On March 29, Beijing time, the 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Incheon Championships ended the third day of competition, and the men's and women's quarterfinals were all released.
The national table tennis players played steadily, with 3 men and 4 women remaining undefeated, and all of them advanced to the quarterfinals. Among them, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu kept a clean sheet against their opponents, and Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Liang Jingkun, and Ma Long each lost one game.
Among the players from the foreign association, the most embarrassing is the South Korean men's team, 4 of them broke into the top 16 of men's singles, one more than the national table tennis, and none of them advanced to the quarterfinals. On the contrary, it was Tian Zhixi, the "lone seedling" of the Korean women's team, who always held his breath and overturned the previous "seven consecutive defeats" of Misei Ito, and became the only player in the entire Korean team to advance to the quarterfinals.
Germany's men's Ocharov and Francesca also reached the round of 16 and both lost 3-0.
The men's singles quarterfinals are as follows
In the men's singles quarterfinals, 7 of them are the top 8 seeds in this tournament, and only the 8th seed Qiu Dang missed the quarterfinals. Knocking out Qiu Dang is France's Simon Goetz, who is the lowest-ranked player in the quarterfinals and is now ranked 30th in the world, and with the rise of the Lebrun brothers, he has been squeezed into the "three singles" position, but he still can't ignore its impact, as evidenced by the French men's team's runner-up finish at this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Busan.
The quarterfinals of the Women's Singles are as follows
In the quarterfinals of the women's singles, six of them are the top eight seeds in this tournament. Among them, Polkanova squeezed out the No. 6 seed Shin Yubin, and Tian Zhixi eliminated the No. 7 seed Misei Ito, and they became the "dark horses" of this tournament.
Because the "four golden flowers" of national table tennis guard 4 different areas, the women's singles 1/4 finals are all duels between national table tennis players and players from foreign associations.
On March 30, the fourth day of the Incheon Championships, the singles quarterfinals will be played during the day, followed by the semifinals in the evening, when all the men's and women's singles finalists will be selected.
The schedule for the March 30 daytime is as follows
10:00 Felix Lebrun vs Hugo Calderano
This is the only one of the 8 singles 1/4 finals that does not have the participation of national table tennis players.
10:35 梁靖崑VS西蒙·高茨
Simon Goetz swept Lee Sang-so 3-0 in the last round, which shows that he is in very good form. Liang Jingkun stumbled a little in the first two rounds, but he has reached the quarterfinals and should adjust to his best condition.
11:10 Wang Yidi VS Sofia Polkanova
Polkanova's defensive ability is good, Wang Yidi should prepare a few more boards, don't expect to win in one shot.
11:45 Chen Meng VS Bernadette Szokos
Szokos is the only foreign association player Chen Meng has lost twice in the Paris Olympic cycle. Szokos's return ball is flat and fast, Chen Meng is biased towards the back, as long as Szokos is the first to start, Chen Meng will be very passive. Therefore, if Chen Meng wants to win this game, he still needs to seize the opportunity and strike first.
12：20#【12：20】 #VS”
Zhang Benzhihe has encountered a bottleneck recently, and his results are not as good as before, and he rarely has the opportunity to fight against Fan Zhendong. This time the two met again, judging from the previous round Zhang Benzhi and 3-2 Wu Huicheng, there seems to be no suspense in this game.
12:55 Ma Long VS Lin Yunru
Lin Yunru is one of the few players in the foreign association who is close to half of the victory and defeat with Ma Long. He also won against Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, and the only main player in the national table tennis team to maintain a complete victory against him was Liang Jingkun, who won 4-2 at the Singapore Grand Slam earlier this month. Although Lin Yunru is ranked one place below Felix Lebrun in the world, he is more threatening.
If there is any one of the seven players in this round of national table tennis, who is the most dangerous?
13:30 孙颖莎VS早田希娜
Hina Hayada sits firmly in the position of "the first sister of Japanese table tennis", against the four main forces of national table tennis, she has won Wang Yidi twice, and broke through Chen Meng in the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and has not been able to shake Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu for the time being.
Hina Hayada once forced Sun Yingsha to a tiebreaker in the women's singles quarterfinals of the Doha Star Challenge in January, but ultimately lost 9-11 and never broke through this layer of window paper. Waiting for the women's team final of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Hina Hayada was beaten 3-0 by Sun Yingsha.
14:05 王曼昱VS田志希
Tian Zhixi played five games in the first two rounds, and it was already an extraordinary performance to advance to the quarterfinals. The women's singles 1/4 finals finally met the national table tennis player, or the world's No. 2 Wang Manyu, even if they lose this round, the fans probably have nothing to say.
Do you think that the 7 national table tennis players can continue to win all?
18:00 Men's Singles Upper Half Semifinals
18:45 Women's Singles Upper Zone Semifinals
19:30 Men's Singles Lower Half Semifinals
20:15 Women's Singles Lower Zone Semifinals
The WTT Championship begins with a best-of-seven format, with a 45-minute interval between matches.