On the evening of 14th December, the Chinese table tennis team ushered in another strong match, in the fourth set of the men’s team Huangshi Base – Huaxin vs Shanghai Real Estate Group, the 19-year-old new world champion Lin Shidong once again appeared on the scene, after the second set against Fan Zhendong, and then in the fourth set with another Olympic champion Xu Xin, the result of the two sides fought for 5 games, after the Lin Shidong 3-2 thrilling to take the victory.
After this battle, Shanghai Real Estate Group had its first defeat in this year’s Bing Super League, losing 1-3 on aggregate, with only Fan Zhendong defeating Lin Shidong and cutting one point, while Huangshi Base-Huaxin continued to win all their matches, please see below for more details.
Born in 2005 Lin Shidong is the current Chinese table tennis team in the new generation of the most outstanding results, although only 19 years old but has repeatedly in international competitions to bear the burden of the Chinese team, the end of the Paris Olympics got five singles title, another one into the final, two into the quarter-finals, rankings from which soared to the world’s second place.
Although Lin lost 1-3 to Fan Zhendong in the second set of the match, his opponent in the fourth set, Xu Xin, is already a 34-year-old veteran and his singles strength is not what it used to be, so Lin is generally favoured to win this set.
After the match started, Lin Shidong quickly suppressed Xu Xin in the first set, and soon hit a gap of 9-1, while the veteran appeared to be a bit passive on the court, with more errors in his own attack, and the defence struggled to withstand the youngster’s strong attack, and Lin Shidong ultimately pulled out an 11-3 victory with relative ease.
In the second set, Xu Xin revitalised his team and quickly broke the defence in the opening game, trying to avoid a stalemate with Lin, and the result was very good, and then he managed to get back to the same starting line with an 11-6 victory.
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In the third set, the initiative returned to Lin Shidong’s hands again, Xu Xin was clearly out of his depth on the court, after all, he has been out of the national team training system for a long time, it is difficult to compete with the youngsters, and was soon pulled away by the other side of the gap, and finally Lin Shidong took the match with ease with an 11-2 win, which gave him a big lead with a 2-1 lead in the hope of a victory.
In the fourth set, Xu Xin once again disrupted Lin’s rhythm in areas such as serving, and then although the lead was chased down, he was eventually able to hold on to the key points, eventually dragging his opponent into the deciding set 11-9, and the suspense was extended.
In the fifth set, Lin Shidong once again took the lead and was levelled by the veteran, then once again took the lead and was chased down, but eventually ended the battle with 11-6, thus narrowly defeating Xu Xin 3-2, and Huangshi Base-Huaxin also beat Shanghai Real Estate Group 3-1 in total, with the detailed scores as follows:
Xue Fei/Xiang Peng 3-1 Xu Xin/Zhou Kai;
Lin Sidong 1-3 Fan Zhendong;
Xiang Peng 3-1 Zhou Kai;
Lin Sidong 3-2 Xu Xin.
Fan Zhendong did not get a chance to play in the fifth set, although he beat his opponent’s top player Lin Sidong. However, Shanghai Real Estate Group still has a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and still has high hopes of advancing to the second stage of the tournament, while Huangshi Base-Huaxin is undefeated with 5 consecutive victories, so let’s continue to wait and see the results of the subsequent matches!
