Lin Gaoyuan collapsed again, after the sudden collapse of the Oman final against Liang Jingkun, in just one week. This is enough to see Lin Gaoyuan's fragile psychological quality. With Lin Gaoyuan's exit, the national table tennis has lost in the 3/4 division.
In the Oman Challenge that ended last week, the two world champions of the national table tennis men's singles, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, met in the final. As soon as the final began, Lin Gaoyuan won it smoothly. Unexpectedly, in the second set, he suddenly collapsed and was beaten 11-0 by his teammates. The fiasco in this set left Lin Gaoyuan devastated, and then lost three more consecutive sets to win the championship 1-4.
Seven days later, when he arrived in Singapore, Lin Gaoyuan faced South Korea's Lim Joong-hoon, who rushed up to the qualifiers in the first round. Perhaps it is not out of the shadow of Oman, or perhaps the pre-match preparation is very inadequate, Lin Gaoyuan once again performed in the downturn.
In the first set, Lin Zhongxun quickly entered the form, blasted a perfect start of 6-1, and took the lead 11-6. At the beginning of the second set, Lin Gaoyuan seemed to wake up like a dream, and took a 4-2 lead at the beginning, but Lin Zhongxun stubbornly chased the score to 4 draws, and then won 8-6. After Lin Gaoyuan chased the score to 8 draws, Lin Zhongxun suddenly broke out and went to the next city 11-9. The big score was 2-0, and Lin Gao was far behind.
In the 3rd set, Lin Gaoyuan, who fought backwaters, played a momentum as soon as he came up, leading by a large score of 4-0, but the subsequent game was a big surprise. Lin Gaoyuan lost 8 points in a row and fell behind 4-8. Lin Zhongxun, whose momentum had been fully improved, was completely unstoppable and finally ended the game 11-6. The score was 3-0, and Lin Zhongxun swept the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan.
I have to say that the 3/4 division where Lin Gaoyuan is located seems to have been cast with a spell. Before Lin Gaoyuan was out, China's Xiang Peng had already left early and was eliminated by Denmark's Grote, and in the evening, Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, who also belonged to this zone, was also eliminated. At present, there are no Chinese players in the 3/4 division.
Coupled with the women's singles player Chen Xingtong, who lost the civil war, the national table tennis lost 3 major players in one day, and all of them suffered a round of travel. On the next matchday, the women's singles arena will also usher in a civil war, Ku man against Sun Yingsha, and the two are destined to have only one person to qualify.