On the evening of March 14, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles top 16 list was officially born, the five main players of national table tennis Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan all won the pass, but Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen three regrettably eliminated, next Ma Long will defend the second half alone, and Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan is about to break out derby battle!
In terms of foreign associations, world champions Chen Jianan, Ochalov, Karlsson, Falk, Zhuang Zhiyuan have been out, Lin Yunru was also upset, the Japanese men's team still has Tomokazu Zhang and Hayasuke Togami, some people are happy and some are worried, see below for details.
First, the upper half
There are four players in the first half of the men's singles national table tennis competition, none of which have lost so far, among which Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun all played bravery, all swept their opponents 3-0 to advance, and Lin Gaoyuan was almost pulled off in the second round, and after five hard games, he finally narrowly defeated South Korea's world runner-up Zhang Yuzhen 3-2, which is very difficult to win.
It is a pity that Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan are all divided into 2/4 communities, and then Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have a narrow road, and they are about to compete for tickets to the quarterfinals, and one of them is destined to be eliminated, which is really bad luck.
Wang Chuqin's next round opponent will be host Singapore's super-big dark horse Guo Yong, who won three consecutive sets to save match points after falling 2-0 down, and finally eliminated Swedish world champion Falk 3-2 to break out a huge upset. Fan Zhendong will play with South Korea's Lin Jongxun, which is also a difficult opponent who has broken through the national table defense line many times, which is worth vigilant and wary.
The other two tickets to the top half belong to Sweden world runner-up Moregaard and Japanese national champion Hayasuke Togami, of which Hayasuke Togami knocked out German world champion Ochalov in a rare fight, and I don't know if I can beat Moregaard next.
Second, the lower half
The second half of the men's singles national table tennis suffered heavy losses, and it has lost to only Ma Long. Among them, Xiang Peng collapsed 2-3 in the first round and was successfully avenged by Zhang Benzhihe (Xiang Peng defeated the opponent 3-1 last year), and Yuan Licen also lost 1-3 against French rising star Alex, but Alex then lost 2-3 to Nigeria's Aruna and did not qualify.
As for the 17-year-old Lin Shidong, although he once again made meritorious contributions in the foreign battle and eliminated the Swedish world champion Karlsson, he suffered a crushing defeat in the second game, losing 0-3 to his brother Ma Long - the dragons are really old!
Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru was upset, losing 3-0 to another French rising star, Alex's own brother Felix, and then Felix will play against Germany's Qiu Dang, who is also a straight beater. Lin's teammate and world champion Chuang Ji-won lost 2-3 to South Korea's Lee Sang-so, who will then challenge Ma Long.
Zhang Benzhihe was upset after a victory over Xiang Peng, trailing France's Akuzu 2-0 and winning three consecutive games to face Aruna, and the final eight spot will be between Brazil's Hugo and Slovenia's Dako.
So will there be any unpopular explosions next? Who will reach the quarterfinals? Let's wait and see: come on the Chinese team!