2-2! Another upset in the World Cup: the national table tennis name will be forced to draw by the opponent, and Misei Ito will not win

On April 17, Beijing time, the 2024 Macau ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup broke out again, and in the 6th group of women's singles, Chen Xingtong led 2-0 and lost two games in a row, and was forced to draw by Thailand's Olawan Paranam. Of course, Chen Xingtong still advanced to the knockout round as the first in the group. In addition, in the life-and-death battle of Group 7, Misei Ito missed a good opportunity and was forced to draw 2-2 by Wang Amy, and Thailand's Sutasini faced Misei Ito and Wang Amy with a small advantage, and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles in an upset.

In the women's singles group 6, Chen Xingtong played against Olawan Paranam, and Chen Xingtong won the first two games 14-12, 11-6 to ensure that he advanced to the knockout round. Subsequently, Chen Xingtong was a little slack, and Olawan Paranam won two games in a row 12-10 and 11-7, forcing Chen Xingtong to draw 2-2 and causing a big upset. However, Chen Xingtong still won the first place in the group and successfully advanced to the women's singles knockout round.

In the 7th group of women's singles, Misei Ito was forced to draw by Sutasini Savitabut in the first round, and fell behind in a small score, and once fell into a desperate situation. However, Sutasini Savitabut was forced to draw by Wang Amy again, giving Ito a chance to overtake. Ito only needs to defeat Amy Wang in the final round to break through from the group. Surprisingly, Misei Ito led twice, missed the match point 10-9 in the fourth game, lost three points in a row, and was forced to draw 2-2 by Wang Amy.

All three matches in Group 7 ended 2-2, with Thailand's Sutasini Savitabut having a small advantage against either Misei Ito or Amy Wang, and it was with this that Sutasini Savitabut won the group and advanced to the knockout round. Ito finished second in the group and missed out on the round of 16. Ito also became the first seeded player to be eliminated from the Women's World Cup, which is a bit heart-wrenching.

In the men's singles field, national table tennis player Lin Shidong played quite well, swept Alex Lebrun 4-0, won all two games, won eight games in a row, broke through from the 13th group, and advanced to the knockout round. In addition, Freitas defeated Aruna 3-1 to finish first in Group 15 and advance to the knockout round. Zhang Yuzhen swept Simon Goetz 4-0 to win the top spot in Group 9 and advance to the knockout round. It is worth mentioning that Simon Goetz went out early after 0-2, and then played the last two games.

So far, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Shidong of national table tennis have advanced to the top 16 of men's singles, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, and Chen Xingtong have advanced to the top 16 of women's singles, and Kuo Man has been eliminated!