On May 23, Beijing time, the Durban World Table Tennis Championships entered the fourth competition day.
The men's singles 1/32 final continues, with Wang Chuqin against Japan's Hayasuke Togami. This is the third match of this tournament between China and Japan. In the first two matches, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong defeated Tomokazu Chang / Maharu Yoshimura 3-0 in the first round of the men's doubles, and Liang Jingkun defeated Maharu Yoshimura 4-1 in the second round of the men's singles.
In the first round of the men's singles, Wang Chuqin defeated Bellrose 4-1, and Hayabusa Togami defeated Thomas 4-1. Polanski.
Wang Chuqin continued to play at a high level, defeating Hayasuke Togami 4-1.
In the first game, Hayasuke Togami scored the first point, and Wang Chuqin scored two consecutive points to overtake the score. At this time, the two suddenly stopped playing.
It turned out that some of the lights in the venue were turned off, resulting in some places being bright and others being dark. The table tennis table is dark and naturally cannot be played.
Coach Li Falcon said in an interview before the game that the local power is insufficient and there may be a power outage. In the pre-race training, there was a power outage.
According to Li Falcon's guidance, when Guoping is training in China, it understands the local situation and there will be a power outage. The team members have already prepared plans in this regard, and naturally have psychological preparations.
It has to be said that the situation in Durban is worse. For an important event like the World Table Tennis Championships, there are very few spectators who come to the scene to watch the game. They were not worried about the pandemic, as neither the referees nor the caddies were wearing masks. It can be seen that they have no worries in this regard.
While waiting for power to be restored, Hayasuke Togami put on his coat. The local temperature is relatively low.
The stadium finally got the power system in place, and the two sides continued to play. The two sides fought until 4:3, and Wang Chuqin scored 7 consecutive points to win the first set 11:3.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin led Hayasuke Togami 5:1. Hayasuke Togami scored 2 points in a row to close the gap. Wang Chuqin scored six more points in a row to win the second set 11-3.
This result was really unexpected. Hayasuke Togami's strength is still okay, in the internal competition of Japanese ping, Hayasuke Togami has defeated Tomokazu Zhang Moto many times, and he is simply Tomokazu Zhangmoto's nemesis. However, this player is a little similar to Lin Gaoyuan, he is the king of civil war, and his results in foreign battles are very bad. Some people said that Hayasuke Togami's energy throughout the year was used to deal with Zhang Ben.
In the third game, Wang Chuqin took a 5:2 lead. The gap is too big. Hayasuke Togami was not Wang Chuqin's opponent at all. Hayasuke Togami called a pause. Each side scored one point, bringing the score to 6:3. Wang Chuqin scored five more points in a row to win the third game 11-3. In the first three games, Wang Chuqin won 11:3 against Hayasuke Togami. Hayasuke Togami was simply vulnerable.
The fourth game changed dramatically. Wang Chuqin took a 6-4 lead and suddenly seemed like he couldn't play. Wang Chuqin ate his serve continuously, and lost a lot of points in the first three boards. Hayasuke Togami scored seven consecutive points to win the game 11:6. Wang Chuqin don't play with fire.
In the fifth game, Wang Chuqin made a strong effort to take a 7:2 lead. Both sides scored four points each, and Wang Chuqin won the fifth set 11:6.
In the end, Wang Chuqin defeated Hayasuke Togami 4-1 and advanced to the men's singles round of 32.
In the 1/16 final, Wang Chuqin will face another Japanese table tennis player, Yukiya Uda. Yukiya Uda defeated Danny 4-1 in the 1/32 final. Kozur.
In another simultaneous men's doubles 1/8 final, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong swept the multinational pair of Dako-Joczyk/Polanski 3-0. The scores were 11:4, 11:3, 11:3. The Shuanglin combination took 16 minutes and clocked out at the speed of light.
Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong have swept their opponents for three consecutive games to advance, and the advantages are obvious. If this continues, they have the potential to work miracles.