Asian Games table tennis men's doubles final: Huang Youzheng/Lin Shidong win the championship

China News Service, September 27 (Reporter Guo Xuan) In the table tennis men's doubles final of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held on the evening of the 27th local time, the Chinese combination Huang Youzheng/Lin Shidong defeated the host combination Tomokazu Harimoto/Oto Shinozuka with a big score of 4:2 and won the championship.

At the post-match press conference, Lin Shidong said that the road to promotion this time was very difficult, and he and his partner advanced to the finals with the belief that they would win.

"We were at a disadvantage at the beginning of the final. After reaching (the big score) 2:2, our mentality relaxed and we thought about giving every ball our best effort. Winning this difficult victory today is a new beginning for us. We hope to reach a higher level through the Asian Games."

Lin Shidong also said that he and Huang Youzheng played together in many games before and reached the finals many times, but lost more. "We may need to use this victory to prove that we can work well together. I hope that in the following games, we can become more mature on the court."

Lin Shidong believes that during the closed training sessions in the early stages of the Asian Games, the two communicated and studied tactics every day and paid more attention to details. This time facing strong opponents from various teams, they played more freely than before, "all the baggage was put down."

In this Asian Games, Lin Shidong is involved in the table tennis men's team, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. He has achieved 2 gold medals and 1 silver. He will face the Chinese Taipei team star Lin Yunru in the men's singles semi-finals on the 28th. In this regard, Lin Shidong said that the opponent is strong and he hopes that he can focus on the game and try his best to play every game well.