and Zhuang Zhiyuan were both near-stage speed athletes, but this time the performance was far less stable than the senior brother, and he made frequent mistakes on the court, and did not play the usual left-handed backhand arc ball advantage technique, and soon lost a game 6-11, and he himself was obviously lacking in momentum.
In the second game, Lin Yunru's counteroffensive strategy improved, but he did not seize the opportunity after leading 5-2, and was soon counterattacked by the veteran, and finally lost 8-11 again without even hitting the key points, and the big score became 0-2 behind and was forced into a desperate situation.
In the third game, Lin Yunru still couldn't get rid of Zhuang Zhiyuan's control, and was finally swept away with a 3-11 defeat, which led to a big score of 0-3 and was swept out of the game, stopping in the first round of the men's singles main event, and Zhuang Zhiyuan was upset and advanced to the top 32.
At present, it seems that although Zhuang Zhiyuan is old, he still has strong combat effectiveness, so he can always stand tall in the main layer of the Chinese Taipei team. But objectively speaking, Lin Yunru's performance this time is indeed substandard, completely losing his former style, and now the Paris Olympics is approaching step by step, and there is not much time left for him to adjust.