On April 17, the 2024 Macau Men's Table Tennis World Cup continued the competition for the group stage. Ma Long advanced to the round of 16 with a record of not dropping one game in two games; Wang Chuqin, who won a draw in the first game, defeated Glasmenko of Kazakhstan 4-0 and ranked first in the group and successfully advanced; Lin Gaoyuan won 4-0 in this round after a draw in the first round and also advanced to the knockout round.
In the men's field, Ma Long, who is in Group 4, defeated Canada's Li Yuanzhang 4-0 in straight games, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, and 4-0 in his last game against 15-year-old Australian rookie Aditya Saline. Ma Long won eight games in a row with two wins and advanced to the round of 16.
Wang Chuqin, who drew 2-2 with South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun in the first match, faced Kazakhstan's Glasmenko in this round, and since Glasmenko drew 2-2 with Ahn Jae-hyun in the first game, Wang Chuqin only needs to win this game to advance. As the top seed of the tournament, Wang Chuqin defeated Glasmenko 4-0 11-7, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5 to advance to the round of 16 with one win and one draw. After the game, Wang Chuqin said that he didn't think about the score in this game, he played point by point, and there were still many problems on the field, and he had to adjust well later, but he was glad that he came back to life and hoped to show his level in the World Cup.
Lin Gaoyuan, another player who drew in the opening match, faced Chinese Taipei's Chong Chi Yuan in this round. Lin Gaoyuan drew 2-2 with Croatia's Tomislav Puka in his first game, while Puka won 3-1 against Zhuang Zhiyuan in his second match. If Lin Gaoyuan wants to qualify from the group, he must drop as few points as possible. Lin Gaoyuan won three games in a row 11-4, 11-3, 11-6, and scored four points in a row after falling behind 8-10 in the fourth game, winning another game at 12-10, defeating Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0 and successfully advancing to the round of 16.
In other matches that have ended, in Group 7, Felix Lebrun defeated Chinese Taipei's Gao Chengrui 3-1 and advanced to the knockout round with two consecutive wins. In the 10th group, Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto drew 2-2 with Denmark's Grote, both of whom won 5 games and lost 3 games in both games, and finally Tomokazu Haramoto became the group leader by virtue of the small score advantage with Grote and advanced to the round of 16.
In the 11th group, Qiu Dang lost 1-3 to Japan's Hayasuke Togami, who won both games to advance to the round of 16; in the 14th group, South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon drew 2-2 with Sweden's Carlberg, because Carlberg defeated Singapore's Guo Yong 4-0, and Lim Jong-hoon defeated Guo Yong 3-1, Carlberg beat Lin Zhongxun by virtue of a one-game advantage and advanced to the round of 16; in the 16th group, Egypt's Asal defeated Sweden's Moregard 3-1 and ranked first in the group to advance to the knockout round.