Beijing time on May 22, Durban World Table Tennis Championships fierce battle, the intensity of this competition from the first two competition days has gradually emerged, compared to the previous WTT Grand Slam series of events are different, the World Table Tennis Championships specification level is higher, athletes pay more attention to the World Table Tennis Championships results, so as soon as the competition of this station starts, all players have come out with the fullest enthusiasm to respond, and indeed directly pull the intensity of the World Table Tennis Championships, although the first round of the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships starts from the round of 128, But the first round also broke out a lot of big upsets.
In fact, the pressure of the national table tennis men's team to advance in the first round of the competition is still relatively small, after all, the overall level of our national table tennis players is relatively high, and the opponents they face are very low, so the opponent and the national table tennis players are not confident enough when they fight, coupled with the opponent's limited ability, so the first round of the Chinese table tennis players are basically swept to advance, only Wang Chuqin lost a game 4-1, and the rest of the players all maintained a 4-0 sweeping situation, it can be seen that the national table tennis has made full preparations for this competition.
Of course, for the national table tennis players, the real challenge may not really begin after the 4-5 match days, the opponent level in the early stage is indeed not high, the ability is limited, but the further back the game plays, as the opponents we face become stronger and stronger, all players have also found a good state of play through the early competition, the peak duel in the later stage, every time it is difficult to advance to a round, then it will be a greater challenge for the national table tennis, we also need to pay close attention to the performance of several main opponents.
In the first round of the men's singles competition, in fact, there are several good news for the national table tennis successively, the two major rivals of the national table tennis double kill and knock out, which is also the two major opponents on the road to the national table tennis men's team, and these two players have defeated Ma Long and Fan Zhendong in the world series respectively, each has the title of Fan Zhendong nemesis and Ma Long nemesis, the exit of these two players, for the national table tennis is a relief, our most headache in this competition men's singles championship pressure has been reduced a lot, And you must know that in the first round of the top 128 men's singles competition, there was a big cold exit, which is indeed somewhat unexpected, and it is an unexpected surprise for the national table tennis.
The first out is Britain's Pichford, the ace player who has defeated Malone as the 21st seed player in the men's singles at the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, but lost 3-4 to Portuguese table tennis player João Gerado in the first round, which is also a surprise, the strength and ranking of the two sides are relatively different, Picheford occupies a big enough advantage to lose the game, but also unexpected, it is a big upset in the men's singles event of this World Table Tennis Championships.
Secondly, the second upset is Hugo, who is known as Fan Zhendong's nemesis, which is the world's sixth player actually lost to Puerto Rico's Brian Avanador 2-4 in the first round, in fact, the two are not on the same level at all, but Hugo was able to lose upset, which is indeed incredible, which is also the first men's singles world ranking top ten player to go out of this World Table Tennis Championships. So far, Ma Long Fan Zhendong nemesis is both out, which is a good thing for the national table tennis men's singles championship.