On the morning of February 21, Beijing time, all the four finals of the national table tennis 2023 direct through singles were born! Wang Yidi and Lin Gaoyuan, among the top ten main players of National Table Tennis, lost coldly and were eliminated; Although Wang Manyu won all the group stages, he withdrew because of fever; Although Wang Chuqin qualified, he also withdrew due to fever; Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Chen Xingtong successfully won the promotion.
The last place belongs to He Zhuojia, the nemesis of National Table Tennis "Ito Micheng", although she lost to Wang Manyu in the group stage, but just happened to meet the main player who withdrew, so she became the lucky one. Next, Fan Zhendong will directly qualify for the final stage because he drew Wang Chuqin in the semifinals, while the rest will compete for the semifinals normally.
Since Lin Shidong was diagnosed with infection before the start of the match, eight athletes withdrew from the competition due to physical discomfort (Chen Meng also almost gave up fighting because of a foot injury), which directly led to the fragmentation of the first stage of the group round-robin.
For example, the women's singles group and the second group withdrew because of Qian Tianyi and Zhang Rui, so Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng only played one game and qualified; The situation in the three groups of men's singles is even more exaggerated, a total of four people, Chen Yuanyu, Xiang Peng, and Wang Chuqin have withdrawn from the tournament with fever, but Wang Chuqin defeated Liu Dingshuo before withdrawing and won the men's singles spot; Wang Manyu also developed a fever, and eventually Ho Zhuojia of this group advanced.
Although the main advantage of the national table tennis is very obvious, there is still a cold loss in the group stage, of which Wang Yidi performed the worst, losing to Shi Xunyao, Chen Yi, Chen Xingtong in a row, and was eliminated without winning, Lin Gaoyuan was swept by direct shooter Xue Fei, and then lost to Liang Jingkun - Chen Xingtong, Liang Jingkun won all three games and entered the semifinals.
Also the main force that is more hard is Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, they also played three games completely, and they also won three consecutive victories, of which Ma Long was upset, once 0-2 behind the young player Yuan Licen, but then won three consecutive games to complete a shocking reversal, really a knife is not old!
From the final result, it is not surprising that Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Chen Xingtong advanced, and if Wang Manyu does not withdraw from the competition, He Zhuojia will be difficult to qualify for the semifinals, which shows that although the main players are occasionally upset, their strength is still very strong, and their status is beyond the reach of ordinary athletes.
At present, it seems that the pressure on He Zhuojia is very large, because if the main team fails, it is still possible to get a mobile place in the coaching staff, and the non-main team can only go all out to fight for the straight through championship. Although He Zhuojia is undefeated against Misei Ito for five consecutive victories, the result of the fight with the main team of National Table Tennis is basically defeated, and it is not easy to fight!
At present, the results of the draw for the semifinals have been released: in the women's singles, He Zhuojia will challenge Sun Yingsha, while Chen Meng will encounter Chen Xingtong, who has defeated him many times; In the men's singles, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun met narrowly, while Fan Zhendong drew Wang Chuqin, which means that he will advance to the final stage without a fight.
So can He Zhuojia go black to the end and win the women's singles championship? Can Chen Meng suppress his bitter master Chen Xingtong? Can Liang Jingkun defeat his brother Ma Long, a Grand Slam senior brother who he basically did not win? The answer is about to be revealed, so let's sit back and wait for the battle between the four to begin!