On the evening of April 19, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Macau Championship ended the third matchday of the showdown, following Karlsson and Chen Xingtong, two more world champion-level celebrities Mimato Ito and Yoshijun Ishikawa were eliminated, and the Japanese team has lost to only Tomokazu Zhang and Hina Hayada, who took the lead in advancing to the top eight together with Ma Long, Chen Meng and Zheng Yijing.
As for Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, he announced his retirement due to injury, which also allowed his opponent Alex to win without a fight and also won a place in the quarterfinals: the situation on the field is changing rapidly and full of uncertainty!
On April 19, a total of nine matches were played in Macao, including the last four round of 32 matches in the afternoon, and the national table tennis players participated in the whole process and won a big victory: Sun Yingsha swept Matrova of the Czech Republic 3-0, and the three games added up to only 10 points; Liang Jingkun eliminated Portugal's Freitas 3-0; Wang Yidi defeated German Olympic runner-up Shan Xiaona 3-0, but the score was 18-16.
Fan Zhendong lost a game in the battle with German Olympic runner-up Francesca, but then quickly found a way to crack it, reversed and advanced after three consecutive games, and finally 9 people of National Table Tennis were shortlisted for the top 16, while Chen Xingtong and Lin Shidong were unfortunately eliminated.
The five 1/8 finals in the evening were all different, among which Mimato Ito took the lead in collapsing, not only losing 1-3 to Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing, but also losing a 1-11 score in a single game, which was shocking! In addition, Yoshijun Ishikawa was also eliminated - she lost 0-3 to Chen Meng in the Xinxiang Championship a few days ago, and this time she lost 1-3 to Chen Meng, which is really helpless.
Prior to this, Yukiya Uda, Hayasuke Togami, Daden Shinozuka, and Miyu Kihara had been eliminated, and the main players of Nippon were only Tomokazu Changmoto and Hina Hayada, who defeated Huang Zhenting 3-1 and swept Zhixi Tian 3-0, respectively, and both teams were close to total annihilation.
National Table Slam Grand Slam Malone encountered some difficulties during his 3-1 victory against England's old rival Pitchford, but the veteran quickly adjusted. As for Chinese Taipei youngster Lin Yunru, who recently defeated Ma Long in the WTT Xinxiang Championship, he announced his retirement early - he suffered a finger injury in both matches and had no choice but to give up fighting.
According to the arrangement, all the eight finalists will be determined on April 20, and national table tennis players Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Qian Tianyi will fight for the promotion, let's cheer for them together!