[WTT] LIN Yun-Ju vs WANG Chuqin H/L | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023

Sunday, Tale of the Table. This is going to be a ninth meeting between these two chunky head to head. Most recently, they met at the Asian Games. Lin has beaten him before. Guy and Fraze is still with you here. Fraze, I know you're looking forward to this, because as we look at Lin Wenru, you feel, despite that head to head, he's got a shot here this afternoon. Can he knock out Wang Chuqin here, though, who just another WTT week. Just winning for fun. It's always the case, isn't it? Two best left handers. China's second seed, Wang Chuqin. Does he have the cement to put all those bricks together against Wang Chuqin point by point? There it is. That flick. It's got to have the right, if you like, the right minerals, the right course that you need, you need so much more. One, five. Passed the flick there and flicks in vain there. Pretty straightforward wins as they go. Close four. A lot of racket speed. Eight, four. Reactive. Eight, five. Wang can just seem to dismiss spin. First hit from Wang was superb, but Lin ends up taking it. Great switch. Wang did well, but too little, too late. Don't think of him as a lobber, do you? Ten, six. Three games. Ten, seven. There's some trouble here still in this opening game of this one here in Frankfurt. Eleven, seven. There we go, another error. Game of this one going the way of Lin by eleven points to seven. You think Wang the last four times that he's beaten. Seven, five. Yeah, I mean, Lin Wenru is a player who's beaten Ma Long, Dato is. Seven, six. He's had more than his fair share of fortune. I will say that. Nine, seven. Oh, so well, so stealthy to level up. Nine, ten. A little touch received there in the first event. Stands tall, stands firm here. Pivotal period of the semifinal here. Eleven, ten. You saw that. He's on it in a flash. He gauged the line so well. Eleven. Oh, that was brilliant. That receive, wasn't it? Thirteen, eleven. It's an edge there at the end, I suppose. His opponent said a few of them. What a time for it to arrive. Fine margins at the top table of this sport. Demonstrated there yet again. Wang Xiuqin levels up the second game. Thirteen, eleven. Lin should try and build upon that encouragement that he got so close. Oh, my word. It's warming up nicely, isn't it, this? He was trying to protect that backhand side after it. Oh, mismatch at the moment. I'll have one. Oh, seven. A drop to nothing that one could do about it came out. Great body language there from Wang Xiuqin. It's done on to what he needs to do next. That six, seven, eight, six. I'd say underrated Wang Xiuqin. Nine, six. Superb touch, isn't it, as well? And the pressure being put on. Six, ten. Xiuqin it, though. Eleven, six. It is, though, the third game for Wang in the end. Wang, two on up, taking the third. Eleven, six. Lin resuming with the service. Oh, six, seven. Wang in front, but I'd say they're two big cats here. Yeah, eight, six. Although Wang Xiuqin gives me more kind of lion vibes, they call him Lionheart. Eight, seven. Seamless in his transitions. Seven. He was listening to you there, perhaps. Oh, my. What did he apologize here for? That is unbelievable feeling. The sexiest shot of the day. Infinity Arena crowd as well, and he's giving him game points. Eleven, seven. That's a spurt, isn't it, from Lin? Getting back, levelling up with Wang. Two each now as he takes game four by eleven points to seven. Level again with Wang Xiuqin. He does fast long there to surprise the Chinese. First of all, it was semi-finals in Xinjiang. There's two titles as well. For Lin, that is. Shown, as you say, can beat members of the Chinese national team. And Wang has always been, you talked about the body language here, is known really from that opening game that he's met his match on this day in terms of shot quality, if you like. That's so fundamental as well. Look at this start here to the fifth. Five, nine. I think that's a fantastic point you make because showboating around. One, five. Very unlucky there, of course. Wow, Wang Xiuqin. Oh, we've had some points this week in Frankfurt. That could be the finest of the lot from the silent assassin. He has absolutely creamed that down the line. And then a sizzling Chiquita. Coming right around the side, there's no top spin on it at all. It's good enough on its own. There's three, four minutes here already. Yeah, the pilot room. And they're going to put on some more as well. I mean, who is making the decision on what to put in that edit? Lin here. Five. These are the moments where you can get carried away. Well, it's kind of on to make a lot of ground. He was so keen to come around and take it. Nine, seven. The gap is narrowing here. It's becoming all the more tense. Oh, the transition to make an irregular ones. And one needed. He leads Wang Xiuqin three to the fifties. He's eleven, seven. Love one in a row. It's all under threat because of an assassin, Lin Wenru. But he's learning from them. Three. And so far, the shot selection has been pinpoint precise and mature a timeout. Oh, he paid for it right into the middle. Thanks, love. Seven. And that's somewhat love on the on the other foot now. No one is unbeatable. Nine, one. Eleven. Through to the final of the WTT champions tier event for the first time, and what a way to do it. He is taken apart. The man who was on an 18 match win streak. He snapped the streak of Wang Xiuqin, who is out here. He's been outplayed. And I think he knows it. The silent assassin making all the noise here on the infinity arena. What a performance from Lin Wenru.