On April 17, the schedule of the ITTF Macao World Cup on April 17 was released, and the final round of the group stage will be played, with all 12 Chinese players appearing on the court and striving to advance to the round of 16. With the world's top 16 players in every match today, the tournament is not to be missed.
This World Cup adopts the group stage system, with a group round-robin of 3 people, and the first group will advance to the round of 16. Due to the special 4-game system, there was a 2-2 tie, so the final round of the group stage decided the qualifying places, and the promotion places were not clear until the last game was played.
- Phase 1: 9:30-14:00
Today's match starts at 9:30 Beijing time, with a total of 32 matches, and the top 16 seeds in men's singles and women's singles will all appear, and the competition is very intense. In each period, one men's singles and one women's singles matches are played at the same time. The opening matches were Qiu Dang vs Hayasuke Togami, and Zheng Yijing vs Linda. Both games are direct PKs for the top spot in the group, and they are very suspenseful.
Carlberg vs Lin Zhongxun, Wang Yidi vs Shan Xiaona. Wang Yidi is the first Chinese player to appear today. The next two matches were Ma Long vs Li Yuanzhang and Hina Hayada vs Samara, and Ma Long became the first player of the Chinese men's team to appear today. The next matches were Zhang Benzhihe vs Gross, Zhang Benmei vs. Kim Naying, Asal vs. Moregaard, Chen Meng vs. Akula, Wang Chuqin vs. Kiel, Miu Hirano vs. Yuan Jianan, Felix Lebrun vs. Gao Chengrui, Tian Zhixi vs. Kuaiman, Lin Gaoyuan vs. Zhuang Zhiyuan, and Zhu Qianxi vs. Bruno.
Several singles battles in this period are Chen Meng vs Akula, Kuo Man vs Tian Zhixi, and Lin Gaoyuan vs Zhuang Zhiyuan. Whether all Chinese players can qualify mainly depends on the game between Kuo Man vs Tian Zhixi. Lin Gaoyuan and Zhuang Zhiyuan's world championship battle, who can break through? Whether Chen Meng can successfully win the special style of play is a major issue in the national table tennis women's singles.
Phase 2: 17:00-22:00
The opening matches of this stage are Lee Sang-so vs Darko, Wang Manyu vs Batra, Wang Manyu once again faces players with special playing styles, and the performance is worth looking forward to. The scores were Lin Shidong vs. Alex Lebrun, Diaz vs. Gouda, Zhang Yuzhen vs. Simon Goetz, Chen Xingtong vs. Verrawan, Aruna vs. Makenas, Ito Mimato vs. Wang Amy, Fan Zhendong vs. Huang Zhenting, Shin Yubin vs. Zhang An, Hugo vs. Linde, Sun Yingsha vs. Chen Siyu, Lin Yunru vs. Matsushima Terukor, Nina vs. Polkalova.
The finale two matches were Liang Jingkun vs Magnus and Szokos vs Parvard. These two matches are very interesting, can Liang Jingkun withstand the impact of world champion Carlsen and successfully qualify?
In today's game, all the top 16 in the world will appear, and there will be famous players in every game, which is worth looking forward to. The Chinese players each have six men's singles and women's singles players participating in the competition, and will they all be able to reach the top 16? The suspense is about to be revealed.