In the men’s doubles event of the WTT Star Challenge, my country’s Lin Yunru/Liao Zhenjun lost 2-3 to their rivals, Germany’s Qiu Dang/Duda (Benedikt Duda) in Qatar today, and won a silver medal.
The two sides fought 5 innings, and the score was 7 to 11, 11 to 6, 6 to 11, 11 to 3, 4 to 11 for the Chinese team to lose.
The World Table Tennis Major League (WTT) Star Challenge was held in Qatar. Lin Yunru experienced 3 games a day yesterday and 4 games in a single day today, testing his physical fitness and concentration. After winning the men’s doubles top 4 , and then lost to South Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon in the men’s singles quarterfinals and missed the quarterfinals.
Lin Yunru will continue to appear in the men’s doubles championship in the evening, and will start the third match of a single day. Since he will seek cooperation with Liao Zhenjun, following the 2018 Swedish Open and the 2019 Oman Open, the international competition will co-win the third championship.
Lin Yunru and Liao Zhenjun faced the world No. 5 German duo Qiu Dang and Benedikt Duda. After losing the first game 7-11, the second game started with a 5-1 advantage. Due to his impatience in shooting, he was overtaken by his opponent with 5 points in a row. Fortunately, “Lin Liao Pei” attacked calmly and attacked continuously to grab points and widen the gap, tying the game 11-6.
In the face of the opponent’s strong attack in the third game, Lin Yunru and Liao Zhenjun fell into a hard fight once more and gave up 6-11.
In the critical 4th game, Lin Yunru and Liao Zhenjun seized the opportunity to counterattack, scored by serving, and took advantage of the opponent’s continuous return of the ball and out of bounds and hanging on the net, extending the front line to the 5th game by 11-3.
The decisive game was drawn from the previous stage. Lin Yunru and Liao Zhenjun failed to stabilize their positions at the critical moment and were defeated 4-11. Together with another group of Taiwanese women’s doubles combination Zheng Yijing and Li Yuzhen, the WTT Star Challenge was runner-up. receive.
Earlier today, Lin Yunru and Liao Zhenjun defeated the South Korean duo Cho Dae-sung and Ahn Jae-hyun in straight sets in the men’s doubles quarter-finals of the World Billiards (WTT) Star Challenge. It is generally believed that, South Korea is a strong opponent and is not easy to deal with.
Editor-in-Chief: Yu Weining