4月12日下午，WTT太原挑戰賽男單四分之一決賽展開爭奪，剛剛在仁川冠軍賽奪冠的向鵬3-2逆轉擊敗韓國選手林鐘勛，艱難進入四強。

Xiang Peng defeated two Korean players in a row in the Incheon Championship, Jang Woo-jin and Lee Sang-so, and while winning the title, he also moved up to No. 13 in the world rankings.

This is the first time Xiang Peng and Lin Zhongxun have played each other, and both sides are very unfamiliar with each other's playing styles. After the start of the game, the two sides played very closely, and Xiang Peng entered the state relatively slowly, especially in the first game, Lin Zhongxun continuously attacked Xiang Peng's backhand, Xiang Peng couldn't respond, and Xiang Peng lost 10-0 in the first game, 0-0 behind. In the second game, Xiang Peng was still the chaser, and when he was 0-0 behind, he scored 0 points in a row and equalized 0-0.

第三局比賽，向鵬接發球頻繁出現失誤，被林鐘勛抓住機會連續拿分，再加上向鵬反手不在狀態，最終以11-6輕鬆勝出，總比分2-1領先。第四局比賽，向鵬沒有了退路，開局5-2領先，但林鐘勛連續打出高品質反拉，比分追到5-5平，向鵬頂住壓力，一板一板比拼，以11-8扳平比分。

The two sides entered the deciding game, Xiang Peng played very calmly, starting 2-0, forcing Lin Zhongxun to call a timeout, Xiang Peng chased after the victory, and won the game with a total score of 0-0.