On January 19, Beijing time, the ITTF China Macau Championships are underway. In the just-concluded competition, Olympic champion Chen Meng refused to be upset, and the total score was 3:2 thrilling victory over Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan, successfully advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that with the exit of Du Kaixuan, the national table tennis women's singles has won all the seats in the quarterfinals, locking in the championship and runner-up.
Next, Olympic champion Fan Zhendong took on host Macau's Zhang Zicheng. The latter Zhang Zicheng can be described as unknown, but in the face of Olympic champion Fan Zhendong, it can be said that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers and is full of hard work. Zhang Zicheng started the first set with a 5:4 lead, but Fan Zhendong was thrilled and won the first set 11:9.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong started 2:0. With a 7-5 lead, Fan Zhendong played an exhibition match with his opponent Zhang Zicheng, which made the stadium battle cheer non-stop. In the key sub-link, Fan Zhendong was still skilled, 10:8 to get the set point, after the host player Zhang Zicheng recovered a point, Fan Zhendong locked up the victory 11:9, and the big score was 2:0.
In the third set, the two sides started 3-3, after which Fan Zhendong led 5:3. Fan Zhendong played very skillfully and changed a lot. In the end, the world's no. 1 Fan Zhendong locked up the victory 11:6, dropped three straight sets, and the total score was 3:0 to seal the host player Zhang Zicheng, easily advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals.
It is worth mentioning that with the exit of China's Macao player Zhang Zicheng, the men's singles also have no foreign association players in this open competition. In the Macao Championships, 16 men's singles players participated, the national table tennis occupied 14 people, and the foreign association players Lin Zhaoheng and Zhang Zicheng were eliminated successively, so that the national table tennis men's singles won all the seats in the top eight and locked in the championship and runner-up in advance.