On February 22, Beijing time, the ITTF Table Tennis Asian Cup launched a 1/8 competition, in the focus of the battle Lin Gaoyuan against Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and finally won the game 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan entered the state slowly, and he did not find any way to lose 6-11 after falling behind 3-7 in the opening game. The coach in the game thinks that he has an unstable mentality, has made many mistakes, and needs to be adjusted as soon as possible. In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan still did not show momentum in the first half of the game, and the score was always behind, but at the end of the game, Lin Gaoyuan did his best to equalize the score and finally won the second game 12-10.

In the key third game, Zhang Benzhihe still started quickly, and took a 6-4 lead at the beginning, and then Lin Gaoyuan broke the opponent's serve points in a row to equalize the score 6-6, and at the critical moment, Zhang Benzhihe launched again to get an 8-6 lead, and then Zhang Benzhihe actually called a timeout, and he lost three points in a row when he came back from a pause, Lin Gaoyuan overtook the score, but when he was behind, Zhang Benzhihe served more boldly, and scored two straight long balls on the bottom line, and won the third game 11-9.

In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan started but took a 6-2 lead, and then Zhang Benzhihe's state improved and chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to 5-6, Zhang Benzhihe's defense was relatively stable, Lin Gaoyuan seized the opportunity to score a forehand strong attack to score 7-5 to lead into the second half of the game. Zhang Benzhihe took advantage of Lin Gaoyuan's mental fluctuations to score two points in a row, and the score came to 7-7, and in the end, Lin Gaoyuan did not have another chance to counterattack, and finally Zhang Benzhihe locked the victory with 11-9.