On January 5, the semifinals of men's singles and men's doubles in the WTT finals were released, and Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Lin Gaoyuan became the biggest winners, and the two events advanced to the semifinals at the same time. Youngsters Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng put in an excellent performance, defeating world No. 3 Yukiya Uda/Hayabusa Togami to advance to the semi-finals.
In the men's singles semi-finals, China occupies three seats
The men's singles semi-finalists were China's Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Germany's Qiu Dang. The Chinese team did not achieve the sweep, Qiu Dang defeated Liang Jingkun 3-2, defeated the Chinese player in two consecutive rounds, and advanced to the semifinals, which was the biggest upset in this round of the game.
Fan Zhendong's form improved significantly in the second round, beating Aruna 3-0 and easily advancing. Wang Chuqin was also in great form, beating China's biggest opponent Tomokazu Zhang 3-0 and easily advanced. Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long played 5 rounds of games, and Lin Gaoyuan finally had the last laugh 3-2.
In the semifinals, Fan Zhendong vs Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin vs Qiu Dang. The Chinese team is expected to meet in the final.
Men's doubles semifinals, China 3 seats
The semi-finals of the men's doubles are China's Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng, and the French team Lebrun brothers. This result is quite unexpected.
Fan Zhendong/Wong Chuqin were in fine form as they beat Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting/Ho Kwan Kit 3-1. Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong played against world champions Ochanov/Francesca, and Shuanglin got off to a slow start and started strong in the second game, winning 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4.
Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng faced the world No. 3 Yuya Uda/Hayabusa Togami, and the two youngsters dared to fight, and finally defeated their opponents 3-2 and advanced to the semifinals.
France's Lebrun brothers have improved significantly in the past two years, and both of them have become world-class players. The pair were strong in doubles and were in excellent form today, beating their opponents in straight games, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 to easily advance to the semi-finals. They were the only Men's Doubles pair to win 3-0 today.
In the semifinals, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin vs Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen vs Lebrun brothers. Both matches are very interesting, and the final may be a Sino-French battle.