Lin Junyi.

(File photo, photo by reporter Fang Bin)

[Reporter Lin Yuefu/Comprehensive Report] "Left-handed heavy gun" Lin Junyi defeated Chinese famous player Shi Yuqi at 21:15 and 21:19 in the Super 300 Series Thailand Badminton Masters today. He broke into the Super Men's Singles final for the second time in his career, showing his momentum of succession .

Lin Junyi, ranked 35th in the world, reversed the Chinese player Weng Hongyang, ranked 27th in the world, in the first round with 15:21, 21:18, 21:19, and defeated 21-year-old Indonesian player Christian Adinata (Christian Adinata) in the round of 16 with 21:17, 21:13 , And yesterday, he defeated the Japanese player Kenta Nishimoto with 21:12 and 21:11 yesterday. After the 2019 US Open and the 2022 Taipei Open, he advanced to the top 4 of the Super Tournament for the third time in his career.

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Coach Li Songyuan pointed out that Lin Junyi encountered problems in the past and it took a long time to solve them, but now he has become easy to deal with, because of his quick on-the-spot response, he can use more tactical changes to limit opponents.

Shi Yuqi is currently ranked 19th in the world. In the past, the highest ranking was even higher than No. 2. Lin Junyi must use his strong ability to kill the ball if he wants to defeat a strong opponent. In the first round, Kobayashi can not only compete with his opponents, but also take the lead in most cases. Points, take the first game from the strong opponent.

With the momentum of winning first, Lin Junyi still had a way to fight Shi Yuqi in the second game, especially his sharp smash, which made Shi Yuqi difficult to parry many times, and he scored 4 points in a row, leading 11:7 into the The technical timeout, but Shi Yuqi continued to counterattack, and even chased to a 19:19 tie, but Kobayashi did not panic, took off and smashed the ball directly to make the opponent unable to react, and relied on luck to turn the tennis ball, and directly cashed in the first end point , He also fell to his knees in excitement, accepting his first ticket to the final after more than 3 years.

Lin Junyi, who won the first Super 300 championship at the 2019 U.S. Open, has been strengthened for many years. Now he has passed 4 consecutive rounds in Thailand and entered the Super Championship for the second time in his career. Tomorrow’s opponent will be Hong Kong star Ng Ka Long , Chinese player Li Shifeng between the winners.

Chinese star Shi Yuqi.

(File photo, Associated Press)

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