The first day of the WTT Macau tournament has ended, and half of the men's singles quarterfinals will be generated, with Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Fan Zhendong taking the lead in qualifying. The first men's singles quarterfinals was played between Zhou Qihao and Lin Shidong, who defeated Zhou Qihao 3-2 to advance. Whether it is the experience of the competition or the technical and tactical strength, Zhou Qihao is theoretically above Lin Shidong. However, during the game, he was slightly anxious, and the key points were always unable to catch, so that he was eliminated by the post-00s youngsters. Lin Shidong has often defeated his teammates in the past year, and his strength has grown rapidly.
Wang Chuqin swept Xue Fei 3-0, becoming the second player in the men's singles to advance to the quarterfinals. After the baptism of the World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin's stability in the competition has gradually improved, he has played more firmly, and his hard strength is far above Xue Fei, especially the wonderful pulling action of both sides, Wang Chuqin can gain the upper hand and become the key to winning the game. And Wang Chuqin won 2 consecutive wins in one day, and sun Yingsha swept Ma Long/Qian Tianyi 3-0 in mixed doubles, and both events have the hope of impacting the championship.
Lin Gaoyuan defeated Lin Zhaoheng 3-1 to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals. Lin Gaoyuan's current game status has improved greatly from the Tokyo cycle, Lin Zhaoheng's strength is not as good as Hong Kong's brother Huang Zhenting, and Lin Gaoyuan's promotion to the quarterfinals has not encountered much obstacle. Although the second set encountered certain difficulties, but the last two sets of firm conviction, Lin Gaoyuan grasped the key points and finally won the game.
In the quarterfinals, Lin Gaoyuan will face the challenge of young player Lin Shidong. Although the opponent is a post-00 young player, Xu Xin and other main players have lost under his hands, and Zhou Qihao is also defeated by Lin Shidong this time. Lin Gaoyuan used to lose key games, and now in the face of a young player with a very strong impact, he still can't take it lightly, otherwise he may really be out of the cold. Moreover, Lin Shidong has a stable mentality and plays similar to Fan Zhendong, which is a problem that Lin Gaoyuan needs to face.
Fan Zhendong was the last to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals, beating Zhang Zicheng 3-0. If we talk about personal strength alone, Zhang Zicheng and Fan Zhendong are not at the same level. However, in this game, Fan Zhendong entered the game slowly, and was once equalized by Zhang Zicheng, and even the end of the game was unstable. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong has a lot of experience in the competition, and directly suppressed the opponent in the third set, and finally made a clean sheet to advance to the quarterfinals. Moreover, Fan Zhendong's head coach Wang Hao did not go out with the team, and he needed Fan Zhendong to be vigilant against his opponents.
Judging from the men's singles signing table, Fan Zhendong's pressure to advance to the final four is not great, and the quarter-final will be against the winner between Yuan Licen and Xu Yingbin. No matter who he encounters, Fan Zhendong has absolute strength to win. It's just that the semi-finals need to face Lin Gaoyuan or Lin Shidong, which is also the biggest difficulty for Fan Zhendong to advance to the final. On the first day of the competition, all 3 main players of the men's team advanced to the quarterfinals, and the overall performance was not bad.