The Macau tournament ended the first day of the four women's singles quarterfinals competition, Wang Xiaotong, Liu Weishan, Zhang Rui and Chen Meng took the lead in reaching the quarterfinals. The first women's singles match was played between Wang Xiaotong and Li Qian, who narrowly defeated Li Qian 3-2 to advance. Since Li Qian is a chipper, Wang Xiaotong not only has little experience in the big game, but also does not have enough speed and strength to quickly defeat the chipper, so that the game is won and lost until the decider. However, after this battle, Wang Xiaotong enriched the experience of the competition and was conducive to future development.
Not to be outdone, Wang Xiaotong also won 3-2 against Zhou Qihao/He Zhuojia in the mixed doubles match, winning 2 consecutive games in one day. Although Wang Xiaotong is not the main player of national table tennis, but the performance of participating in international competitions is not lost to the main force, only by playing international competitions can you get the next opportunity to participate.
Liu Weishan defeated veteran Li Jie 3-0 to win a second place in the quarterfinals. Affected by the epidemic, Li Jie has not participated in international competitions for a long time, and Liu Weishan's strength is not in the same grade, and the loss is expected. Liu Weishan was the women's singles champion in the Slovenia regular season last year, and her strength is in a period of growth, and it is not difficult to defeat Li Jie. The mixed doubles arena is a big test for Liu Weishan, who will partner Xu Yingbin to face the Olympic mixed doubles runner-up Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, facing the danger of being out.
Zhang Rui defeated Liu Fei 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Zhang Rui, like Wang Xiaotong, has won 2 consecutive games a day, and singles and mixed doubles have all advanced to the quarterfinals. Liu Fei is a sharpshooter with good mixed doubles ability, but lack of singles ability. Zhang Ruiming is a national table tennis sparring team member on the surface, but his personal strength is close to that of the main player, and the Paris cycle is expected to achieve a breakthrough in his career. And Zhang Rui played well in 2 games, showing hard strength in attack, and even led his partner Xiang Peng to advance to the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
Chen Meng was the last to play in the women's singles quarterfinals, narrowly defeating Du Kaixuan 3-2 to advance. Last year's Tokyo Olympics were fierce rivals, when Du Kaixuan created great difficulties for Chen Meng, and fought hard for six innings to win or lose. This time, Du Kaixuan caused trouble for Chen Meng like the Olympic Games, and the two sides played each other in the first four sets. However, Du Kaixuan's state in the decider declined, and Chen Meng seized the opportunity to play an 11:2 score, thus winning the game with difficulty.
There is no doubt that Du Kaixuan has become a fierce enemy that Chen Meng has to be careful about, and a little carelessness may break out of the big cold. Next, Chen Meng will meet Zhang Rui in the quarterfinals, the two are teammates, often training together, Chen Meng's hope of advancing to the final four is greater. However, Zhang Rui won 2 consecutive wins on the first day, or showed a certain strength, and Chen Meng would still have a crisis once he was slow and hot. Even if he successfully reached the final four, there is also a world table tennis champion Wang Manyu in the same half of the district, and Chen Meng's road to promotion is extremely difficult.