Incheon Championship: The top 16 of women's singles was released, with 4 national table tennis players and 3 Japanese players, and the South Korean team was defeated
On March 28, Beijing time, the top 16 women's singles of the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship were all released, and the four main national table tennis players Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu passed the test successively without encountering too many difficulties;
The host South Korean team suffered heavy losses, with five people participating in the battle and losing to only Tian Zhixi, which was close to annihilation. The rest of the athletes who qualified were Romania's Szokos and Samara, Austria's Polkanova, Sweden's Bergstrom, Egypt's Mecherif, Puerto Rico's Diaz, Brazil's Bruna, and Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing.
Upper Half District
In the previous day's showdown, the women's singles top half ended five matches, with Chinese table tennis main Wang Yidi beating Yang Xiaoxin (Monaco) 3-1, Mecherif (Egypt) beating Li Shiwen (South Korea) 3-1, Polkanova (Austria) beating Shin Yubin (South Korea) 3-2, Bruna (Brazil) 3-1 Shan Xiaona (Germany), Bergström (Sweden) 3-2 Olawan (Thailand).
After the arrival of March 28, the national table tennis player Sun Yingsha appeared on the stage and competed with the Japanese world champion Miu Hirano, who swept Wang Yidi 3-0 at the World Table Tennis Championships not long ago, and also won Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha last year, but this time she lost very badly, and was eliminated by Sun Yingsha 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, and ended the battle in one round.
Hina Hayata, another Japanese mainstay, was also almost eliminated, and she fought hard against Indian monster Batra, and finally came back from 0-1 down to achieve a 3-2 comeback. Romania's world runner-up Samara also encountered great difficulties, and the result was 3-2 before eliminating Zhang An of the United States to advance.
According to the arrangement, Sun Yingsha will play against the chipper Bergström in the 1/8 finals, Wang Yidi will face Samara, and it is generally believed that the national table tennis is unlikely to be upset; Hina Hayata's opponent is Mesherif and Polkanova will compete with Bruna for another ticket to advance.
Lower Half Ward
In the lower half of the Women's Singles, there were three matches, with Misei Ito (Japan) narrowly beating Liu Yangzi (Australia) 3-2 and almost causing a big upset, Tian Zhixi (South Korea) also winning 3-2 against Yuan Jiannan (France), and Szokos (Romania) winning more easily, sweeping Gouda (Egypt) 3-0.
The main players of national table tennis, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, appeared on the court successively, respectively against the French teenager Pavard and the German player Mitterheim. Although Chen Meng met some resistance, he quickly swept Pavard 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 in a row, while Wang Manyu played steadily, knocking out Mitham in three consecutive games 11-8, 11-4, 12-10.
In terms of foreign associations, Japan's Miwa Chang Ben defeated South Korea's Zhu Qianxi 3-1, Chinese Taipei's world runner-up Zheng Yijing eliminated South Korea's Kim Na-young 3-0 - the host has already lost to only one person in the women's singles event (Tian Zhixi), and Puerto Rico's Diaz won 3-0 to sweep the United States' Wang Amy to advance to the round of 16.
Next, Chen Meng will face a test, and Japan's Zhang Benmei and a strong showdown, while Wang Manyu's opponent is Zheng Yijing, Tian Zhixi is about to fight Ito Misei, South Korea's women's singles second round is at risk of total annihilation, Szokos, Diaz compete for another quarter-finals seat, the game will be in full swing on March 29, looking forward to the Chinese team can continue to create good results.