WTT Grand Slam" is almost! Lin Yunru fought fiercely for 7 games and lost to the champion Matsushima Terukora, finishing second and tied for the best.

Lin Yunru. (File photo)

[Reporter Nian Miaoyun/Comprehensive Report] "Silent Assassin" Lin Yunru fought fiercely for 7 games with the Japanese champion Terukora Matsushima in the WTT China Grand Slam men's singles championship match today. Unfortunately, he gave up with a score of 3:4 and finished second again.

World No. 6 Lin Yunru finished second in the Mixed Doubles with Zheng Yijing at the China Grand Slam this week. The men's singles continued their efforts. Yesterday, they swept the world's fifth-ranked Swedish "Truls Möregårdh" in straight four in the men's singles quarterfinals. Today, they won the quarterfinals against Brazilian brother Hugo Calderano after 7 fierce games. They entered the championship match again after this year's Singapore Station.

Lin Yunru will compete with the 19-year-old Japanese golf champion Terukora Matsushima for the championship today, challenging for the first Grand Slam men's singles gold medal in his career. In the past, Kobayashi had an advantage of 6 wins and 1 loss against Matsushima, but this defeat came at this year's Table Tennis World Cup. At that time, the two sides fought fiercely for 7 games to decide the winner. The strength of the new king should not be underestimated.

Lin Yunru made two errors in receiving and losing points at the beginning of the game, which disrupted his rhythm and fell into a 0:4 deficit. However, he quickly corrected his condition and scored 5 points in a row to overtake. Unfortunately, his opponent came from behind. Xiaolin gave up 7:11, and he also lost the second game 9:11.

Despite falling into a 0:2 disadvantage, Lin Yunru continued to modify his play in the third game and came back to take an 8:6 lead, and regained the victory at 11:7; Xiaolin also used this momentum to take the lead in the next game. He played a sharp attack, which made Matsushima give a thumbs up salute even when he was unable to fight back. However, Xiaolin took the lead in grabbing the game point and won 11:8, making the game 2:2.

The two sides saw a tug-of-war at the beginning of the fifth game, but Lin Yunru seized the opportunity to continue to expand the lead, and with Matsushima Terukong's mood, Kobayashi won 11:5, with a draw of 3:2; then Kobayashi started with a 3:1 offensive, but Matsushima came from behind and even had a game point, forcing the deciding game at 11:7.

Lin Yunru lost 3 points in a row at the beginning of the deciding game and immediately called a timeout. Unfortunately, he still could not stop the bleeding and fell into a 0:6 deficit. Kobayashi seized the opportunity to serve and changed his strategy to grab 3 points in a row, forcing Matsushima Terukora to take a timeout. Kobayashi continued to grab points at 3:6 and caught up to 8:9. Although Matsushima had the championship point first, Kobayashi recovered 1 point. Unfortunately, he failed to reverse the situation and lost at 9:11.