Incheon Championship: 8 people advanced to the top 16 of men's singles, 2 each from China, South Korea and Germany, and the Japanese team got off to a black start
On the evening of March 27, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship ended the first day of the battle, and half of the top 16 men's singles have been born, and the two main players of national table tennis Liang Jingkun and Ma Long have eliminated Swedish players to advance, but the former won very hard and was almost eliminated by a big reversal;
The rest of the men's singles last-16 players include South Korea's Lee Sang-so and Oh Hyun-sung, Germany's Ocharov and Francesca, Slovenia's Darko and Brazil's Hugo, while Japan lost their first game – see below for details.
Upper Half District
On the first day, there were no national table tennis players in the upper half of the men's singles, and the highest-ranked athlete was the German world champion and European champion Ocharov, while his opponent was the Portuguese star and European champion Freitas, but Ocharov continued to lead when he came up, but he was stubbornly resisted in the second half, and finally won 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10), refusing to be upset.
Francesca, another German star who defeated the main force of national table tennis not long ago, played steadily, eliminating Huang Zhenting, the first brother of the Hong Kong team, 3-1 (11-1, 11-3, 3-11, 11-7), basically dominating the rhythm of the game.
The other two matches in the top half of the men's singles were very close, with Brazil's Hugo Calderano narrowly beating Hayasuke Togami (11-7, 14-16, 11-7, 8-11, 11-3) in the first half of the men's singles, and Japan's men's singles did not qualify for the time being.
On the host side, South Korea's Olympic silver medallist and former men's head coach Oh Sang-yun's son Oh Hyun-sung shone again, knocking out Egypt's Omar (11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5) 3-2 after five games in the first round - although the opponent is an African player, he only recently won an upset over South Korea's Lee Sang-so, and now he lost to 17-year-old Oh Hyun-sung, which is indeed a formidable future.
Lower Half Ward
The two national table tennis players in the lower half of the men's singles have made their debuts, among which Liang Jingkun almost had a round tour, winning 11-3, 11-9 in the face of Sweden's Carlberg to force the opponent into a desperate situation, but then lost 4-11, 10-12 in a row, missed 2 match points and was tied, and then the two played the last 2 points of the tiebreaker to separate the winner and loser, Liang Jingkun won 11-9 with great difficulty, and there was no danger of advancing.
The veteran Ma Long also met the Swedish athlete, that is, the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregaard, although the first two games continued to lag behind, but Ma Long still reversed 11-8, 11-9, and then won the third game 11-8, thus sweeping the opponent 3-0.
Slovenia's Darko beat England's Pitchford 3-0 and conceded just one point (11-7, 11-1, 11-9) to face Liang Jingkun next, while South Korea's Lee Sang-so eliminated Canada's Lee Won-chang (11-7, 11-4, 11-9) 3-0 without much difficulty.
As mentioned earlier, Liang Jingkun and Dakko will meet in the 1/8 finals, and the national table tennis will face a test; as for the opponents of other athletes who have been promoted, they have not yet been determined, and the other eight top 16 seats are still to be determined, looking forward to Fan Zhendong can pass the test smoothly.