Macau World Cup: Women's singles upset! The Olympic runner-up lost 0:4, and Chen Meng refused to win 4:0

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2024-04-17 06:42Posted in Hubei Sports Creators

On April 17, Beijing time, the ITTF Macau World Cup is underway. In the women's singles group stage, Hong Kong, China's famous Du Kaiqin played against Germany's Shan Xiaona, both of whom are table tennis stars, among which Shan Xiaona is also the Olympic runner-up, very strong, and the two are likely to participate in the next Paris Olympics.

In the first game, Du Kaiqin took the lead and won the first game 11:8. Next, Du Kaiqin became more and more courageous, winning two games in a row 11:8 and 11:6, leading the total score 3:0. In the fourth game, Shan Xiaona began to fight, Shan Xiaona belongs to the straight board play, very traditional, Du Kaiqin withstood the pressure, locked the victory 11:7, and won with a total score of 4:0. In this way, the women's singles was a big upset, and the Olympic runner-up Shan Xiaona lost 0:4, which was a little unexpected.

In another match, the national table tennis Olympic champion Chen Meng played against Poland's Natalia Bayo, Chen Meng refused to heat slowly and played with ease, Chen Meng won two games in a row 11:4, 11:4. In the third game, Chen Meng's men showed mercy and locked the victory 11:1. In the fourth game, Chen Meng chased after the victory, locked the victory 11:4, and won the total score of 4:0. In an interview with the media after the game, Chen Meng said that this game felt better from the state of the whole field and the adaptation to the venue.

This year's World Cup format is very special, the group stage is four games, this format is the first time to play. Therefore, athletes are required to quickly mobilize their competitive state, Chen Meng said that the game is relatively fine, because the group stage is calculated for each game, so every point is very important. Regarding the new format of the World Cup, Chen Meng said that one is to enter the state, and the other is the concentration on the field and the importance of every point.

In other games in the group stage, Canadian-Chinese player Li Yuanzhang also won four games in a row, defeating his opponent Aditya Salene with a total score of 4:0, and South Korean star Lin Zhongxun fought fiercely in four games and defeated Singaporean teenager Guo Yong with a total score of 3:1. French-Chinese star Yuan Jiannan is obviously a step ahead, winning four games in a row, defeating Australia's Jocelyn with a total score of 4:0, and Canada's Zhang Mo won three games in a row after losing one game first, and reversed South Korea's Kim Naying with a total score of 3:1.

In the men's singles match, Japanese national champion Hayasuke Togami played very actively, fighting four games to defeat Egypt's Ahmed Saleh with a total score of 3:1, and in the last match, also from Africa, Quadri Aruna won four games in a row, defeating Puerto Rico's Daniel Gonzalez 11:6, 11:4, 11:6, 11:6, 4:0 on aggregate, sealing the victory.

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