On November 4, 2022, the table tennis Slovenia competition continued, the men's singles field was upset again, Japan's 18-year-old rising star Daiden Shinotsuka eliminated the Swedish world champion Karlsson 3-1, and defeated the men's singles second seed, unexpectedly, Carlsson is the men's doubles champion of last year's World Table Tennis Championships, and won Wang Chuqin once this year, but did not expect to be out of the first round this time, this Japanese teenager should not be underestimated.
Shinozuka Daiden is only 18 years old, he is a rising star in the recent rise of the Japanese men's team, second only to Tomokazu Akimoto, Yukiya Uda, Hayasuke Togami, and is focused on training, although he lost the competition in the team and did not participate in the competition, but Shinozuka Daiden is still very active during this time, has been participating in the regular level challenge held by the ITTF, and the results are relatively stable, which is indeed very potential.
This time Shinozuka Dadeng signed very badly, the first round to Sweden's Carlsson, the latter is the second seed, last year's World Table Tennis Championships partner Falke won the men's doubles championship, just in this year's championship, Karlsson eliminated the national table tennis world champion Wang Chuqin, and later the two met again in the team World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin 0-2 behind to complete the reversal, Karlsson is a first-class master of foreign associations, valued by the national table tennis coaching team.
Before the game, everyone was generally optimistic about Karlsson's promotion, but did not expect that there would be an upset, indeed these young players in the Japanese team are very impactful, often bring unexpected results, after the start of the game, Karlsson did not adapt to the rhythm of Shinozuka Daiden, the whole game was very passive, there were too many senseless mistakes, Shinozuka Daiden played steadily, leading 11-8, Karlsson fell into a bitter battle, and Shinozuka Daiden was not easy to deal with.
In the second game, Karlsson trailed to chase 9 draws, but when it came to the key point, Shinozuka Dainou played more firmly, seizing the opportunity to win 11-9, and in the third game Karlsson steadied his position, showing the strength of a world champion, and blasted 11-2 and colored, but his form could not be maintained, and in the fourth game Carlsson suddenly dropped the line, and Shinozuka Dainou took the lead in the whole way, ending the match 11-4 and finally advancing 3-1.
The men's singles also saw two Japanese players advance, Yuji Tanaka defeated Austria's Galdós 3-1, and Ricky Kawawa swept India's Ghanaasekaran 3-0, Hayasuke Togami lost 2-3 to Duda, Kazuki Hamada lost 2-3 to Garcina, followed by Daiden Shinozuka against Romania's Julian, Yuji Tanaka against German cutter Ferus, and Ricky Chuan against South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon.
Chinese Taipei's rising star Feng Yixin surprised him by knocking out France's Simon 3-2 in five sets. Goetz, next to challenge Britain's Pitchford for the quarterfinals, the national table tennis collective absent, because of the conflict with the national championship time, did not send players to participate.