The WTT Macau Championship ended the first matchday with today's finale between Fan Zhendong of national table tennis and local player Zhang Zicheng, the second match played by Fan Zhendong today, he won 3-0 to reach the quarterfinals. In a women's singles final that ended earlier, women's singles world number one Chen Meng won 3-2 against Du Kaixuan in Hong Kong, China after five sets of hard fighting. Mixed doubles top seed Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha defeated Ma Long / Qian Tianyi 3-0.
In the men's singles arena, fan Zhendong, the top seed in the tournament and the world number one in the men's singles, played against Zhang Zicheng, and in the first set, Zhang Zicheng took a 6-3 lead, and Fan Zhendong still played steadily in the case of backwardness, and won the first set with an 11-9 reversal. In the second set, Zhang Zicheng saved 3 consecutive set points when he was behind 6-10, and Fan Zhendong withstood the opponent's counterattack to win another set 11-9. In the third set, Fan Zhendong continued to exert his strength after 3 draws, pulled the score apart 8-4, won the third set 11-6, defeated Zhang Zicheng 3-0, and the men's singles also entered the quarterfinals after the mixed doubles.
Another world number one, Chen Meng, met a strong challenge from Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan in the women's singles competition. Chen Meng won the first set 11-8, Du Kaixuan grasped the key points in the second set to win the first set 13-11, the third set was fiercely contested between the two sides, Chen Meng won 12-10, and then Du Kaixuan won the fourth set 13-11 to bring the game into the decider. Seeing Chen Meng's state fluctuate, Marlene, the head coach who gave him off-court guidance, also frowned during the break.
However, in the decider, Chen Meng showed the strength of the world's first, she did not give Du Kaixuan another chance, easily won 11-2, so as to win 3-2 with a large score and enter the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Chen Meng's opponent was Zhang Rui, who defeated chipper Liu Fei 3-1 in the first round.
In the mixed doubles arena, the top seeds Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha made their debut after winning the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and their opponents were Ma Long, who was competing for the first time, and Qian Tianyi, the left-hander.
Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha cooperated more tacitly in the game, losing three straight sets 11-8, 11-5, 11-9, with a big score of 3-0 against Ma Long / Qian Tianyi to advance to the quarterfinals, and in the next round they will face Fan Zhendong / Ku Man. Fan Zhendong/ Kuo Man defeated Yuan Licen/Wang Yidi 3-1 in the first match of the partner.