In the men's singles quarterfinals, the rising star of the Japanese men's team, Yukiya Utada, after five innings, defeated Germany's main player Qiu Dang 3-2 (11-13/11-7/9-11/11-5/11-6) to advance to the men's singles semifinals, or become the only Japanese player in the singles field. World No. 5 Wang Yidi won 4 points over French veteran Yuan Jiannan after 4 rounds of hard fighting (11-9/12-10/11-13/12-10) to advance to the women's singles semifinals, while Liang Jingkun, who was also ranked No. 5 in the world, swept Sweden's world champion K-Carlsson 3-0 (11-8/11-7/11-9).
Due to the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan's exit in the first round, there was no Chinese player in his 2/4 zone, and it was destined to produce a dark horse to advance to the top 4 of the men's singles. As a result, this district finally stood out from the German straight-board Chinese player Qiu Dang and Japan's post-00 young player Utada Yukiya, the former's father Qiu Jianxin was a coach in the Japanese team, very familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese team, but the big war is currently fighting for each other, it is impossible to provide too much information to the son, Qiu Dang should currently be regarded as the No. 5 main force of the German men's team, after Ochalov, Pol, Francesca and Duda, he and Duda's men's doubles strong file reached the semifinals this time. Qiu Dang's straight board fast attack is very characteristic in the mainstream of European horizontal boards, and in the past two years, it has become more and more mature in the international arena.
Japan's youngster Yukiya Utada before this competition, the only result is the 2020 All Japan Championships men's singles champion, the international record is a mess, only one Houston World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles third place, Utah Yukiya has potential but has not been released in the competition. In this competition, Utada Yukiya broke through 3 levels in a row, defeating Deping Ichigopol and Lin Zhongxun, and it should be known that Lin Zhongxun defeated Lin Gaoyuan's dark horse 3-0 in the first round. The game of this dark horse battle was full of twists and turns, Qiu Dang took advantage of the rich changes in the first three boards, once achieved a 2-1 lead, in the end because of the lack of hard power thickness, or Utada Yukiya caught the opportunity to reverse the victory in the standoff, and in the semifinals Yukiya Utada challenged Fan Zhendong and Francesca's winners.
In the women's singles 1/4 final eliminated Ito Mimachi's French Chinese veteran Yuan Jiannan challenged the world's No. 5 Wang Yidi, the whole game process is very tangled, Wang Yidi's front and backhands do not lack hard power, for the opponent's positive glue play is also carefully prepared, really on the field is still not adapted to the opponent's offensive routine, 4 innings of each game is 2 points to determine the winner, Wang Yidi won 3-1, actually only won the opponent 4 points only.
Liang Jingkun and Karlsson's match was relatively easy, although the opponent saved 2 match points, and the score was close to 9-10 in the third set, but Liang Jingkun was unmoved and insisted on attacking to win the whole game. As the men's doubles champion of last year's World Table Tennis Championships, it is still difficult to set off waves in the singles field, coupled with the world table tennis championships after the opponent's key research, this men's doubles has also been eliminated by the European transnational combination, it is worth mentioning that his sister just married Francesca, the third main force in Germany, and Francesca eliminated China's first straight board Xu Xin in the 1/8 final.