20 Team World Table Tennis Championships will start in March. The Asian table tennis team - the Chinese Taipei Men's Team, has recently announced their list of players. Among them, the young player Lin Yunru, who is only 18 years old but is already a top athlete in the world, was selected without surprise and will become the core main force of the team again.
At present, Lin Yunru not only plays an important role in team competitions, but also is an expert in both men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles events. This year's Tokyo Olympics is very likely to compete with the Chinese table tennis team in three major events, and each one has the possibility of winning cards. It is really a one-person support for the entire team and the young and old!
Lin Yunru was born in August 2001. He is one of the most outstanding young players in the 2000s in the table tennis world. He has broken through the national table tennis defense line many times. World champions Ma Long , Fan Zhendong , Lin Gaoyuan , Wang Chuqin and others have all lost to him. Japan's new "No. 1" Zhang Benzhihe also lost to him and called him his life's enemy. It is indeed not simple.
What is commendable is that Lin Yunru not only performed outstandingly in singles, but also cooperated with the top sister of the Chinese Taipei team in the mixed doubles and the top sister of the Chinese Taipei team, Zheng Yijing and . Although it is still a gap with the world champion Xu Xin/ Liu Shiwen , he has successfully obtained the Olympic mixed doubles qualification with the top 4 in the finals last year.
In addition to men's singles and mixed doubles, Lin Yunru's men's doubles score is also good, but considering that other athletes in the Chinese Taipei team are average, Lin Yunru will likely play the No. 1 main player in the Olympic team and play in the last two singles, so men's doubles will not be his focus for the time being.
2019 is a year of great success in Lin Yunru's career. He won the men's singles championship in the T2 Diamond Competition and the Czech Open, and won the bronze medal in the World Cup, so his world ranking has soared to 6th place, second only to Zhang Benzhihe among the male players of the Foreign Association. He is indeed the main competitor of the Chinese table tennis team.
Although he was gentle and far less popular in the field than Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru's motivation on the field was not inferior to his peers such as Zhang Benzhihe and Wang Chuqin. Everyone also witnessed the soaring performance bit by bit - although they were not very good at showing off, their power after making moves is indeed extraordinary, and they have a bit of "unmoving as a mountain and invading as fire".
So will Lin Yunru's achievements in 2020 make new progress? Everything is still unpredictable, so let’s wait and see!