On the first match day of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, the four singles players Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Chen Meng and Chen Xingtong who participated in the national table tennis competition easily broke through with a score of 4-0 and advanced to the second round of men's and women's singles. On the second matchday, there were also a number of top masters. Its Chinese table tennis singles players are Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi. In their respective debuts, they also showed their strength, successfully broke through and advanced to the second round. However, I remember that after the end of the first match day, we once asked the question, that is, who among the players of the national table tennis will be the first to lose, after all, on the first match day, none of the players of the national table tennis lost the game. And Wang Chuqin, who made his first appearance on the second match day, got the answer to this question. He faced French Polynesia's Belrose, because he tried some new combination of serve extensions, he lost a game, and the opponent's change of serve also caused Wang Chuqin to lose points directly on consecutive serves. Fortunately, he managed to win 4-1, and the scores of the five sets between the two sides were: 11-2, 11-4, 11-7, 9-11 and 11-3.
However, the national table tennis players Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi, who appeared behind Wang Chuqin, returned to the state where the national table tennis players completely took the initiative and did not give the opponent any chance. Among them, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Poland's Jakub Díaz 4-0. Although there were some back-and-forth balls on the field, and Dias' ability to hold each other was passable, Lin Gaoyuan's speed and connection still allowed him to control the rhythm throughout the game, and finally achieved a complete victory to advance. The scores of the four sets were: 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 and 11-7. After the competition, Lin Gaoyuan faced an interview with the media and bluntly said that he was fully enjoying the tension and oppression brought by the world's top competition, and Lin Yuan's expression also represented that he had indeed improved his ability to withstand pressure. After Lin Gaoyuan, the fourth seed in women's singles also played at the No. 1 table was Wang Yidi, who dyed a yellow hairstyle before the start of this match, plus wearing a colorful jersey, which was jokingly called the Golden Retriever Lion King + Fruitful by some fans, and looked a little domineering. She faced Croatia's Yegel, who also gave her no chance, and won comfortably 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 and 11-2, giving her opponent only 13 points in four sets. With such an outstanding performance, we can see Dadi's powerful aura, it seems that these women of National Table Tennis are destined to turn over the waves of strong promotion in this event.
In comparison, the three singles players of National Table Tennis advanced relatively smoothly, while Japan's masters Tomokazu Zhang and Mimato Ito also showed excellent form, and they also easily won the promotion. Among them, Zhang Benzhihe defeated Singapore's young teenager Chow Cheol Woo 4-0, and the scores of the two sides were 11-3, 11-7, 11-1 and 11-6. And Ito Mimai faced from Arceva, also achieved a 4-0 victory, the score of the two sides in four sets is: 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 and 11-1, although recently plagued by arm injury, Ito's training is not systematic enough, but in the face of non-top opponents, Ito's game control is still very strong, she also mobilized her state through the game, achieved match training, and gradually got better. In addition, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru faced Singapore's new brother Guo Yong and won 4-2. The scores of the six sets were: 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6 and 11-7. Two South Korean players, Lee Sang-so and Jang Woo-jin, narrowly advanced to Chinese Taipei's rising star Huang Yancheng an easy 4-0 victory over Feng Yao-eun in seven games.
Another two matches worth mentioning on this matchday were Iran's Alamian facing France's F. Lebrun, who once took an 11-10 lead in the first game between the two sides, but he suffered an accidental injury at the crucial moment and had to withdraw from the match, and was also judged to lose 4-0 in this way and missed the second round. Another match worth mentioning is Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu, the 22nd seed in the women's singles, due to recent injuries and inefficient training, which led to the first round of this tournament, facing a 9-5 lead in the first set, was reversed by Romania's World Junior Championship bronze medalist Dragoman, and finally won the first set 13-11, and then won the second, third and fourth sets 12-10, 11-2 and 11-6, thus eliminating 4-0. It can be seen that even the world's famous players, if they are not in good condition or do not train systematically, it is very possible to get out early in the first and second rounds. For the players who come later, it is still necessary to prepare for difficulties and prevent accidental upsets from appearing on them.