Men's 4 wins and 2 draws! The bottom upset lost 2 games, Wang Chuqin was afraid of being out, and he won 4-0
The 2024 Men's Table Tennis World Cup has kicked off, and the national table tennis has achieved a record of 4 wins and 2 draws on the first day, of which Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Shidong all won 4-0, while Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin drew 2-2, and the qualifying situation is not optimistic.
This men's table tennis World Cup is very different from previous editions, first of all, the number of participants has increased to 48 people, the first stage is the group stage, each group of 3 players for a round-robin, the first group to advance to the knockout round, and the group stage uses a full 4 rounds of the system, can be 4-0, 3-1, 2-2, and finally calculate the total score, which will undoubtedly increase the uncertainty of the game, the national table tennis men's team has a total of 6 participants. Malone took the lead, facing Australia's 19-year-old Saline, the gap between the strength of the two sides is still relatively large, Malone soon won a game 11-4, in the second game, Salin strengthened the attack, but Malone still took the initiative, won another game with 11-6, in the third game, Malone directly blasted out 7-0, and soon won 11-4, in the fourth game, Malone did not give any chance, and soon ended the battle with 11-3, thus defeating the opponent with a total score of 4-0, making a good start for the national table tennis men's team.
Fan Zhendong against the German star Duda, the first game, Fan Zhendong quickly won 11-1, after which Duda strengthened the offensive, once created a very big threat to Fan Zhendong, in this case, Fan Zhendong was also forced to call a timeout, the game restarted, Fan Zhendong scored in a row, won another game with 11-9, the third game, the two sides entered the struggle again, Duda once took the lead in getting the game point at 10-9, fortunately, Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure, won another game with 14-12, the fourth game, the two sides fought to a 9-9 draw, and then Fan Zhendong scored 2 points in a row, 11-9 to lock the win, so as to win with a total score of 4-0。 Liang Jingkun faced Australia's Lin Wenzheng, and the difference in strength between the two sides was still relatively large, Liang Jingkun won four games in a row 11-2, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 and easily won the match. 18-year-old Lin Shidong participated in the World Cup for the first time, winning four games in a row 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4, easily defeating Ecuador's Mino.
Lin Gaoyuan faced Croatian player Puka, the first game, the two sides played very fiercely, when the score was 10-10 draw, Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, won a game with 12-10, the second game, Lin Gaoyuan accelerated the pace, and opened the score in the second half of the game, won another game with 11-7, the third game, the two sides fell into a stalemate again, Lin Gaoyuan made a mistake at a critical moment, Puka pulled back a game with 13-11, the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan fell into passivity, Puka pulled another game with 11-8, and finally the total score of the two was 2-2 draw, and then Lin Gaoyuan will play against Zhuang Zhiyuan, and the promotion situation is not optimistic。 Wang Chuqin faced South Korean player An Jae-hyun, in the first game, the two sides drew many times, Wang Chuqin won the first place with 11-9, in the second game, Lin Gaoyuan continued to attack, won another game with 11-7, in the third game, Ahn Jae-hyun pulled back a game with 11-9, in the fourth game, the two sides fought to 8-8 draw, and then Ahn Jae-hyun scored 3 points in a row, ending the game with 11-8, the total score of the two sides was 2-2 draw, and then Wang Chuqin will play against Glasmenko, the opponent has a certain strength, Wang Chuqin needs to go all out to ensure qualification. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.