On the morning of April 17, Beijing time, the ITTF 2024 Macau Singles World Cup launched the final round of the group stage, and today, all the top 16 places in the knockout round will be produced.
Of the eight matches completed in the morning, four places in the round of 16 were awarded in the men's singles and women's singles. Japan's Hayasuke Togami, Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Tomokazu Haramoto all reached the round of 16, and the Japanese team currently leads the first stage of the round of 16 with 4 seats. The two main forces of national table tennis, Wang Yidi and Ma Long, have also been promoted. Chinese Taipei's first sister Zheng Yijing and Swedish star Anton Carlberg also got the right to qualify from the group!
It is worth pointing out in particular: Wang Yidi and Zhang Benzhihe advanced with small scores, and Qiu Dang, the No. 1 main force of the German team, became the only TOP10 players who were eliminated.
The promotion of the top 8 players in the first stage of the round of 16 can be described in detail below.
1. Qiu Dang 1-3 Hayasuke Togami: Hayasuke Togami is promoted
Qiu Dang's preparation in the first game was insufficient, and he was blinded by Hayasuke Togami, and lost the opportunity. In the second game, Qiu Dang once warmed up and equalized the big score. However, in the third game, Hayasuke Togami won the reversal and brought the right to walk out of the line in one fell swoop. Qiu Dang sent 0-11 in the last game, which sparked public discussion.
2. Zheng Yijing 4-0 Linda Bergstrom: Zheng Yijing advances
Zheng Yijing was more frightened when she played the chipper, but Linda was restless about the nature of the chipping ball and always tried to attack, which gave Zheng Yijing a chance. Although it was more tangled, and the winner was decided at the last minute of each game, Zheng Yijing was generally more solid, taking away the victory 4-0 and entering the knockout stage.
3. Anton Carlberg 2-2 Lim Jong-hoon: Kalberg advances
Han Lin played a wonderful battle, he almost staged the Black Eight Miracle, and in the final moments of the fourth game, he still had a chance to reverse Anton. Anton won 4-0 in the first round, Lin Zhongxun won 3-1 in the first round, and the two drew in this round. Lim Jong-hoon's total scoring rate is higher, but under the new format, he can only accept the fate of being eliminated!
4. Wang Yidi 2-2 Shan Xiaona: Wang Yidi advanced
Wang Yidi led 2-0 in the opening game, tied Du Kaiqin in the same group in the winning game, and then only needs to win one more game to advance steadily. But in the last two games, Shan Xiaona performed better, and Wang Yidi made the mistake of instability again, she lost two games in a row 9-11, and finally drew 2-2 with Shan Xiaona. By calculating the small score, Wang Yidi's net score of 24-13 was higher than Du Kaiqin, and he got the promotion place. Wang Yidi also became the first player to enter the top 16 with a small score in this competition.
5. Ma Long 4-0 Li Yuanzhang: Ma Long advanced
Ma Long's victory over Li Yuanzhang was the most suspenseful game in the morning, and the huge strength gap between the two was irreparable by Li Yuanzhang's bloody fight. Ma Long won the first three games and had already advanced, but he still played conscientiously in the fourth game, and his professional ethics were admirable.
6. Hina Hayada 4-0 Samara: Hina Hayada advances
Hina Hayada won 4-0 in the first round, and Samara lost 1-3 in the first round, so in this game, Hina Hayada can secure qualification by winning two games. After the start of the match, Hina Hayada quickly won the first two games, and at the beginning of the third game, Samara was unable to continue the game due to a recurrence of a back injury.
7. Tomokazu Zhangmoto 2-2 Grote: Tomokazu Zhangmoto advances
Both won 3-1 in the first round, and the winner of this game qualified for a 2-2 draw. Grote started with an astonishingly high quality start, and his precise landing changes in the first two games left Zhang Benzhihe exhausted, 11-7, 11-6, and Grote quickly won two games. Tomokazu won two games 11-6, 11-5. The two sides drawn, check the small points, Zhang Benzhi and 35-33 thrilling victory, small motorcycle out of the thrilling promotion, kneeling and sighing.
8. Jang Ben Mi and 4-0 Kim Na Young: Jang Ben Mi and the promotion
Although Zhang Benmeihe is younger than Jin Naying, she has much more experience in the competition. Kim Na-young plays in the T-League, and Jang Ben-mi-ho knows her style of play better. 11-8 in the first game and 11-5 in the second game, Zhang Benmei and the opening two consecutive hits, have taken away the promotion place in this group. In the last two games, Zhang Benmeihe still played actively and won two more 11--9 with the intention of fully practicing his hands, and Zhang Benmeihe won 4-0 and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles.
In the afternoon game, the national table tennis men's team's "mop brothers" Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan will play successively, both of them played 2-2 in the first round, and the final round needs to defeat opponents Glasmenko and Zhuang Zhiyuan to ensure qualification.
Chen Meng and Kuo Man of the national table tennis women's team will also play in the afternoon court, Chen Meng will face the Indian monster rubber player Akula, and Kuo Man will challenge the South Korean star Tian Zhixi, both of which are also difficult.
It can be said that the 4 games in the afternoon are the most difficult games of the national table tennis all day, and all the mistakes and risks in the group stage of the World Cup are included in these 4 games. I wish the mop brothers, as well as the eldest sister Chen Meng and the younger sister Kuo Man, can give full play to their strength stably and strive for no one to be left behind!