After the fierce competition on the first day of the WTT Macau Competition, the top eight lists for each individual event have now been selected.
On the first day of the competition, although only half of the 1/8 finals were played, the competition was still very fierce, and the strength of the national table tennis was also fully reflected on the first day, with five foreign association players all out, and China's Zhou Qihao also double-line out, which was unexpected.
1. Men's Singles Competition.
In the men's singles competition, the biggest upset on the first day was Zhou Qihao.
The athlete, who once won a singles spot at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, was once again killed in a round of the Macau Tournament after an early exit from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships.
Zhou Qihao's opponent in the first round was Lin Shidong, a young player who was only 16 years old, but in the face of the young player, Zhou Qihao appeared to be very stressed in the game, played very unstable, and eventually lost the game.
Wang Chuqin performed very strongly against Xue Fei, and finally swept the opponent with a score of 3-0 to advance to the second round of the men's singles. The scores were 11-7, 11-3 and 11-5.
Lin Gaoyuan still encountered certain difficulties in the match with Lin Zhaoheng, but fortunately, Lin Gaoyuan's personal strength was still above the opponent, and in the end, Lin Gaoyuan defeated the opponent by a score of 3-1 and struggled to break into the men's singles quarterfinals.
Fan Zhendong played relatively steadily in the match with Zhang Zicheng, and despite the strong impact of the opponent, Fan Zhendong still defeated the opponent with 11-9, 11-9 and 11-6 scores to successfully advance to the quarterfinals.
In this way, on the first day of the competition, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
2. Women's Singles Competition.
Wang Xiaotong encountered difficulties in the match against Li Qian, an overseas table tennis team, but fortunately Wang Xiaotong still withstood the pressure, and finally won the opponent with a thrilling score of 3-2 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, the five innings were 12-10, 10-12, 13-11, 5-11 and 11-9, from the score alone, the competition between the two sides was very fierce.
Liu Weishan performed very well against another overseas table tennis player, Li Jie, and finally won 11-7, 11-7 and 11-8.
Zhang Rui won 3-1 in the match against chipper Liu Fei, although he encountered certain difficulties.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Fei has withdrawn from the national team, but there is no very good chipper in the national team at present, so Liu Fei resolutely chose to return when the national team needed himself, and such a spirit of dedication is indeed worthy of respect.
Olympic champion Chen Meng, in the match with Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan, was expected to be a very difficult match before the match, and sure enough, the two fought fiercely to the decider, and in the end, it was Chen Meng who was superior and defeated the opponent by a score of 3-2.
3. Mixed doubles competition.
Sun Yingsha King Chu Qin encountered a very powerful opponent in the first round of Ma Long Qian Tianyi, but fortunately, Sun Yingsha King Chu Qin cooperated with tacit understanding, and finally swept the opponent with a score of 3-0, and strongly advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
The Fan Zhendong/Kuman combination faced Wang Yidi Yuan Lichen, and after a fierce battle, in the end, Fan Zhendong Kuman defeated the opponent 3-1.
Xiang Peng Zhangrui ushered in a foreign battle, they lost a set in the match with Hong Kong and China's Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaixuan, but in the end there was no danger to win 3-1.
Xue Fei / Wang Xiaotong The opponent in the first round is Zhou Qihao He Zhuojia combination, the game is very fierce, Xue Fei Wang Xiaotong in the case of a big score of 1-2 behind, two consecutive sets, and finally reversed the opponent with a 3-2 score, so far, Zhou Qihao is out of the game!
4. Today's Schedule.
On January 20, the Macau race will continue for the second day of the competition, and Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen and veteran Ma Long will also play today.
What is more worth looking forward to is the game of veteran Liu Shiwen against Wang Yidi.
After Liu Shiwen lost the mixed doubles final at the Tokyo Olympics, she was under a lot of pressure, and many fans called on Liu Shiwen not to waste the resources of the national team despite retiring.
But in this regard, Liu Shiwen said that she will not retire and will continue to win glory for the country on the field.
And Wang Yidi is currently in a very good state, the current world ranking has surpassed Liu Shiwen, from the current personal strength, Wang Yidi is also more superior, but Liu Shiwen is experienced in the competition after all.
Whether Liu Shiwen can defeat Wang Yidi, this game is worth paying attention to.
In addition, Sun Yingsha's match against He Zhuojia and Ma Long against Liang Jingkun are also very worthy of attention.