On April 17, in the life-and-death match of the group stage of the 2024 Table Tennis Men's Singles World Cup, when the Japanese team Tomokazu Zhang drew 2-2 with the Danish team Grote, Tomokazu Zhang knelt on the ground.
For the first time, on the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation, Zhang Benzhihe ranked second, which means that Zhang Benzhihe was eliminated?
However, the embarrassing thing is that a few minutes later, the official website was modified, and Zhang Benzhihe ranked first in the group and advanced to the knockout round!
The reason given is that Tomokazu Haramoto won the group by virtue of a small score advantage against Jonatan Grote and advanced to the round of 16.
Previously, Terra and Grote both defeated Gacini 3-1.
In the life-and-death battle between Tomokazu Zhang and Grote, Grote won two games in a row 11-7 and 11-6, and Tomokazu Zhang won two games in a row 11-6 and 11-5 to draw 2-2.
In this way, Tomokazu Zhang and Grote both have 1 win and 1 draw.
What is the first comparison? It may be that as a new World Cup after the restructuring, the ITTF official himself has not figured it out, and it has caused trouble for the first time!
The final rule was to compare the small score advantage between Tomokazu Zhang and Grote, Tomokazu Zhang scored 35 points, Grote scored 33 points, and Tomokazu Zhang won the group.