On April 17, Beijing time, on the third match day of the 2024 Macau ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup, the men's singles group 10 broke out a big upset, Zhang Benzhihe drew 2-2 with Jonatan Grote, compared with the small score, Zhang Benzhihe did not have an advantage, and once showed that Zhang Benzhihe ranked second, but WTT official note: Zhang Benzhihe became the first group and advanced to the second stage by virtue of the small score advantage with Jonatan Grote. On the side of national table tennis, Wang Yidi, Ma Long, and Chen Meng broke through one after another and advanced to the knockout round.
In the men's singles group 10, the seeded player is Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and the opponents in the same group include Jonatan Grote and Andre Gacchini. In the first round, Tomokazu Zhang defeated Andre Gacini 3-1, and Jonatan Grote also defeated Andre Gacini 3-1, but compared to the small score, Tomokazu Zhang fell behind and temporarily ranked second. Therefore, the direct dialogue between Tomokazu Zhang and Jonatan Grote is a battle of life and death, and Tomokazu Zhang must of course go all out to defeat the opponent.
However, Tomokazu Zhang was in average form, and the lead in the first half of the first game was reversed by Jonatan Grote, who lost the first game 7-11. In the second game, he fell behind 1-6, and although he tried hard to chase the points, he still lost another game 6-11. Under heavy pressure, Tomokazu Zhang pulled back a game 11-6, but his small score was still behind.
In the fourth game, Tomokazu Haramoto won 11-5 and drew 2-2 with Jonatan Grote. Both won 5 games and lost 3 games, with Jonatan Grote scoring 73-62 and Tomokazu Haramoto 75-66, and Jonatan Grote outperforming Tomokazu Harimoto 1.18-1.14 and ranking first at one point. However, WTT's official note: Tomokazu Haramoto became the first in the group and advanced to the second stage by virtue of the small score advantage against Jonatan Grote (Tomokazu Haramoto 35-33 Jonatan Grote). That is to say, the total number of wins and losses of the two is the same, and the priority is to compare the win-loss relationship between the two sides, and Zhang Benzhi and escaped death. This is undoubtedly a huge controversy, as the rules announced before the game really don't go into too much detail.
Meanwhile, Tomokazu Zhangmoto's younger sister Miwa Jang played well and swept Kim Na-young 4-0 to advance from Group 10. In addition, Japan's Hina Hayada topped Group 8 and advanced to the Women's Singles round of 16. Hayasuke Togami won the top spot in Group 11 and advanced to the men's singles round of 16.
On the side of national table tennis, Wang Yidi drew 2-2 with Shan Xiaona, but still broke through from the third group and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. Ma Long swept Li Yuanzhang 4-0, won all two games, won eight games in a row, won the first place in the fourth group, and successfully advanced to the top 16 of men's singles. Chen Meng, who then appeared on the court, easily defeated India's Srija Akula 3-1 to win the top spot in the fourth group and advance to the top 16 of the women's singles!