Lost three games in a row! The two world champions were swept away, and the national table tennis maintained 4 consecutive victories to defeat the main opponents of the Olympic Games
The 2024 WTT Championships South Korea entered the second day of competition, in the first match period, the two world champions Zhuang Zhiyuan and Miyu Hirano were swept 0-3 after losing three games in a row, Sun Yingsha defeated Miyu Hirano to help the national table tennis maintain 4 consecutive wins, and Miyu Hirano will also be one of the main opponents of the national table tennis women's singles at this year's Paris Olympics. In the rest of the matches, France's Lebrun brothers both advanced, and the host South Korea's Lim Joong-hoon also successfully advanced to the men's singles round of 16.
Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first round of men's singles against the Japanese table tennis ace Zhang Ben Zhihe, Zhang Ben Zhihe gave full play to the advantage of his age, the opening came up to launch a rapid attack, the pace of the game is very fast, Zhuang Zhiyuan obviously can't keep up with the opponent, Zhang Ben Zhihe soon won the first game easily 11-4, Zhuang Zhiyuan then adjusted in the second game, try to play their own characteristics, Zhang Ben Zhihe once could not find a breakthrough, but in the second half of the game, Zhang Ben Zhihe launched an attack from the backhand position, and then transferred to the forehand, the effect is very obvious, 11-9 reversal and victory。 In the third game with no way out, Zhuang Zhiyuan was powerless, Zhang Benzhihe took a big lead early, although Zhuang Zhiyuan even saved match points to show his experience as a world champion, but Zhang Benzhihe finally locked a place in the men's singles round of 16 11-7.
The focus of the afternoon session is undoubtedly the duel between the national table tennis world No. 1 Sun Yingsha and the Japanese table tennis world champion Miyu Hirano, the last time the two met was a fierce battle to the tiebreaker, when Miyu Hirano narrowly won 4-3, and also broke Sun Yingsha's undefeated golden body against foreign association players for more than 3 years, Sun Yingsha is bound to complete the revenge of Miyu Hirano in this game! After the opening, Sun Yingsha had an advantage in the backhand confrontation, Miyu Hirano was close to the score, and Sun Yingsha withstood the opponent's counterattack to take the lead 11-7. In the second game of the ensuing competition, Sun Yingsha also pulled the score away early, Miyu Hirano was unable to narrow the difference, and Sun Yingsha won 11-6 again and took a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Miyu Hirano once chased the score after returning from a 1-4 pause, but Sun Yingsha made another effort to win 11-7, and swept Miyu Hirano 3-0 to advance to the top 16 of women's singles.
In other matches: Hina Hayada narrowly beat Batra 3-2, Felix Lebrun beat Linde 3-1, Lin Yunru beat Jonatan Grote 3-0, Lim Jong-hoon beat Guo Yong 3-0, Alex Lebrun beat Gao Chengrui 3-1, Zheng Yijing 3-0 Kim Na-young, Samara 3-2 Zhang An, Diaz 3-0 Wang Amy.