The first day of the Incheon Champions Cup has been over, the first day of men's and women's singles, the first round of eight games for a total of 16 matches, it can be seen that the Champions Cup, a game that limits the ranking of participating players, even if it is the first round of the game, the gold content is very high, the play is extremely anxious and very exciting, and it can even be regarded as the most exciting first round of the Champions Cup in recent years.
Among the 16 games in total, 6 of the games reached this 3:2 tiebreaker, and the gap between the players is still very small, after all, they are all very high-ranked players in the world, even if the number of participants in the Chinese team is limited, these players from other associations are very strong.
On the first day, the host's women's players lost very seriously, the No. 6 seed Shen Yubin of the tournament was eliminated by the opponent in the first round, although Tian Zhixi advanced, but in the case of 2:0 lead, he was chased by the opponent for two games in a row, and was almost reversed by the opponent.
On the first day of the Chinese team, three players appeared, namely Wang Yidi of the women's team, who started the opening match of the Chinese team in this competition and finally defeated Yang Xiaoxin with a score of 3:1. There were some twists and turns in the game, but the overall process was relatively smooth. Liang Jingkun is the second player to appear, and was chased by the opponent for two games in a row with a 2:0 lead, but in the crucial third game to a 9:9 draw, Liang Jingkun is really hard and bold, and he scored two points in a row by attacking strongly, and the big score of 3:2 was very thrilling to enter the round of 16.
The last one to appear was Ma Long, who originally thought that Ma Long's opponent was the strongest, he faced the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships champion Moregard, and in the end Ma Long was 3:0, not so easy to defeat the opponent, the scores of the three games were 11:9, 11:8, 11:8, and the score difference was within 3 points, so although this 3:0 was a sweep, the whole process was not particularly easy.
Ma Long also said bluntly after the game that Moregard's performance in this game was still relatively good, and as the first round of the Champions Cup, his physical consumption can be seen to be very large. For fans of the road, now is the time to watch one less game and enjoy the last days of Ma Long's career. In the second day of the competition, all four players from our remaining Chinese team will play, including the remaining three players of the women's team and Fan Zhendong of the men's team, who is alone in the upper half of the field. At the end of the second day, all the top 16 players in the men's and women's singles will be determined, and one round will be played each day until the final men's and women's singles champions will be decided on March 31.