The 2024 Macau ITTF Singles World Cup continued yesterday, with the teenager Kuo Man defeating Australian veteran Hong Jianfang 4-0 to usher in a good start, and Kazakhstan's Glasmenko, who has attracted much fan attention, drew 2-2 with South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun.
The ITTF Macau World Cup entered the second day of competition yesterday, the world junior champion Kuo Man participated in the singles World Cup for the first time, facing the 51-year-old Australian straight board veteran Hong Jianfang, Kuo Man played well, 4-0 quick victory over the opponent, ushered in a good start, after the game Kuo Man said that he was still fully prepared before the game, "I think the first game is similar to what I imagined, Hong Jianfang is a particle style of play, first of all, I still watch the technical video, I was not very good at the particle style of play before, so I was more open-minded." ”
However, in the fourth game, there were also ups and downs, and finally won the opponent 11-9 after falling behind 0-6. ”
Today, Kuo Man will compete with the South Korean player Tian Zhixi in the same group for the right to qualify from the group, for which Kuo Man said that he still has to fight his opponent, "Because I played against her once last time, the fight was very fierce, and I won 3 to 2. ”
Due to Wang Chuqin's 2-2 draw with South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun on the first day, yesterday's competition between Ahn Jae-hyun and Kazakhstan's Glasmenko attracted the attention of fans, and as a result, Glasmenko performed tenaciously in the case of 1-2 behind, and finally drew 2-2 with Ahn Jae-hyun.
In addition, Lin Gaoyuan, who drew his opponent in the first round, will face Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan today, Zhuang Zhiyuan lost 1-3 to Croatia's Pucar last night, Lin Gaoyuan wants to break through from the group smoothly, only to defeat Zhuang Zhiyuan by a big score and press Pucar in the game.
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