On April 6, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT feeder tournament Wallaždin ended the second day of competition, and many games broke out big upsets, Zhao Dacheng, who won the last feeder tournament, missed the round of 16, and world champion Liang Xiayin was also eliminated. Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles and went for the men's singles title. Japan's Saki Shibata, Sakura Yokoi, and Satsuki Oto joined hands to break into the quarterfinals of the women's singles, which is quite strong.
In the last feeder tournament, the South Korean team became the biggest winner, and in the absence of national table tennis, South Korea won four championships in five individual events. And when it came to the Valaždin station, the South Korean team suffered a series of blows, and the women's singles champion in the previous stop, the men's singles champion Cho Dae-sung fell in the second round. Facing the French player Cassin, who was ranked far below him, Zhao Dacheng did not play well and lost 1-3. Cassin then trailed 2-0 to win three games in a row to defeat Singapore's Kwok Yong and reach the quarterfinals.
Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting is in good form, winning two games in a row in one day to reach the quarterfinals of men's singles. Another South Korean player, Ahn Jae-hyun, also reversed his teammate Park Kyu-hyun 0-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Also in the quarterfinals are world champion Christian Carlsen, Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin and many more. The specific matchups in the quarterfinals are:
Luka Mladenovic vs Feng Yixin, Hwang Zhenting vs Alexander Kasin, Edward Jonés vs Christian Carlsen, Ahn Jae-hyun vs Hamet Desai
In the women's singles field, world champion Liang Xiayin made a comeback and attracted much attention, she was Xu Xin's mixed doubles partner, and the two teamed up to win the mixed doubles world championship. However, now Liang Xiayin is no longer among the main South Korean lineup, and can only participate in low-level events. In the women's singles 1/8 finals, Liang Xiayin defeated Zeng Jian 0-3 and missed the quarterfinals. Although Liang Xiayin is out, South Korea still has two people who have reached the women's singles quarterfinals, that is, Lee Eun-hye and Lee Shi-win, and the most competitive in the women's singles field is undoubtedly the Japanese team, Shibata Saji, Yokoi Sakura, and Oto Satsuki joined hands to break into the women's singles quarterfinals. The specific matchups in the women's singles 1/4 finals are:
Saki Shibata vs. Lee Eun Hye, Lee Si Win vs. Sakura Yokoi, Zeng Jian vs. Satsuki Oto, Adina Diaknu vs. Sibel Altinkaya
Judging from the overall situation of this station, the two major rivals of national table tennis, Japan and South Korea, are fiercely competing, and Hong Kong, China is also expected to play an important role, in addition to Huang Zhenting to reach the men's singles quarterfinals, Hong Kong, China also has two pairs to reach the women's doubles semifinals, and read directly in the semifinals, locking a women's doubles final seat, and Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin entered the mixed doubles semifinals, with a chance to impact the championship!