On January 4, Beijing time, the 2023 ITTF Pro Tour Men's Finals will be held in Doha, Qatar from January 3 to 5, 2024. There are 16 players in men's singles and 8 pairs of players in men's doubles who will be eliminated directly.
【Men's Singles Draw】
Zone 1/4: Fan Zhendong, Darko (Slovenia), Aruna (Nigeria), Hugo (Brazil)
Zone 2/4: Ma Long, Jang Woo-jin (South Korea), Carlberg (Sweden), Lim Gao-won
Zone 3/4: Lin Shidong, Qiu Dang (Germany), Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei), Liang Jingkun
Zone 4/4: Tomokazu Zhang (Japan), Ocharov (Germany), Felix Lebrun (France), Wang Chuqin
【Men's Doubles Draw】
Zone 1/4: Fan Zhendong/Wong Chu-chin, Wong Chun-ting/Ho Kwan Kit (Hong Kong)
Zone 2/4: Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan, Ocharov/Francesca (Germany)
Zone 3/4: Kwok Yong/Fung Yiu Yan (Singapore), Alex Lebrun/Felix Lebrun (France)
Zone 4/4: Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng, Yukiya Uda/Hayasuke Togami (Japan)
Note: Lim Joong-hoon/Zhang Yuzhen (Korea) withdrew from the competition, and Guo Yong/Feng Yaoen (Singapore) participated in the competition.
January 4th Schedule –
16:00 Fan Zhendong VS Quadri Aruna
Fan Zhendong's first round was not easy, losing 7-11 in the first game, winning two games in a row to get the match point, but losing 17-19 in the fourth game, which was the largest score in the first round, was stubbornly dragged to the deciding game by Dacko and won 11-7.
Aruna, the only representative of Africa, made two and three reversals of Hugo, the only representative of the Americas, won three games in a row after the first two games of the rout, and the last two games were 12-10 plus points to tie the game. Hugo suffered another big reversal after leading Liang Jingkun 3-0!
16:40 梁靖崑VS邱党
Liang Jingkun 3-1 Lin Yunru, the only representative of Chinese Taipei, won 17-15 in the second game, which is also the first victory of national table tennis in 2024. Qiu Dang led twice and was equalized twice, Lin Shidong won two games in a row 11-7, 11-2 to drag to the deciding game, but unfortunately lost 8-11.
17:20 Alex/Felix (France) vs. Guo Yong/Feng Yiu Yan (Singapore) (Men's Doubles quarter-finals)
18:00#/Wang Chuqin VS Huang Zhenting/He Junjie
20:00 Ma Long VS Lin Gaoyuan
Ma Long scored extra points in the first game, but he was still the most stable one, 3-0 Zhang Yuzhen, advanced to the quarterfinals, and was the only game in the first round that swept the promotion. Lin Gaoyuan 3-1 Carlberg, two of which were won by Lin Gaoyuan, 14-12 in the first game and 12-10 in the fourth game.
20:40 Wang Chuqin VS Tomokazu Zhangmoto
2023 is an incomparably bright year for Wang Chuqin, regardless of the various WTT events, the Hangzhou Asian Games alone will achieve an unprecedented four gold kings! As far as table tennis is concerned, the gold medal of the Asian Games is second only to the Olympic Games, and it is already very remarkable to win the championship every four years, not to mention the men's team, men's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles, and the intensity and intensity of the competition are even greater than those of the Olympic Games! This year, he also once topped the world No. 1 and became the first men's singles post-00 world No. 1! He is the fastest improving player in the whole 2023, followed by the host player of this year's Olympic Games, Lebrun Jr., the two met in the first round, and Wang Chuqin won 3-1.
Zhang Benzhihe's results in 2023 have been up and down, and he has shed tears on the spot several times, but he can always clean up his mood in time, and his ambition is not to remember, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes, his strength is always in the forefront of the second echelon. His matches will always receive special attention from the Chinese people, after all, he always takes it as his mission to defeat the national table tennis. In the 1/8 finals, he was twice behind and twice equalized to drag it to the decider, defeating Olympic bronze medalist Ocharov 11-7.
21:20 Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng VS Yuya Uda/Hayasuke Togami
22:00 Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan VS Ocharov/Francesca
#2023年度创作挑战#