In the WTT China Grand Slam men's singles 1/4 finals, Lin Shidong defeated Lin De 4-0 and entered the men's singles semifinals, with a score of 12-10, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 in four games.
Starting from the quarterfinals, the format of the game has been changed from best-of-five to best-of-seven, which also has a great impact on players, not only testing their will and physical fitness, but also reducing the probability of upsets. Linde showed his dark horse potential from the beginning of his defeat of Wang Chuqin, and then defeated Gao Chengrui, a rising star of our treasure island, in running shoes, which shows that his confidence is getting stronger and stronger.
There was also a controversial incident in this game, 6-3 in the third game, Lin Shidong's head blocked the serve, and was penalized by the referee, Lin De also imitated it, Lin Shidong went to negotiate with the referee but to no avail, and also caused fans to question: "His head is not too big" "It's okay to cover the next attention, unlike some people in the comment area who block the foreign association if they lose, and the foreign association won, the strength is not good" "I hope the national table tennis will be less hidden, it's really embarrassing, name the stone, Xiang Peng, and say to pick the thorn, do you see me picking Fan Zhendong Ma Long's thorn?" "It's so embarrassing, this is echelon building" "You can play well even if you don't cover it, and you can play it very well with the ball, why do you have to cover it?" "I was warned in the first game, and I was penalized in the third game, which is friendly enough" "There is a saying, the small stone covers, Linde is also a scoundrel, half a catty."
Although Lin Shidong still has many flaws in technology, such as blocking such things as being questioned, objectively speaking, his overall strength and mentality are very strong now, the same third game, the two sides played a wonderful ball of multi-round duel, after Lin Shidong won this point strongly, Lin De gave Lin Shidong a thumbs up for the first time, this is the real future brother of national table tennis, much stronger than Wang Chuqin singles. Entering the fourth game, Linde felt that it was meaningless to pause when he fell behind at first, and did not call a stop until the second half of the game was changed to a fight, and chased the score to 7-10, but Xiaoshi did not give him a chance to reverse, and still ended Linde's legendary journey with a final word.
It has to be said that Linde was able to defeat the world's No. 1 Wang Chuqin, and also gained the attention of the outside world, understanding the story of his inspirational comeback after breaking three vertebrae after a car accident and carrying steel plates, he is a huge beneficiary of this competition. And Lin Shidong's entry into the semi-finals once again raised the expectations of the outside world, what kind of results will he achieve in the men's singles in this Grand Slam?