On the evening of April 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Macao Championship men's singles eight finals were all released, in the last round of 16, the national table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong won 3-0, defeated South Korea's Lee Sang-so for the eleventh time, and successfully advanced.
At present, there are three players in the national table tennis who have advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long, while Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong were unfortunately eliminated; One person in Japan, Tomokazu Changmoto; one from South Korea, Zhang Yuzhen; Slovenia alone, Darko; one from France, Alex; Brazil alone, Hugo - the 1/4 final continues, or there will be another vicious battle!
The Macau National Table Tennis still used the men's singles lineup of the Xinxiang tournament a few days ago, Lin Gaoyuan was selected, Lin Shidong was shortlisted, but Lin Shidong did not withstand the pressure in the first round, lost 2-3 to Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, and the other four advanced to the round of 16.
In the second round of the competition, the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun also lost miserably, and was reversed in 3 consecutive games when he was 2-0 leading, losing to Slovenia's Dako - it is worth mentioning that Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong are the men's singles champions and runners-up winners of this year's WTT Goa Star Tournament.
Veteran Ma Long and youngster Wang Chuqin performed well in the second round, the former defeating England's Pichford 3-1, while Wang Chuqin also defeated Swedish world champion Falk 3-1, and then Fan Zhendong came on to face Lee Shang-so.
In the past encounters, Fan Zhendong has defeated Li Sangsu ten times in a row, and he has never lost a single one, and this time he is naturally full of confidence. After the start of the match, Fan Zhendong took the lead, won 11-7, won the second game 11-4, and continued to fight in the third game, ending the battle 11-8, easily sweeping the old opponent 3-0 to win the last quarterfinal.
In terms of foreign associations, Zhang Benzhihe continued to advance in the round of 16, defeating Hong Kong's Wong Zhen-ting 3-1; Zhang Yuzhen won a big victory, sweeping Sweden's Carlberg 3-0; Although Hugo wasted as many as 11 match points, he still eliminated German world champion Ochalov 3-1; Alex won without a fight because his opponent, Lin Yunru, withdrew due to injury.
According to the arrangement, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin will face Alex, Hugo, Zhang Yuzhen respectively, and Zhang Benzhihe will play with Dako: So who can advance to the semifinals? Let's wait and see: come on the Chinese team!