The recent International Table Tennis Championships have entered the intense semi-final stage. After four rounds of fierce competition, athletes such as Liang Jingkun, Wang Yidi, Qiu Dang, Aruna and Nigerian star Fan Zhendong defeated their respective opponents and entered the quarterfinals.
In yesterday's quarterfinals, Liang Jingkun of the Chinese national first team performed well, defeating Lin Yunru from Chinese Taipei 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Although Lin Shidong lost in five sets with German player Qiu Dang, he still showed a tenacious fighting spirit.
However, the other two women's team members, Wang Yidi and Han Fei'er, beat Japan's Miyu Kihara and India's Battle respectively. On the other hand, American player Zhang An and Wu Yue, also from the United States, also won victories. In addition, veteran player Ma Long defeated Russia's Shkunin 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals without any suspense.
The semi-finals will begin tomorrow night, with Liang taking on France's Simon Goetz, Qiu Dang taking on Russia's top seed Samsonov and Nigeria's Aruna taking on Germany's Francesca.
In addition, the list of women's singles semifinals of the International Table Tennis Championships has also been announced. Wang Yidi will compete with Spain's Bartoli for the final, while Hong Kong's Ho Zhuojia and Hungary's Chinese Ocharov will compete for a place in the final.
Reminder: The live broadcast of the game will start at 1 am tomorrow, so stay tuned.