On November 6, Beijing time, the table tennis Slovenia tournament ushered in a focus battle - the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and the dark horse Zhou Qihao of the straight-through competition appeared together to compete in the men's doubles semifinals, and the result was that Liang Jingkun/ Wang Chuqin was out after 5 rounds of vicious battles between the two sides, and Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao narrowly won the promotion.
Prior to this, the Japanese combination of Isamu Kisaki / Yuki Tanaka was escorted to the final round because of the withdrawal of all opponents in two consecutive rounds, so the decisive battle will inevitably stage a Sino-Japanese showdown: considering that the pair has already won Lin Takayuan / Zhou Qihao once in front, the national table tennis final is facing a serious challenge, and it is necessary to prepare carefully!
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Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao was able to break into the men's doubles semifinals of this station is purely a fluke, because they originally lost to the Japanese in the qualifiers, according to common sense, they should be directly eliminated, but then there were other combinations in the main game announced their withdrawal, so the organizers gave the two "resurrection" and pulled them back to the battlefield.
From the perspective of competitive status, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao not only lost in doubles, but also broke out in singles and performed very badly, so everyone was more optimistic about Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin winning. But the old saying has clouds: the mourning soldiers will win! Therefore, it is not excluded that Lin Gaoyuan /Zhou Qihao can put it to death and be reborn, coupled with the uncertainty of the battle within the team, so this battle is still full of suspense.
Sure enough, after the game began, the two sides played hard to score, and as a result, Lin Gaoyuan/ Zhou Qihao won the key points in the first set and won 14-12 thrillingly. The second set was still very sticky, but this time Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin seized the opportunity, and also won by 2 points to win 11-9. In the third set, Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin continued to work hard, 11-7 to the next city, and successfully reversed the opponent into a desperate situation.
In the fourth set, Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao fought backwaters, directly 11-4 to the opponent, successfully dragged the game into the decider, and the suspense increased sharply! In the fifth set of the battle, Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin came up to fall behind 1-4, and finally lost the whole game 6-11, while Lin Gaoyuan / Zhou Qihao got a new chance to play against the Japanese combination!
In general, the two athletes on Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin's side are relatively higher in quality and relatively more balanced in strength, while Lin Gaoyuan is more than connected and lacks strength, zhou Qihao is strong enough, stability is average, if it can successfully achieve complementarity, it can also play a greater threat: this semi-final is indeed wonderful, worthy of the battle between the top players of national table tennis!
In the following final, the Japanese duo of Isamu Kizoku / Yuki Tanaka will appear again to play against the Chinese team - before that, since all the opponents in the quarterfinals and semi-finals have announced their withdrawals, the Japanese players have not appeared in the men's doubles event for a long time, and although they have been given a certain break, the feeling of cooperation will definitely decline.
So can Lin Gaoyuan/Zhou Qihao "avenge" the Japanese opponent in the final battle? The suspense is still there, let's wait and see what happens: come on, national table tennis!