The 2024 ITTF Macau Men's and Women's World Cups will be held from 15 to 21 April at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China. The men's and women's World Cup in Macau is a new event focused on by the ITTF, and it is also a return to the competition with a new format after three years, the men's and women's World Cup is divided into two stages, the first stage is the group round-robin, the players are divided into 16 groups, each group of three, the first group to advance to the second stage of the knockout round.
At present, the first phase of the Women's World Cup has been released, the signing of the six golden flowers of national table tennis is mixed, Chen Mengxia signed, and the Indian monster player Akula met in a narrow way, this is an encounter, Wang Manyu fought the Indian monster player Batra again, Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong signed OK, and the teenager Kuo Man encountered a slight challenge.
Chen Meng and the Indian monster player Akula met for the first time, Akula Busan World Table Tennis Championships had a clean sheet Wang Yidi, and also dragged Wang Manyu into the tiebreaker, her special style of play is indeed a big challenge for the opponent who met for the first time, on the other hand, Chen Meng faced the Olympic singles qualification competition, this game is indeed a lot of pressure, only winning can ensure the smooth qualification of the group, otherwise once the group stage is lost or the group stage is not qualified, I am afraid that I will not be able to qualify for the Olympic singles, because according to the new rules of the national table tennis women's singles Olympic selection, 3000 points will be deducted if the World Cup group stage loses or the group stage is not qualified, and the cumulative deduction will be made。
Wang Manyu met the Indian monster player Batra again, Wang Manyu had defeated Batra at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships before, as long as he played normally, Wang Manyu won and qualified from the group is not a big problem.
Sun Yingsha is in a group with Chen Siyu in Taipei and Zhu Chengzhu in Hong Kong, Sun Yingsha is obviously superior in terms of experience and technical and tactical ability, and I believe that Sun Yingsha can successfully advance to the knockout round.
Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong signed a fair place, the opponents in the same group are not very strong, and the two do not have the pressure of Olympic singles qualification, so they can calm down and enjoy the game, and it is reasonable for them to qualify for the group.
The young player Kuo Man met South Korea's first sister Tian Zhixi, Tian Zhixi has been in very good shape recently, and the Incheon Championship has created a certain threat to Wang Manyu, and Kuo Man has been away from the arena for a period of time, and needs to quickly find the state of the game and go all out to fight the opponent in order to advance to the knockout round.
According to the World Cup format, the first stage of the group stage will be played in 4 games (e.g. 4-0, 3-1 or 2-2), and the final group position will be determined according to the relationship between the players, and only one place in each group will advance to the knockout stage. The second stage of the knockout round will be a best-of-seven system, and the stronger the opponent, the more fierce the competition.
Finally, I look forward to the six golden flowers of national table tennis all playing well!