Beijing time on July 14 news, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT Star Challenge Budapest station began to compete for the fourth day. In the second round of men's singles, Zhang Benzhihe lost to Egypt's Assar 2-3, and did not qualify for the round of 16, with Zhang Benzhihe's exit, the Japanese men's table tennis (men's singles, men's doubles) was completely destroyed. In the second round of the women's singles, Wang Yidi defeated Xu Xiaoyuan 3-1 to advance to the round of 16.
As the world's highest-ranked player in Japan's men's table tennis, Zhang Benzhihe's performance in the world championships in the past two years has not been satisfactory, with the runner-up of last year's WTT World Cup finals (losing to Fan Zhendong) and the mixed doubles champion of this year's WTT regular challenge zagreb (with Hayata Hina) being one of the few good results.
In this competition, in the case of two japanese post-00s rising stars Yukiya Utada and Tokami Hayabusa coming out of the first round, Zhang Benzhihe is the only hope left in Japanese men's table tennis. Bye-time in the first round, he faced Egypt's Omar Asal in the second round, who eliminated Hayabusa Toue 3-1 in the first round.
In the first set, Zhang Benzhihe played a small climax of 4-1 after 2 draws, opening the score 6-3. Assar made a mistake in his backhand attack, and Zhang Benzhihe won the set point 10-6. At the critical moment, the Japanese brother made a decisive move and won the top spot 11-6.
In the second set, Zhang Benzhihe's backhand fluctuated, and the opening set fell behind 1-4. After 4-7, Zhang Benzhihe played a little impatiently, making consecutive mistakes and losing the set 4-11. In the third set, Zhang Benzhihe was still not excited enough, and Assar completely let go, and the Japanese brother fell behind 3-6 in the opening game.
After 4-7 Zhang Benzhihe took the initiative to score after serving, 5-7 after the Japanese brother made consecutive mistakes, Assar played very patiently, and with Zhang Benzhihe's return mistake, Assar won 11-5. In the fourth set, Zhang Benzhihe won 11-4. In the decider, Zhang Benzhi fell behind 0-3, 1-6, he stubbornly chased to 9-10, but failed to grasp the key points, lost 9-11, and finally lost to Assar 2-3, upset out.
Wang Yidi faced 35-year-old South Korean chipper Xu Xiaoyuan in the second round. After the start of the game, Wang Yidi could not find the feel for a long time, and he made more mistakes himself, falling behind 0-6. Xu Xiaoyuan was stable and fierce, and won the round point 10-1. Wang Yidi saved five innings and still lost the first set 6-11.
In the second set, Wang Yidi chased to 7 draws after the start, and Xu Xiaoyuan balanced the attack and defense in the standoff, taking the set point 10-9. At the moment of glue, Wang Yidi was calm and calm, successively defused the inning points, and scored two consecutive points after 12 draws to win back a city 14-12.
In the third set, Wang Yidi started with a 3-1 lead, after which she fully adapted to Xu Xiaoyuan's rhythm, played very patiently in the middle of the match, effectively controlled the mistake, and extended the result 7-3. At the end of the innings, Wang Yidi was calm and calm, did not give Xu Xiaoyuan any chance, and won 11-3 with four consecutive points.
In the fourth set, the two sides played more glue, Wang Yidi grasped the key points, won 11-9, thus beating Xu Xiaoyuan 3-1 to advance to the round of 16.