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on the evening of september 15, the first day of the mid-autumn festival holiday, lin shidong and sun yingsha, who won the men's and women's singles championships at the wtt table tennis macau championship, came to macau's famous bauhinia square (golden lotus square) to take promotional photos of the champion city. such activities are familiar to sun yingsha, but for lin shidong, who is only 19 years old, it is the first time in his life!

in the past two weeks, lin shidong is undoubtedly the most successful player in the national table tennis team. first, in the wtt almaty regular challenge that ended on september 8, lin shidong won three championships! in the men's singles final, he defeated the 18-year-old korean rising star wu juncheng 4-3; in the men's doubles final, he and his partner xu yingbin swept the french combination of bourrassade/dole 3-0; in the mixed doubles final, he and his partner kuaiman defeated the romanian combination of ionescu/samara 3-0.

after winning three championships, lin shidong immediately moved to macau and seamlessly participated in the macau championships which started on september 9. he won 5 consecutive games and won the men's singles championship. his road to promotion was super strong! in the first round, he defeated the world no. 25 german player duda 3-0, and the three-game score only allowed his opponent to get 6 points;

in the quarter-finals, he defeated the no. 4 seed of the tournament and the no. 8 player in the world, tomokazu harimoto, the top player in the men's singles of japan, 3-2, which made the chinese people feel very excited. in the quarter-finals, he defeated the no. 5 seed of the tournament and the no. 9 player in the world, lin yun-ju of chinese taipei, 3-0.

in the semifinals, he defeated the world no. 1 men's singles player and the absolute core player of the chinese men's singles wang chuqin 4-1; in the finals, he swept the german-chinese star qiu dang, who also performed well in this tournament, 4-0. lin shidong's men's singles championship is well deserved! after winning the championship, lin shidong's world ranking will reach 7th, reaching a new high in his career!

from the above, it is not difficult to see that lin shidong is undoubtedly the most successful player in the current national table tennis team. after he won the olympic men's singles championship, it can be said that he completely disrupted the current situation of the national table tennis men's team!

as we all know, after the paris olympics, the 36-year-old ma long will definitely fade out of the national table tennis team gradually. even if he cannot retire immediately, it is definitely unrealistic to want to persist until the los angeles olympics four years later. therefore, the national table tennis men's team must have young players to take over. at this time, lin shidong's sudden outbreak can completely accelerate the pace of team long's retirement.

in fact, last year, lin shidong made great progress, especially in the goa star challenge in india in march 2023. when fan zhendong unexpectedly lost early and zhou qihao was not strong, lin shidong, who was also in the upper half, won all the way and defeated lin yunru 3-1 and swept the french straight-blade star felix lebrun 3-0 on the road to the finals!

although lin shidong lost to his teammate liang jingkun in the final, his runner-up result in men's singles also brought a big surprise to the fans! however, lin shidong's stability was not high afterwards, and he lost many foreign matches. until now, on the stage of the macau championship, lin shidong has completely exploded!

lin shidong's greatest feature is his strong backhand ability. the biggest difference between him and other players is that he can make a strong backhand counterattack when the opponent attacks, and the quality of the return ball is very high, leaving the opponent without any reaction. this technique is undoubtedly lin shidong's biggest secret weapon!

in addition, lin shidong has also made great progress in controlling his own mistakes, which is also very important. the internal reason for this is that lin shidong maintains a very good mentality, and wang hao, the head coach of the national table tennis men's team, must have played a crucial role in this.

wang hao is well aware of the current situation of the men's table tennis team. it is undoubtedly the most important task to get young players to the top as soon as possible, and the 19-year-old lin shidong is undoubtedly the best candidate. this can be seen from the fact that wang hao serves as lin shidong's off-court coach. it should be noted that the off-court coach of the men's table tennis team's main player lin gaoyuan is not wang hao, but the coach of the men's table tennis team liu heng, so there is no objection to lin shidong being valued by the coaching staff of the men's table tennis team.

from lin shidong's victory in the macau championship, it is clear that as long as lin shidong maintains his current state, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a main player in the national table tennis men's team. the talent he has shown so far is even higher than that of wang chuqin, whose characteristic is that he is very good at backhand twisting and pulling when receiving serves, but his ability to backhand return during the attack is indeed not as strong as that of lin shidong.

as fans, we are really happy to see more outstanding young players emerging in the national table tennis team. this is also one of the important reasons why the national table tennis team has maintained brilliant results for a long time!

at the same time, we should also look at lin shidong's outbreak rationally. having an outstanding performance in one or two events does not mean anything. the prerequisite for becoming an excellent player is to be able to maintain stable results all the time.

at present, lin shidong has the basic qualities to join the main force of the national table tennis men's team, but whether he can become an excellent or even great athlete, lin shidong still has a long way to go. i hope everything goes well for him in the future and wish him good luck!