On March 27, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT Incheon Championship kicked off, and Wang Yidi was the first to appear in the national table tennis, she faced Yang Xiaoxin in the first round of women's singles, and Wang Yidi won 3-1 and advanced to the round of 16. In addition, Tian Zhixi defeated Yuan Jiannan 3-2, Men's Singles Hugo Calderano narrowly defeated Hayasuke Togami 3-2, and Tomokazu Zhangmoto's teammates were eliminated in the first round.
In this competition, 7 national table tennis players participated, including Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun in men's singles, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng in women's singles, and Wang Chuqin withdrew from the game. On the first match day, the first appearance of national table tennis was Wang Yidi, who faced Chinese player Yang Xiaoxin in the first round. For Wang Yidi, there is a lot of pressure during this time, and after missing the women's singles of the Paris Olympics in advance, Wang Yidi still has to work hard to qualify for the third person in the team.
Due to the new selection rules adopted by the Chinese women's table tennis, every foreign war is very important, once you lose the foreign war, not only will you be deducted points, but you will also fall into the cusp of public opinion. In this game, Wang Yidi's off-the-field coach is Qiu Yike, compared with personal strength, Wang Yidi is of course better, and judging from the past confrontations, Wang Yidi also has an advantage, the key is to play his true level and not bear the pressure.
In the first game, Wang Yidi quickly entered the game and took a 4-2 lead, Yang Xiaoxin looked for opportunities through the serve, and scored directly through the long ball many times, Wang Yidi's service effect was average, and the score came to 6 draws. At the end of the game, Wang Yidi led 9-7 and lost 3 points in a row, but she saved two game points when she was 9-10 behind and 10-11 behind, and won the first game 13-11.
In the second game, Wang Yidi was full of firepower and played 10-1 directly, Yang Xiaoxin only saved one game point, and Wang Yidi easily won this game 11-2. It should be said that Wang Yidi encountered some difficulties in the first game, but Qiu Yike found the problem in time to help Wang Yidi control the rhythm of the game, and completely suppressed Yang Xiaoxin in the second game. In the third game, Wang Yidi was a little anxious, and made too many unnecessary mistakes after the opening, falling behind 2-9, but Wang Yidi did not give up easily, and then chased 4 points in a row, and Yang Xiaoxin led 9-6 and called a timeout. Yang Xiaoxin seized the opportunity and pulled back a game 11-8. In the fourth game, Wang Yidi still felt suddenly poor, not very suitable for the opponent's style of play, and fell behind 2-7 again, but Wang Yidi started the scoring mode again, and then chased 8 draws. Wang Yidi seized the opportunity and sealed the victory with 11-9, eliminated Yang Xiaoxin with a big score of 3-1, advanced to the round of 16, and then faced the winner between Zhang An and Samara.
In other matches, South Korea's Tian Zhixi defeated Yuan Jiananan 3-2 to advance to the Women's Singles round of 16 despite being dragged into the tiebreaker with a 2-0 lead, and then faced the winner between Mimato Ito and Liu Yangzi. In the men's singles field, Tomokazu Zhangmoto's teammate Hayasuke Togami played 5 games with Hugo Calderano, Hugo Calderano led twice and was dragged into the deciding game, but the deciding game played very well, winning 11-3, eliminating Hayasuke Togami with a big score of 3-2, advancing to the men's singles round of 16, and then facing the winner between Alex Lebrun and Gao Chengrui!