On May 8, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam continued. In the men's doubles 1/8 finals, China's Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun faced Japan's Teruku Matsushima and South Korea's Oh Hyun-seong, who played well and swept their opponents 3-0 in straight games, sweeping away the haze of singles defeat a day earlier.
The 2024 ITTF World Cup Macau is a very important training event before the Paris Olympics, and all players attach great importance to it. In this competition, the Chinese men's table tennis sent Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Shidong to participate.
In addition to participating in the singles competition, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun also participated in the men's doubles competition. In the singles competition, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun both advanced 3-0 in the first round, but in the 1/16 finals, Lin Gaoyuan lost 1-3 to Denmark's Jonatan Grote, and Liang Jingkun was also eliminated subsequently.
After the singles game, Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun soon teamed up for the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Men's Doubles 1/8 finals, where they faced Japan's Teruku Matsushima and South Korea's Oh Hyun-seong.
This game is Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun in the men's singles 1/16 finals have been upset out to prove their game, this campaign, the two were not affected by the singles loss, they used a men's doubles 3-0 victory, how much out of the haze a day ago.
Of course, although the winning score was 3-0, there were still some twists and turns in the promotion process, and in the first game, the two sides played very closely, and after 10-10, it was 11-11, 12-12...... 15-15, both pairs of opponents played very tenacious.
Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun scored two points in a row after 15-15, and it took a lot of effort to win 17-15, and then the scores of the next two games, 11-6, 11-3. Earlier in the Men's Doubles 1/16 finals, Gados/Harbesson defeated Lu Wei/Lin Wenzheng 3-1, 11-8, 13-11, 11-13, 11-6.