WTT Grand Slam》Lin Yunru defeated Brazilian star Cardelano in 7 fierce games and advanced to tonight's championship match

Lin Yunru. (File photo)

[Reporter Nian Miaoyun/Comprehensive Report] "Silent Assassin" Lin Yunru defeated Brazilian brother Hugo Calderano 4:3 in the men's singles quarterfinals of the WTT China Grand Slam today. He will enter the championship match again after this year's Singapore Station. He is expected to compete with the winner of China's Zhou Qihao and Matsushima Terukora at 6 o'clock tonight.

Lin Yunru, ranked 6th in the world, entered the championship match with Zheng Yijing in the mixed doubles at the China Grand Slam this week, but unfortunately missed 8 championship points and ended up in runner-up. However, Kobayashi soon regained his mood, and the men's singles competition continued to advance. Yesterday, he swept the world's fifth-ranked Swedish "Hexagon Warrior" Truls Möregårdh in straight four in the men's singles quarterfinals. Following the Singapore Station at the beginning of the year, he broke into the men's singles quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time this year.

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Lin Yunru met the world's No. 7 Calderano today. Kobayashi had a 4-1 advantage against him in the past. The only defeat was in 2017. Kobayashi has won 4 consecutive games against him.

Lin Yunru was still looking for rhythm at the beginning of today. At one point, his opponent scored 6 points in a row and fell behind. However, he quickly adjusted his pace and quickly equalized. Unfortunately, after a stalemate at COSCO Taiwan, Xiaolin failed to fight back and his opponent won the game point first. Finally, he gave up at 9:11. In the next game, Xiaolin lost 9:11 due to many mistakes.

After losing two games in a row, Lin Yunru won the first game in the third game, but then Cardrano scored with a lucky ball and went ahead, falling into a 5:6 deficit; after the timeout, Xiaolin scored 4 points in a row, took the lead in grabbing the game point, raised his arms to celebrate and vented his grievances, and won the game 11:8. In the fourth game, the two sides started a fierce battle. After the battle reached 3:3, Kobayashi scored 2 points in a row to gain an advantage, but Cardrano continued to pursue and once took the lead. Fortunately, Kobayashi withstood the pressure and scored consecutive points on serve. Finally, he won 11:8 and tied the game to 2:2.

Entering the 5th game, Lin Yunru showed great momentum and took a 6:1 lead at the start. He took the lead in drawing the card at 11:4 in one go. Unfortunately, he gave up in the next game at 3:11 and was forced out of the deciding game. Kobayashi scored 3 points in a row in the 7th game and forced his opponent to pause. He also took advantage of his own serving opportunity to expand to a 5-point lead, and grabbed the last point of the match first to win 11:5.