Chen Meng lost 2-3 and missed the top 8! Liang Jingkun 1-3 Lin Zhongxun, Hina Hayada and Sun Yingsha practiced
November 1. The WTT Frankfurt Championship started the second round of the singles competition, and Liang Jingkun and Chen Meng, who took the lead in national table tennis, lost one after another. In the women's singles, Hina Hayada defeated Miwa Zhang 3-1 and Romania's Szokos defeated Chen Meng 3-2, and the two will compete for a place in the semi-finals. In the men's singles field, Liang Jingkun lost 1-3 to South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon and missed the quarterfinals.
The four men and four women of the national table tennis successfully passed the first round and advanced to the top 16. In the second round, Liang Jingkun took the lead against South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon. Left-handed, Lim Jong-hoon is currently ranked 15th in the world in men's singles, and his upward momentum has been very strong in the past two years, both in the men's doubles with Zhang Yuzhen and the mixed doubles with Shin Yubin. In this game, Lin Zhongxun quickly entered the game, leading the whole process in the first game, winning 11-9. In the second game, when he was behind at the beginning, he chased the score to 6 draws, and seized the opportunity after 8 draws to win another game 11-9. Although Liang Jingkun pulled back a game 11-8, Lin Zhongxun still won the fourth game 11-9, defeated Liang Jingkun 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In a previously concluded women's singles match, Japan's Hina Hayata, who set a new personal world ranking this week, defeated teammate Miwa Haramoto 3-1 11-2, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 to enter the quarterfinals of the women's singles. The 15-year-old won 3-1 over Miu Hirano in the first round, and although she lost to Hina Hayada in the second round, she was good enough.
In the pre-match training, the same stage with Hina Hayada was Sun Yingsha, the world No. 1 in women's singles and national table tennis. In this competition, the two are in the upper and lower halves, and if they want to fight, they can only meet in the finals. The two train on the same stage and communicate with each other, and for Hina Hayata, training with Sun Yingsha is also a good learning opportunity. Sun Yingsha's 1/8 final opponent was France's Pavard.
Hina Hayata's next opponent in the round will be Romania's Szokos. Szokos defeated Chen Meng of national table tennis in the 1/8 finals. Chen Meng once saved 2 match points when he was 8-10 behind in the deciding game and chased the score to 10 draws, but finally lost 10-12, losing to Szokos 2-3 and missing the quarterfinals. The score was 11-4, 8-11, 11-13, 11-5, 10-12 in five games.