On the evening of 11 October, the table tennis Asian Championships staged a thrilling duel, the world’s No. 3 Chinese table tennis team player Lin Shidong in the case of 0-2 down 3-2 reversal of the 14-year-old Iranian youngster Faraji, and the decisive game is 3-9 down, to save three match points before the final to achieve a turnaround, so that the Chinese fans shocked out of a cold sweat.
It is worth mentioning that it is this Faraj, not long ago in the Asian Championship men’s team in the last eight 3-2 defeat Chinese table tennis team world ranking Wang Chuqin, and now he is only ranked 210th in the world, it is indeed worth to pay attention to!
Faraj is the big dark horse of this Asian Championships, and as said before, blew the doors off the Chinese table tennis team in their first match, defeating Wang Chuqin after a vicious 5-game battle to become the first athlete from a foreign association to break through the Chinese team’s defences.
After the team match, many fans and media believed that Wang Chuqin lost because of his inability to adapt to the new table and seamless ball, plus fatigue, while the subsequent singles match gave the Chinese table tennis team another chance to test Faraj’s ability, that is, Lin Shidong came out to play against the youngster, and as a result, he also almost lost the match as well.
The match started with the two athletes playing to a crucial point in the first set, with Lin Shidong failing to capitalise on the opportunity after an 11-11 draw, resulting in an 11-13 defeat. In the second set, it was a two-point tie-break between the two athletes, but Lin Shidong also failed to resist the pressure and lost again with 9-11, thus trailing his opponent 0-2 and being forced into a desperate situation.
In the face of the unfavourable situation, Lin finally found his form and took the third and fourth sets with 2 11-3, thus both sides were back to the same starting line for the deciding set.
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At the beginning of the fifth set, Lin Sidong once again fell into a passive, soon fell behind 3-9, see another 2 points will be eliminated, he fought back to 9-9 level, but then lost another point by the other side to get the match point, after the tiebreak to 10-11 behind, followed by 12-11, 13-12 back to miss the match point, 14-15 again was forced into a desperate situation, but in the end, still to lock the victory with 17-15.
Although the loss of the game, but Faraj has fully proved his strength: can be two of the world’s top three Chinese table tennis team athletes forced to this point, his future potential is immeasurable, worthy of the Chinese table tennis team to pay attention to watch out!
