At 2:00 pm Beijing time on January 23, 2022, the men’s singles semi-final of the WTT Macau Championship was ushered in. Today’s match is between Xu Yingbin and Lin Gaoyuan. It is worth mentioning that today’s contestant Xu Yingbin once trained with another group of women’s singles promotion player Wang Manyu in the provincial team, and just won against Fan Zhendong yesterday; while Lin Gaoyuan is considered unstable and once upset and stopped. The top 16 men’s singles have also won the men’s singles championship. The focus of this competition is who can withstand the pressure and play to their due level.
In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, and after serving, he was very active. He took the initiative to draw the ball and brought the score to 3-2. Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, but then he hit the ball too hard, and the score was tied again. . Lin Gaoyuan served the ball again, Lin Gaoyuan scored another point, but was quickly recovered by Xu Yingbin who found the rhythm. Lin Gaoyuan looked very eager and missed two goals, allowing Xu Yingbin to lead by two goals and the score reached 7-5. On the next ball, after a few rounds of short-distance discussions, the two pulled the ball to the long line, very anxious. In the end, Lin Gaoyuan fought his opponent again to an 8-8 draw. It is obvious that Lin Gaoyuan is in a good mood today. His enthusiasm for serving and receiving the ball has been mobilized. After each score, he will vent his emotions by shouting. After scoring two goals in a row, he first won the game point, and the score came. It was 9-10, but Xu Yingbin responded calmly and fought back to a 10-10 draw. In the end, Xu Yingbin suddenly turned his forehand with his backhand, and the connection was faster and better, and he scored a point. In the next ball, Lin Gaoyuan relied on a continuous backhand of very high quality to target the opponent’s forehand movement speed is not fast enough, successfully scored two points again, and won the first game with a score of 13-11.
In the second game, Xu Yingbin was the first to serve, and the two went back and forth at the beginning of the game. There was no winner. The score was brought to 3-1 by Lin Gaoyuan. In the fifth ball, Xu Yingbin did not expect Lin Gaoyuan’s sudden backhand. , was once again expanded by Lin Gaoyuan to 4-2. The next ball Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake, Xu Yingbin scored one point, but then, Lin Gaoyuan scored two points with a beautiful forehand smash and a fierce backhand, and the score was now 6-4. Lin Gaoyuan took the lead. Xu Yingbin was obviously not well prepared for Lin Gaoyuan’s backhand twist and lost another point, but he was also actively attacking Lin Gaoyuan’s weakness, and he was already familiar with Lin Gaoyuan’s ball path. At this time, the score came to 8-6. , Lin Gaoyuan leads. The two sides had their own winners and losers at this time, but Lin Gaoyuan was in a rut and raised the score to 9-7 again. Xu Yingbin made a wrong serve at this critical moment, and Lin Gaoyuan got the game point. Xu Yingbin was ill-prepared to deal with Lin Gaoyuan’s powerful hitting, and knocked the ball into the air. In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan scored 11-7 again. The total score became 2-0, Lin Gaoyuan was getting better, and the pressure came to Xu Yingbin.
Then came the third game. At the beginning of the game, Lin Gaoyuan pulled out a long ball that Xu Yingbin could not connect, and took the lead to win a point, but was recovered by Xu Yingbin. The score is currently 3-1, and Lin Gaoyuan is in the lead. On the fifth ball, the two sides faced the elongated ball at a long distance. After several rounds of stalemate, Xu Yingbin scored. Then Lin Gaoyuan changed the way of the ball, connected a backhand after the forehand, and scored another point. The score is now up. At 4-3, Lin Gaoyuan continued to lead, but Xu Yingbin was gradually catching up. Xu Yingbin began to enter the state, recovered two goals, and came to a 5-5 level. Lin Gaoyuan used the “old trick” again: he suddenly changed the ball path and won one point, Xu Yingbin made a mistake in catching the ball, Lin Gaoyuan scored two points and led the opponent 7-5. Lin Gaoyuan was in good shape and scored three points again to get the game point. Xu Yingbin missed, and Lin Gaoyuan successfully won the third game 11-5, with a total score of 3-0!
In the fourth game, the two sides played hotly when they came up, and the battle reached a 2-2 tie, and each contributed high-quality offensive and defensive balls. The score on the field was 2-3 at this time, Xu Yingbin served, and Lin Gaoyuan scored another point with a short forehand, 2 points ahead of the opponent. At this time, Xu Yingbin called for a break. After a short pause, Lin Gaoyuan’s momentum continued, scoring three consecutive points and leading Xu Yingbin with a 7-3 advantage. The pressure of continuous serving and total score caused Xu Yingbin to make two consecutive misses. Lin Gaoyuan made persistent efforts to get a side ball and won the match point with a score of 10-3, but two consecutive goals went out of bounds to reduce the score to 11-5. . In the end, Xu Yingbin served out of bounds, and Lin Gaoyuan scored 11-5 in this game and 4-0 with a big score of zero seals and successfully advanced!
In the post-match interview, Lin Gaoyuan, who successfully advanced to the men’s singles final, said that this victory was mainly due to the adequate preparations before the event and his steady performance during the game. At the same time, he also praised his opponent Xu Yingbin’s wonderful performance. When asked how he would deal with tonight’s final, he said that since the two opponents who may advance are of the same type of play, he must be prepared before the event, “Both opponents are difficult to play… I think it is still You have to fight slowly and fight for every point.” Lin Gaoyuan described it this way. At the end of the interview, Lin Gaoyuan also thanked all the audience for their help, “When I sometimes have mental problems on the field, the audience’s encouragement is undoubtedly a kind of strength.” He said, “Thank you for your support along the way, I hope to be able to Contribute to a better game for everyone.”Return to Sohu, see more
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