On June 16, 2022, the table tennis Croatia tournament continued, the first round of partial competition ended, the national table tennis singles 2 wins and 2 losses, Wang Chence eliminated Croatia's Zeliko, Kuman defeated Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan, Lin Shidong lost to Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, Xu Yi lost to Germany's Shan Xiaona, and Kuman double-line promotion.
Lin Shidong is 17 years old, once defeated the world champion Xu Xin, by the attention of outside fans, just in this year, Lin Shidong made rapid progress, in many events have a good performance, Liu Guoliang is very optimistic about him, once expressed his hope to see Lin Shidong and Zhang Benzhi and fight, this time is also as desired, the two youngsters will meet in the first round, Lin Shidong can create good results, by everyone's expectations.
Zhang Benzhihe is the third seed in the men's singles, ranked 7th in the world, the best result of the competition is the runner-up of the men's table tennis World Cup, the final lost to Fan Zhendong, last year's Olympic games with the team won the bronze medal of the men's team, Zhang Benzhi and this period of poor performance, the World Table Tennis Championships lost to Poland's Dias, the Olympic Games lost to Slovenia's Dako, the competitive state is relatively sluggish, has been adjusting through training.
In the first set, both sides scored 5 points each, Zhang Benzhihe began to accelerate, suppressing Lin Shidong's attack, scoring 6 consecutive points to take the lead 11-5, Zhang Benzhihe scored 3 points in the second set, Lin Shidong fell behind and began to chase points, Zhang Benzhihe appeared ups and downs, unnecessary mistakes increased, Lin Shidong played steadily, the end of the inning came to 9 draws, Lin Shidong grasped the key ball, scored 2 consecutive points to equalize 11-9, Lin Shidong gradually found the rhythm.
In the third set, Lin Shidong took advantage of the chase to take a 6-1 lead, Zhang Benzhihe was very tenacious, lagging behind and chasing points continuously, and at the end of the innings came to 9 draws again, Zhang Benzhihe resisted the pressure and scored 2 consecutive points to win 11-9, and in the fourth set, Lin Shidong quickly equalized 11-6, the two sides scored 5 points each in the decider, Zhang Benzhihe pulled the point difference to 9-6, and then ended the game with 11-7, and finally won 3-2 against Lin Shidong.
Women's singles Kuman against a sister in Hong Kong, China, Du Kaixuan, became the focus of the first round of the showdown, Kuman blasted out 11-4, 11-7 to win two consecutive sets, to achieve a 2-0 lead, Du Kaixuan won a set 11-8, in the fourth set Kuman fully led, ended the match at 11-8, and finally eliminated Du Kaixuan 3-1, becoming the first player in the national table tennis to advance to the women's singles round of 16, and the women's doubles of Kuman/Chen Yi reached the quarterfinals.
At the same time, the men's singles Wang Chence eliminated Croatia's Zeliko 3-1, Sweden's Moregaard defeated Japan's Hayabusa 3-1, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru defeated South Korea's Zhao Shengmin 3-0, women's singles Hayata Hina swept Germany's Winter 3-0, Hirano Miyu won 3-0 against Hong Kong's Li Haoqing, and Germany's Shan Xiaona defeated Xu Yi 3-1.