On March 27, 2024, Beijing time, on the first day of the WTT Incheon Championships, 5 games were played in many games, and the main force of national table tennis Liang Jingkun led 2-0 and missed match points in a row, and was dragged into the decisive game by the opponent, only passing 3-2 thrillingly. Misei Ito also played 5 games, eliminated Liu Yangzi 3-2, and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles with difficulty.
On the first match day, Wang Yidi was the first player to appear in national table tennis, and she eliminated Yang Xiaoxin 3-1 and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. Liang then faced Sweden's Anton Carlberg in the first round of the men's singles. Liang Jingkun quickly got into the game, controlling the pace of the game for most of the first two games, showing solid fundamentals and super high board quality, and he easily won the first two games 11-3, 11-9 to take a 2-0 lead.
However, from the third game, the situation on the court changed abruptly, and Anton Carlberg gave it a go and easily pulled back a game 11-4. Liang Jingkun once again controlled the pace of the game in the fourth game, pressing his opponent like the first game of the match, leading 9-4 at the end of the game. Anton Carlberg chased 6-9, and Liang Jingkun took the initiative to call a timeout. However, the pause did not have much effect, and Anton Carlberg chased it to 8-9, and Liang Jingkun then scored a crucial point to get the match point at 10-8. I thought that Liang Jingkun had the chance to win, but I didn't expect him to lose 4 points in a row, leading 10-8 and missing match points in a row, and losing the game 10-12. From a 9-4 lead to a 10-12 loss, Liang Jingkun was beaten 8-1 by his opponent, and the game entered a tiebreaker.
In the final tiebreaker, the two bit the score, it can be said that they did not give in to each other, Liang Jingkun made a mistake when he was leading 9-8, the score was 9-9, and the camera gave Liu Guoliang who watched the game on the sidelines, he frowned tightly, and his face was a little ugly. Next came Anton Carlberg's two serves, but Liang Jingkun still showed a big heart, scored two points in a row, won the thrilling tiebreaker 11-9, eliminated the opponent 3-2, and advanced to the men's singles round of 16. Liang will next face Darko Joczyk, who swept Pitchford 3-0 11-7, 11-1, 11-9 in three games.
Ito faced Australia's Liu Yangzi in the first round of the Women's Singles, who was of average strength, and Ito was expected to pass easily, but she also played five games and was dragged into the tiebreaker by Liu Yangzi twice. In the final tiebreaker, Ito started 0-3 and then tried to chase the score, but still fell behind 8-9 at the end of the game. At the critical moment, Misei Ito dared to get started, she scored 3 points in a row, won the tiebreaker 11-9, eliminated Liu Yangzi with only 2 points, advanced to the top 16 of women's singles, and then competed with South Korea's Tian Zhixi for a place in the quarterfinals.
In other matches, Bruna Takahashi eliminated Germany's Shan Xiaona 3-1 and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. Hugo Calderano eliminated Japan's Hayasuke Togami 3-2 and advanced to the men's singles round of 16. South Korean teenager Oh Hyun-sung narrowly defeated Omar Asal 3-2 to get a place in the men's singles round of 16, and then face the winner between Zhuang Zhiyuan and Zhang Benzhihe!