On April 14, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the 2024 ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup in Macau ended with the group stage draw ceremony, and the schedule for the first match day of the main competition on April 15 was also released.
There are 48 men and 48 women in each game, divided into 16 groups of 3 people each, in a single round robin of the group stage, each player has to play two group games, a total of 3 games in each group, a total of 96 matchups.
Since each player has only two games in the group stage, and only the top of the group can advance to the round of 16, even if one win and one draw may be out, so each player must adjust their own state to the best from the beginning, there is no room for slow heat, every game is critical, if you can win the game 4-0, don't drag it to 3-1, and strive to win both games to take the initiative in your own hands.
The group stage is scheduled to take place from 15 to 17 April, which means 32 matches will be played every day. Men's Singles and Women's Singles are played at the same time, with Men's Singles being assigned to Table 1 and Women's Singles being placed at Table 2. The morning starts at 09:30 and lasts until 14:30. Matches in the afternoon and evening slots start at 17:00 and run until 22:00.
6 men and 6 women in the national table tennis participated, and on the first day of the competition, 11 players including Chen Meng, Ma Long, and Fan Zhendong will appear on the stage, and only Kuo Man has a bye.
April 15 national table tennis players schedule
10:50 Chen Meng VS Natalia Bayo
Poland's Natalia Bayo, 27, is ranked 51st in the world. As long as Chen Meng doesn't heat up slowly, there is no problem in winning the game.
11:30 Malone vs Aditya Sarin
Australia's 15-year-old Aditya Saleen, ranked 45th in the world. He won the men's singles championship at last year's Oceania Table Tennis Championships, and he has 500 championship points to get to his current ranking, but in fact, he usually plays in the senior competition. The 35-year-old Ma Long, as a legend in the table tennis world, will definitely teach the guy a good lesson at that time.
13:10# VS Benedict Duda
Germany's Duda, 30, is ranked 46th in the world. He has a good forehand pull, and Fan needs to be cautious.
13:50 Lin Shidong VS Alberto Mino
Ecuador's Alberto Mino, 33, is ranked 86th in the world. As long as Lin Shidong does his best and controls his mistakes, he is not afraid of any opponent.
14:30 王艺迪VS杜凯琹
Hong Kong's To Hoi Kwan, 27, is ranked 47th in the world. It was difficult for Du Kaiqin to win against Wang Yidi when he was in good form before, and it is even more difficult now.
17:00 Lin Gaoyuan VS Tomislav Puka
Croatia's Puka, 28, is ranked 48th in the world. Lin Gaoyuan should give full play to his advantages of holding the racket with his left hand and backshooting, and win with speed.
18:20 梁靖崑VS林文政
Australia's 18-year-old Lin Wenzheng is ranked 42nd in the world. His valid points are 562 points, but 500 of them are from last year's Men's Singles championship points at the Table Tennis Oceania Cup. In other international competitions, such as the World Championships or Grand Slams, he was eliminated in the first round, and his strength was far from that of Liang Jingkun.
19:00 孙颖莎VS朱成竹
Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu, 27, is ranked 52nd in the world. Zhu Chengzhu has no special skills, and his overall strength is relatively mediocre, and he met Sun Yingsha in the group stage, and his luck was too bad.
20:00 王曼昱VS阿迪娜·迪亚克努
Romania's Diaknu, 24, is ranked 45th in the world. As long as Wang Manyu is not slow to heat up, it is a high probability event to keep a clean sheet against the opponent.
21:20 Chen Xingtong VS Liu Xinyin
Chinese Taipei's 36-year-old veteran Liu Xinyin is ranked 63rd in the world. In the past year, she has participated in 20 WTT tournaments, but the results have not been satisfactory, and in addition to Zheng Yijing and Chen Siyu among her teammates, the younger generation of Li Yuzhen has also surpassed her, so it is already difficult for her to fight for a place in the Paris Olympics.
The veteran is good at grabbing the start, and Chen Xingtong's tactics should still be aggressive and not too conservative.
22:00 Wang Chuqin VS Ahn Jae-hyun
South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, 24, is ranked 43rd in the world. He once broke into the men's singles semifinals at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, and thought he would be a rising star, but he didn't expect that it would be difficult to grow and become mediocre after that. He has participated in a total of 25 international tournaments in the past year, but the effective points are only 553 points, and the main points are from the lowest level of the World Table Tennis Federation.
Wang Chuqin gave up last month's WTT Incheon Championships, and now he has no problem with fitness and energy, but he still has to watch out for his opponent's fighting tactics, which the Korean men's table tennis team players are very good at.
Among the players of the foreign association, Lin Yunru, Felix Lebrun, Hugo Calderano, Hina Hayata, Szox, Misei Ito, etc., will also make their debut, which is worth looking forward to!