At 7 pm on October 22, Beijing time, the men's singles semi-finals of the 2022 WTT Macau Championship start. The first semi-finals will be held by famous Chinese table tennis players Fan Zhendong against Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru . The semi-finals adopt a 4-win system of 7 games.
Fan Zhendong is now ranked first in the world, and Lin Yunru is ranked seventh.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong got into the state very quickly. The game was completely controlled by Fan Zhendong. The score was from 1-0 to 10-0. Lin Yunru only scored 1 point in this game. In the end, Fan Zhendong won the first game 11-1.
In the second game, Lin Yunru started well and led 6-2 at one point. Entering the second half, Fan Zhendong chased points continuously, and the two sides tied 10-10. In the end, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row with a win over and a fast break, and won another game 12-10. Fan Zhendong led 2-0 with a big score.
At the beginning of the third game, Lin Yunru led 3-1, while Fan Zhendong fell behind 4-8 for a while. Lin Yunru made two consecutive mistakes, and Fan Zhendong scored 7-9. Lin Yunru called for a timeout and came back from the timeout. Lin Yunru won a game 11-7 with Fan Zhendong's two offensive mistakes. The total score is rewritten to 2-1.
In the fourth game, after the two tied 3-3, Fan Zhendong scored 4 points in a row with the fast attack from receiving the serve, and then scored continuously with the advantage of backhand attack. In the end, Fan Zhendong won the game 11-6, and the total score was rewritten to 3-1.
In the fifth game, Lin Yunru led 4-2 at the beginning, and Fan Zhendong chased the score to 5-5, and serves to snatch overtakes the score. The two were in a stalemate, 6-6, 7-7. Lin Yunru took the lead in getting the game point 10-8 and chased another game 11-9. Fan Zhendong led the game 3-2 in the total score.
At the beginning of the sixth game, Lin Yunru took a 4-1 lead, Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in the attack, and scored another 1 point in the stalemate. Lin Yunru scored 2 points with a serve. After Fan Zhendong chased the score to 6-6, he scored 1 point with his backhand twist and scored again and again with the forehand side attack, finally securing the victory 11-6.
In this way, Fan Zhendong defeated Lin Yunru 4-2 with a total score and advanced to the finals first. Fan Zhendong's opponent in the finals was the winner between Wang Chuqin and Moregard.
Fan Zhendong
Lin Yunru
