Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju prevails over China’s Ma Long at WTT Champions Frankfurt

2023-11-06

Taiwan table tennis star Lin Yun-ju has nabbed his second championship title of the year. At the WTT Champions Frankfurt final, Lin went head-to-head against the greatest in the sport, China’s Ma Long. After losing the first game, Lin made a stunning comeback, winning four back-to-back games to secure the gold. This is Lin’s first-ever title at a Champions competition.

It’s the final at the WTT Champions Frankfurt. World No. 12 Lin Yun-ju from Taiwan faces off against World No. 3 Ma Long from China. The first two sets both ended at 11-7, with one win for Ma and one for Lin. The following games were fiercely contested, each going to deuce.

Lin got some help from a net ball in the third set. Ma rolled onto the ground to return it, but Lin seized the moment with an easy smash that leveled the score 7-7. He rode the momentum to win the set 13-11, moving into a 2-1 lead. He hit his stride in the fourth set, reaching game point first once again.

Lin claimed the fourth set 12-10, putting the pressure on his frustrated rival. In the fifth set, Lin capitalized on Ma’s errors to win again, 12-10. And with that fourth consecutive victory, Lin defeated the mighty Ma 4-1, nabbing his second championship title of the year and first career win at a Champions event. Lin said he could barely believe his own performance, and especially his victory over Ma.

Lin Yun-ju
Table tennis player
First of all, I am extremely happy to have won the competition. As for my match against Ma, I approached it as a challenge. He is the greatest player in the world, so I went into it thinking I should not hold back, and fight. It’s unbelievable. I never thought I’d win.

In the women’s singles final, it was China vs. China. On one side was World No. 5 Wang Yidi, fresh off beating her compatriot Sun Yingsha in the semifinals. In the gold medal match, she defeated World No. 3 Wang Manyu in four straight games to win the first Champions title of her career.

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林昀儒扳倒奧運金牌馬龍生涯冠軍賽首度封王

2023-11-06

台灣桌球好手林昀儒繳出生涯突破性表現，在法蘭克福冠軍賽連退世界頂尖強敵，在決賽遭遇兩屆奧運金牌傳奇馬龍，又以4比1獲勝，拿下今年第二個單打冠軍，也是生涯第一次在’’冠軍賽等級’’的大賽，站上頒獎台頂點。

WTT法蘭克福冠軍賽決賽上，世界排名的第12林昀儒，對上排名第3的馬龍，前兩局雙方都以11比7各贏一局，接下來的每一局，都得打到Deuce。

第三局球網幫了林昀儒一點忙，馬龍拚了老命回擊，還在地上滾了一圈，林昀儒輕鬆扣殺得分，第三局追成了7比7，之後繼續乘勝追擊，以13比11後來居上，拿下這一局取得2比1的領先。第四局林昀儒越打越順手，又率先聽牌。

12比10再贏一局，馬龍似乎感覺相當無奈，但就是打不贏，第5局又是自己回擊失誤送分。林昀儒12比10勝出，輸掉第一局後連贏4局，4比1扳倒大鯨魚馬龍，奪下今年第二冠，也是生涯首次，獲得冠軍賽等級賽事的冠軍頭銜，尤其能打敗馬龍封王，更讓他感到不可置信。

[[法蘭克福冠軍賽男單冠軍林昀儒]]
“就首先非常開心可以贏下比賽嘛，然後，就對馬龍，其實我都是以去挑戰他的心態，因為他也是，就世界上最偉大的球員，所以我就是以放開去拚的心態去打。現在感覺很不可思議吧，沒想到可以這樣贏下比賽。”

至於女單決賽，則是中國內戰，世界排名第5的王藝迪，4強先淘汰球后孫穎莎，然後又以4比0橫掃排名第3的隊友王曼昱，生涯首度摘下冠軍賽等級賽事的后冠。

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