Since his debut, Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru has had at least 39 encounters with the main force of national table tennis, although there are more losses and fewer wins, but each victory will cause a huge sensation in the international table tennis world, especially in the Frankfurt Championship in early November this year, Lianke Wang Chuqin and Ma Long won the championship.
In fact, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan have all been defeated by Lin Yunru, and only Zhang Jike, Xu Xin and Liang Jingkun maintain an undefeated record against Lin Yunru. However, Zhang Jike and Liang Jingkun's fighting spirit and Lin Yunru fought once, and their mutual results were not convincing. So, is there a nemesis of Lin Yunru in the international table tennis world?
Absolutely!But it's not Fan Zhendong, it's not Wang Chuqin, it's not Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan.
If you count the two table tennis super games in 2020, Lin Yunru and Ma Long have played each other 10 times, and the two sides have played five or five, which can be regarded as a draw, so Ma Long is not Lin Yunru's nemesis;Wang Chuqin and Lin Yunru also met 10 times, and Lin Yunru was slightly inferior with 4 wins and 6 losses, so Wang Chuqin was not Lin Yunru's nemesis;As for Lin Gaoyuan, Da Linzi and Xiao Linzi have had 6 battles, and Xiao Linzi is slightly inferior with 2 wins and 4 losses, obviously, Da Linzi is still not Xiao Linzi's nemesis.
What about Fan Zhendong?The two have played each other a total of 7 times, and Fan Zhendong not only has an absolute advantage of 6 wins and 1 loss, but also maintains a record of five consecutive wins against Lin Yunru. But he is not Lin Yunru's nemesis.
The reason why I say this is because Fan Zhendong has won very difficult against Lin Yunru in the last few times, maybe the next time we meet, it is difficult to say who will lose and who will win, at least Fan Zhendong's current competitive level and state are worrying.
In this way, Lin Yunru's nemesis is none other than Xu Xin!That's right, it's Xu Xin!Coincidentally, Zhang Benzhihe's nemesis is also Xu Xin, because he fought Xu Xin 8 times, and none of them won.
In fact, Lin Yunru only fought against Xu Xin 4 times, but lost all 4 battles. Can it be said that Xu Xin is Lin Yunru's nemesis just because of all 4 defeats?Of course not.
It is not difficult for careful fans to find that Xu Xin is a master of the straight board, and the advantage of the straight board lies in the close to the attack. Lin Yunru or Zhang Benzhihe, they can occasionally defeat Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and other national table tennis forces, relying on the fast attack of the forehand and backhand of the near Taiwan, and Xu Xin's straight board just restricts their strengths, not to mention that Xu Xin is originally a first-class master in the international table tennis world, not only good at attacking near Taiwan, but also good at holding on to the middle and far Taiwan, and from time to time playing a shocking fairy ball in the far platform.
In fact, the near-stage attack was originally the national table tennis's forte, but somehow, in the past year or two, the national table tennis has played table tennis into badminton, and they all like to pass long passes.
Lin Yunru To sum up, Xu Xin is indeed Lin Yunru's only nemesis. If Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun don't seek technical and tactical changes against Lin Yunru in the future, perhaps the Frankfurt championship scene will continue to play out.