On October 20, 2022, the table tennis Macao Championship entered a white-hot stage. Chinese Taipei young player Lin Yunru got a good start, fought hard for five games and advanced hard, and finally narrowly defeated the German star Boer 3-2, and then competed against Croatian player Pukar for the quarterfinals.
Lin Yunju and Boer's old match is also the main highlight of the first round. The two are only 8 places apart in the rankings, with the 7th place in Chinese Taipei young player Lin Yunju and the 15th place in German famous player Boer. The age difference is 20 years old. In fact, the 41-year-old Boer is active in the professional arena, maintaining a stable competitive state, and always having strong competitiveness. It is an amazing thing in itself, and his spirit is admirable.
Judging from the performance of the competition, Boer has achieved even higher achievements. He once won the men's table tennis World Cup championship and the silver medal in the men's team at the Olympics. Lin Yunru's best result in the competition was third place. Both of them defeated the main players of the national table tennis team more than once and were valued by the coaching staff. At the same time, neither of them participated in the previous World Table Tennis Championships. The strength of both sides in this game is similar, and it all depends on the performance on the spot, but the young player Lin Yunru is even more optimistic about advancing.
game adopts a 5-inning 3-win system. Lin Yunru's playing style is very flexible. He is good at controlling the situation through rhythm changes. At the same time, the score rate of backhand twisting is extremely high, and his psychological quality is also good. However, the quality of the forehand is relatively poor, and it is easy for opponents to catch the flaws. In the first game, Lin Yunru led 8-4, and Boer serves to attack . Lin Yunru stepped back and entered a stalemate. Boer tied 9, scored 2 points in a row and took the lead with 11-9.
Jiang is still old, Lin Yunju has a great advantage in the end of the game, but he was beaten 7-1 by Boer. In the second game, Lin Yunju began to change the rhythm. Boer could not keep up with the opponent's speed. Lin Yunju led 8-5 and scored 2 points in a row to get the game point. Boer chased to 9-10. Lin Yunju was suspended. At the critical moment, Lin Yunju was not ruthless and won the game 14-12, avoiding being reversed by Boer again.
Lin Yunju has always been an advantage, but it is difficult to widen the gap. In the third game, Boer was very tenacious, and he lag behind and tied 9. Lin Yunju chose to take the initiative, actively changed the line in the first three boards, offensive Boer scored a big angle, and won another game 11-9. It is not difficult to see from the performance of the first three games that both of them are top experts, and the outcome is only between the right ones. It depends on the final key points, who can seize the opportunity.
In the fourth game, Boer equalized the score 11-7. Lin Yunju scored 7 points in a row in the decisive game. Boer's condition declined severely. Lin Yunju scored 11-6 to end the game, and finally narrowly defeated Boer 3-2. Next, he played against Croatian player Pukar to compete for the men's singles quarterfinals. This is a good choice. As long as Lin Yunju performs his normal level, it should be no big problem to continue moving forward. The seed player against the same area is Liang Jingkun.
