On May 8, 2024, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in table tennis was a big upset, and the two main forces of national table tennis lost the foreign war again, men's doubles Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3 to the Swedish combination Carlsen/Carlberg, and the performance was abnormal and failed miserably, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin need to take on more heavy responsibilities.
Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan has partnered in major competitions many times, won the Asian Championships, the highest world ranking, the best bronze medal in the World Table Tennis Championships, lost to Falke / Carlsen at that time, in this Olympic cycle, the two are splitting pairs to try different partners, for example, the next stop is Wang Chuqin / Liang Jingkun, Ma Long / Lin Gaoyuan, many fans speculate that the coaching staff is still considering the specific candidates for the substitute.
The Swedish combination is also preparing for the Paris Olympics, because with the Carlsen/Christina mixed doubles finalisation, Falke is basically determined to miss the qualification, and Moregard focuses on singles, so the first set of the team must be Carlsen/Carlberg, and the national table tennis still attaches great importance to this, after all, there will be a chance to play each other at that time, and from the perspective of individual comprehensive level, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan still has a slight advantage.
After the start of the game, the state of Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan in the first game was very sluggish, and the advantages of his first three boards were not brought into play.
In the second game, the quality of Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan has been strengthened, Carlsen / Carlberg is not to be outdone, the two sides have played back and forth, the main problem of national table tennis is that there are too many unnecessary mistakes in the first three boards, and always follow the rhythm of the Swedish combination, and the off-court guidance is also quite helpless, and I can't find a good coping strategy, Carlsen / Carlberg won another game 11-8, Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan lost two games in a row.
In the third game, Carlsen/Carlberg took advantage of the situation to chase, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan's state did not improve, Carlsen/Carlberg ended the game 11-6, and finally swept Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan 3-0.
With Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan losing to Carlsen/Carlberg, the national table tennis men's doubles and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin pair, the difficulty of hitting the championship will only be higher, and Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan is the end of the whole journey of this event, it turns out that doubles does need long-term partners to cooperate, if it is a frequent change of partners for trial and error, I am afraid it is difficult to achieve ideal results, and this is the case now.