Day 3 Match 23 Report – FAN Zhendong vs. LIN Gaoyuan
Match 23: FAN Zhendong (CHN) 4 - 0 LIN Gaoyuan (CHN) (11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
The surprise result of the preceding match took much of the excitement away in this encounter between Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan. In the end, the scoreline reflected the dominance Fan enjoyed over his team-mate Lin with many expecting a far closer fight. The world ranking suggests there’s little to separate these two but Fan was the one who brought the goods to the table on the day and did not give Lin much of a look-in. A day to forget for Lin while Fan marches on to the semi-finals.
I got into the match rhythm very quickly and had good starts in every game and was able to gain control of the match.
I did not perform well today and fail to control the tempo of the game. He settled in faster and I couldn’t catch up.
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