On April 17, Beijing time, at the 2024 Macau ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, who drew in the first round, both staged a good show of changing their lives. Wang Chuqin swept Kirill Glasmenko 4-0, Lin Gaoyuan swept world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan both won the first place in the group and advanced to the men's singles round of 16 together.
In Men's Singles Group 1, world No. 1 Wang Chuqin was held to a draw by Ahn Jae-hyun in the first round, and the match against Kirill Glasmenko was particularly important, and he had to defeat his opponent with all his strength to gain the initiative. Wang Chuqin lived up to expectations, winning four games in a row 11-7, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5, completing the sweep, winning the first place in the group and advancing to the knockout round.
Lin Gaoyuan is in Group 6, and the opponents in the same group include Puka and Zhuang Zhiyuan, which is a very competitive group, and the quality of the three players is not far apart. Lin Gaoyuan drew 2-2 with Tomislav Puka, who then beat Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-1. Since Lin Gaoyuan and Tommislav Puka played 42-41, Lin Gaoyuan had the advantage, so as long as Lin Gaoyuan defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan, he could get the top spot in the group.
Under heavy pressure, Lin Gaoyuan showed excellent competitive form, he completely suppressed Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first three games, won three games in a row 11-4, 11-3, 11-6, and easily took a 3-0 lead. In fact, after winning three games, Lin Gaoyuan has already locked in the promotion spot. In the fourth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan gave it a go and got the game point 10-8, but Lin Gaoyuan didn't want to let it go, he scored 4 points in a row, and directly reversed 12-10 to win the fourth game, and swept Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0.
Lin Gaoyuan changed his life against the sky, held the initiative in his hands, and finally beat Tomislav Puka with 1 win and 1 draw, won 6 games and lost 2 games, won the first place in Group 6, and advanced to the top 16 of men's singles. This time, Lin Gaoyuan did not drop the chain, grasped the initiative with a good performance, and got a knockout seat.
So far, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, and Lin Gaoyuan of national table tennis have taken the lead in advancing to the top 16 of men's singles, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi have advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. On the whole, the performance of the national table tennis is in line with expectations, the main players are in good shape, in the face of the new competition system, the main players have strong adaptability and adjustment ability, especially Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, in the case of a draw in the first game, they played well in the face of life and death, and they all swept 4-0!