On April 17, Beijing time, the ITTF Singles World Cup entered the third day of competition, and the final round of the group stage was held on this day, which was a key game for qualifying.
On this day, all 12 players will participate in the national table tennis team, and the 12 foreign battles will be watched by everyone, and the details of the specific matches are shown in the following chart!
At present, 7 national table tennis players have completed the third round of the group stage, 3 men's singles are Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, and 4 women's singles are Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Kuo Man.
Among the above seven players, Ma Long and Wang Manyu won all two games in the group stage with a score of 4-0, the Dragons defeated Australia's Saline and Canada's Li Yuanzhang respectively, and Wang Manyu defeated Romania's Diaconu and India's Batra respectively, and won the first place in the group to advance to the knockout round.
Chen Meng also won two games, defeating Poland's Bayo 4-0 in the first game, and then defeated India's monster player Akula 3-1 to advance to the round of 16.
Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Yidi, and Kuo Man 4 players have achieved 1 win and 1 draw, but only Kuo Man is at a disadvantage in terms of small scores, 2-2 draw with South Korean Chinese beauty Tian Zhixi, but the small score of 4 games lost to the opponent 33-36 3 points, according to the rules Kuo Man and Tian Zhixi are both 1 win and 1 draw.
Although Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, and Wang Yidi all won a draw, they all won the first place in the group by virtue of the number of wins or small points, thus advancing to the top 16.
Next up is the 18-year-old rising star Lin Shidong of the national table tennis men's team, against French rising star Alex Lebrun, in this group, Lin Shidong defeated Ecuador's Minno 4-0 in the first game, while Alex Lebrun and Minno fought to a 2-2 draw.
In this way, as long as Lin Shidong wins 2 games in the match with Alex Lebrun, then he will win the first place in the group with the advantage of winning games, and the following brings the belief message of this game.
In the first game, Lin Shidong took the lead 3-1, and then Alex Lebrun scored 4 points in a row, 5-3 overtook the score, Lin Shidong chased the score to a 5-5 draw, and then the two sides fought to a 6-6 draw, Lin Shidong scored 4 points in a row, and got 4 game points in the first game 10-6, after Alex Lebrun saved 1 game point, Lin Shidong still seized the opportunity and took the lead 11-7.
In the second game, the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, and after Lin Shidong led 4-3, Alex Lebrun asked for a timeout. After the pause, Lin Shidong scored 2 points in a row, and Lin Shidong maintained a 2-3 point lead after that.
At the end of the game, Lin Shidong got 3 game points in the second game 10-7, and after Alex Lebrun saved 1 game point, Lin Shidong still won 11-8 and took the lead 2-0.
In the third game, Lin Shidong took a 4-1 lead, and then Lin Shidong maintained a 2-3 point lead, and at the end of the game, when Lin Shidong was leading 9-7, he still safely requested a timeout.
After the pause, Alex Lebrun scored 1 point, and then Lin Shidong scored 2 points in a row to win the third game 11-8 and take a 3-0 lead.
In the fourth game, Lin Shidong was like a rainbow, taking the lead 4-1, Alex Lebrun has completely lost his fighting spirit, Lin Shidong got 6 game points in the fourth game 10-4, and finally decisively won the last point, won the fourth game 11-4, and swept Alex Lebrun with a big score of 4-0, and also scored two 4-0 scores in the two games in the group stage, the young Lin Shidong has an absolutely promising future, congratulations to Lin Shidong for advancing to the top 16 of men's singles!