On the night of 23rd February, the Table Tennis Asia Cup saw the men’s singles bronze medal match. 19-year-old Lin Shidong, the new star of the Chinese table tennis team, who is already ranked No.1 in the world, played steadily and thrashed the Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru 4-0: the Chinese table tennis team has now won the championships, runners-up and third-place finishes in all the two events of the tournament. Please see below for more details.
Lin Shidong was born in 2005, is not yet 20 years old, but has already won many international singles championships, the current ranking to the world’s first, but also the history of the men’s ping the world’s youngest No. 1 player, but after all, less experience, last year’s Asian Championships failed to Harimoto Tomokazu second place, and this year’s Asia Cup in the semifinals of the lead in the case of a 3-4 loss to the Leung Jingkun, no chance to impact the title.
Lin Yunru played very well in this Asian Cup, defeating two Chinese table tennis team rising stars Chen Yuanyu and Huang Youzheng, and after losing 2-4 to Wang Chuqin in the semi-finals, he met Lin Sidong who had defeated himself six times, and it was difficult to win.
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At the beginning of the match, Lin Yunru, who had a poor record, was obviously more focused on getting the upper hand, and soon took the lead in the first set. However, Lin Shidong soon used his superb backhand to suppress Lin Yunru, and at the same time, he made a counterattack in the process of being mobilised, and eventually reversed to take the first place with 11-9, which made Lin Yunru look relatively helpless on the court.
In the second set, Lin Shidong gained momentum and took a 7-1 lead over his opponent, forcing Lin Yunru to play some unconventional strokes which are not usually seen in the game, and it was ineffective, finally Lin Shidong extended his advantage with another win of 11-6.
In the third set, Lin Shidong scored 5 points in a row to gain the advantage. Lin Yunru could not find much way to win the game, his backhand was obviously inferior to Lin Shidong’s backhand, his forehand was even weaker than his opponent’s, and his serve-receive was controlled by his opponent’s twisting, pulling and rubbing, and as a result, Lin Shidong quickly made a score of 9-1, and finally took the match with 11-6, which drove Lin Yunru into a desperate situation.
In the fourth set, Lin Yunru could only fight for his chance of survival, but he fell behind in the opening game, and a timeout was of no help. In the end, Lin Shidong did not give him a chance to turn the game around, and sealed the victory with an 11-4 win, thus winning the third place in the men’s singles.
