On the evening of November 1st, the Table Tennis WTT Slovenia Challenge ushered in the first national table tennis player's competition, and it was a Sino-Japanese war, which was really exciting! World champion Lin Taka-won from the men's team teamed up with Zhou Qihao, the big dark horse of this year's express race, to face Japan's Shinosuke Daedō/Yumasa Tanigaki in the men's doubles qualifier.
Although Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao are the first to cooperate, and have not participated in international competitions this year, but the two have reached the top 7 status in the team after all, the strength is far above each other, and finally they won a 3-0 victory to sweep the opponent, ushering in a good start for the whole team, congratulations!
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Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao are both athletes who were selected for the Chinese men's team's World Table Tennis Championships this year, and they both signed up for singles events (a total of 5 people), so even considering that Ma Long and Xu Xin did not participate, we can also think that Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao are at least the top 7 players in the national table tennis.
On the other hand, Shinozuka Dado and Tanigaki Yumasa, not only have no fame in the international table tennis world, but also can not rank in the Japanese team, and Zhang Benzhihe, Mizutani Hayabusa can not be compared, if singles then it is difficult for them to threaten the national table tennis, but doubles after all, but also to test the degree of tacit understanding, "1 + 1" may be greater than or less than 2, so Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao combination or be careful.
Sure enough, after the game began, the Japanese combination quickly entangled Lin Gaoyuan/Zhou Qihao, and took a lead in the opening game, making Lin Gaoyuan/Zhou Qihao play a bit passive. However, the personal strength of Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao was far superior to that of these two Japanese players, so they soon turned against the defeat and won the first set in an 11-8 reversal.
In the second set, the combination of Lin Takayuan / Zhou Qihao was still a bit rusty, and as a result, their starting lead was reversed by Yugen Tsubasa / Yugen Tanigi - but this situation was still short-lived, and soon the national table tennis combination gained a foothold and took a 11-6 next city.
In the third game, the Japanese combination had no way to retreat, and could only hit the national table tennis players with a backwater battle, and as a result, it was bombarded with a 1-4 score, forced to call out a timeout to adjust, but it was useless, and finally Puto Tsubasa / Yugen Tanigaki lost the whole game 5-11, and the round of travel was eliminated: It was really miserable!
How to say it, today Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao encountered the opponent level is average, so the difficulty of promotion is not large, winning is normal, losing is considered upset. It is expected that the two can continue to maintain a good state in the subsequent doubles and singles matches, strive to meet with their teammates, and make final warm-up preparations for the World Table Tennis Championships: Come on!