In the 13th group of the men's singles of the 2024 Table Tennis World Cup, the national table tennis player Lin Shidong and the French star Alex Lebrun competed for the right to qualify. After the start of the game, the two sides competed fiercely in the first three boards, Lin Shidong's adaptability was stronger than that of the opponent, and after winning the first two games, Lin Shidong locked the right to qualify, and finally won four games in a row and swept Alex Lebrun 4-0 to advance to the round of 16.
The Lebrun brothers have become the main opponents of national table tennis, in the serving and receiving links, Alex Lebrun is very distinctive, Alex Lebrun has not played against Lin Shidong before, this time the two ushered in an encounter.
In the first game, Lin Shidong scored 4 points in a row after 6-6, Alex Lebrun saved a game point, and Lin Shidong took the next city 11-7. In the second game, Lin Shidong made persistent efforts to win again 11-8. At this time, Lin Shidong has actually qualified, and even if Alex Lebrun can force Lin Shidong to draw, Lin Shidong will be ranked first in the group. Of course, Lin Shidong, who was full of momentum, did not give his opponent any chance, and won the third and fourth games in succession, 11-8 and 11-4, and swept Alex Lebrun 4-0. The group stage of the 13th group is over, Lin Shidong hit two games 4-0 in a row, and won the first place in the group with a record of not losing a game.
Lin Gaoyuan defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0 and advanced to the round of 16 with the top spot in the 6th group. Wang Chuqin defeated Glasmenko 4-0 and advanced to the round of 16 with the top spot in Group 1. Ma Long also defeated Li Yuanzhang in four straight games, won the top spot in Group 4, and advanced to the top 16.
In terms of foreign association celebrities, the men's singles world No. 10 Qiu Dang lost 1-3 to Japan's Hayasuke Togami and missed out of the 11th group, and in the fourth game of the game, Qiu Dang even lost a 0-11. In the 16th group, World Championships men's singles runner-up Moregard lost 1-3 to Asal in the final round of the group top spot, and finally went out of the group. Counting Alex Lebrun in Group 13, there are already 3 big names in the first stage of the men's singles group stage who will be eliminated!