On October 19, the 2022 WTT Macau Championship officially started, this time only set up men's singles and women's singles two events, and only one table was set up on the spot, and the matches were played one after another. The semifinals are played in a best-of-5 format, while the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-7 format. In the national table tennis player competition that has ended today, Wang Yidi passed 3-0, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan played five rounds, and Liang Jingkun won 3-2 to advance to the round of 16.
Wang Yidi became the first player to appear in national table tennis, and her first-round opponent was Egypt's Hannah Gundam. Wang Yidi won the first set 11-8, won another game in the second game with a 11-9 reversal after falling behind 1-6 in the opening game, and won the third game 11-9, defeating Gundam 3-0 and advancing to the round of 16.
This was followed by a much-watched national table tennis civil war, Liang Jingkun against Lin Gaoyuan. Both of them are the main players of national table tennis, similar in age and strength. Liang Jingkun directly qualified for the competition with the world ranking, and Lin Gaoyuan played with a wild card. In the first game, Liang Jingkun entered the state faster, winning the game first 11-6; In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan started 4-1 and withstood the pressure after trailing 9-10 to win the second set with a 14-12 comeback.
In the crucial third game, Liang Jingkun scored a 6-1 start, Lin Gaoyuan once overtook the score 10-8, and at 10-9 the serve error, giving the opponent a point, and finally Liang Jingkun grasped the key point to win another game 12-10. In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan won 12-10, dragging the match into the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, Liang Jingkun established an 8-0 lead and won the tiebreaker 11-2, defeating Lin Gaoyuan 3-2 and advancing to the round of 16.
In other matches that have been concluded, the women's singles Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing defeated Hong Kong's Du Kaixu 3-1, Japan's Miyu Kihara defeated India's Batra 3-1, Romania's Szokos defeated Slovakia's Balazova 3-0, and Czech Republic's Matrova defeated Egypt's Alkhodabi 3-0; In the men's singles, Slovakia's Wang Yang beat Kazakhstan's Grasmenko 3-1, Croatia's Puka beat Chinese Taipei's Chuang Zhiyuan 3-2, Germany's Qiu Dang beat India's Nanasekaran 3-0, and Sweden's Moregaard beat England's Pitchford 3-2.