On March 11, the table tennis WTT Smash in Singapore ushered in a battle between Chinese table tennis team world champion Lin Gaoyuan, who took the court and played against South Korea’s Lee Sang-su, who beat Grand Slam champion Ma Long at the World Table Tennis Championships only a short time ago.
It’s worth noting that Lee Sang-su has already broken through China’s main defense three times in nearly a year, defeating Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Lin Gaoyuan, making him a steeply increasing threat that can’t be underestimated! See below for more details.
What to watch
Born in 1990, Lee Sang-su is a member of the Korean table tennis team veteran, has repeatedly broken through the Chinese table tennis team’s main line of defense, won Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, in the early years of the many times to suppress Lin Gao-yuan, once known as the other side of the nemesis, but the two of the most recent several encounters are Lin Gao-yuan laughed at the end, so in general, he is still a greater chance to win some.
But what people didn’t expect is that Lee Sang-su, who is already over 30 years old, has suddenly rejuvenated his “second spring”, defeating Fan Zhendong in last year’s WTT, and breaking Ma Long in the World Series this year, so it’s hard to avoid worrying about Lin Gaoyuan.
Match Process
The first set started with Lin Gaoyuan taking the lead, utilizing a half-unit to hold Lee Sang-su, but was soon countered by his opponent’s strong kills, and the score was then leveled, and then the two of them chased each other, with Lee Sang-su taking the first set point, but failing to win, and then Lin Gaoyuan doing the same, and Lee Sang-su winning the match by a close margin of 13-11.
In the second set, Lin fell behind 3-8 in the opening game, but he was very tough to get back to 8-all, then saved 2 more points at 8-10, and won 14-12, which was a relief for him, and he was able to put the mental burden on Lee, who had been reversed.
In the third set, Lin was still being suppressed and fell behind again. Facing the strong looping of Lee Sang-soo, Lin had to wait for his opponent’s own mistakes to get the points, and was forced into a desperate situation with an 8-11 defeat. In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan still could not escape the threat of the opponent’s kills, and after saving the match point many times, he still lost the whole game with 9-11, and had no chance to get promoted.
Through the World Series and Smash, we can see that the strength of the Korean men’s game is indeed very strong, and Lee Sang-soo was able to break through the Chinese team’s main defense three times in a year’s time, so he’s really old and strong, and he’s really going to have to be careful at the Paris Olympics!
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