On April 17, Beijing time, the table tennis World Cup continued, and in the final round of the group round-robin, the men's singles world runner-up Moregard was in a sluggish state, losing 1-3 to Assal, and finally ranked second in the 16th group and was eliminated! In the women's singles field, Kuo Man drew 2-2 with the Korean Chinese star Tian Zhixi in the final round of the group stage, but due to the total score of 33-36 behind, Kuo Man finally failed to qualify for the group and became the first person to be eliminated from the national table tennis tournament in this tournament.
Held again after three years, the rules of the individual World Cup have changed a lot, after the expansion of the army 48 participants, the first stage is divided into 16 groups, after the group single round robin player qualification, the formation of the round of 16 lineup, the second stage is to return to the knockout round, until the final champion is determined. In the first group stage, four games are played in each game, and a total score of 2-2 is allowed.
Wang Chuqin, who recently won the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles title, competed as the top seed, and although Fan Zhendong is the defending champion of the tournament, Wang Chuqin, who has reached the top of the tournament, is the player with the highest demand for the title.
After winning the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship, Wang Chuqin chose a short break due to physical fatigue and missed the subsequent WTT Incheon Championships. In this year's Table Tennis World Cup held in Macau, China, Wang Chuqin made a comeback, but in the first round of the group stage, Wang Chuqin's state has not been adjusted to the best, leading 2-0 and losing two games in a row, and was forced to draw 2-2 by South Korean star Ahn Jae-hyun. After that, on the second matchday, Wang Chuqin did not play, and the other two opponents in the same group faced each other directly, and Ahn Jae-hyun once again drew 2-2 with Glasmenko. In the last round of the group stage, Wang Chuqin played against Glasmenko, and the winner directly advanced to the round of 16, Wang Chuqin gradually improved his state, 11-7, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5 in four straight games, and finally swept Glasmenko 4-0 to win the first place in the group and successfully advanced to the top 16 of men's singles.
In the 16th group of men's singles, world runner-up Moregard was in a sluggish state, and finally lost 1-3 to Assal, 1-1 in the group stage, behind Assal, who won all 2 games, and missed the group qualification.
Women's singles group 13, the national table tennis world youth champion Kuo Man and the Korean Chinese star Tian Zhixi in the final round of the group, previously, in the face of the same group veteran Hong Jianfang, Kuo Man and Tian Zhixi were 4-0 swept to win, so this duel, that is, the battle for the right to qualify for the top spot in the group, Tian Zhixi played better in the first two games, Kuo Man chased two games in a row and finally drew 2-2 with the opponent, after comparing the total score of the game, Tian Zhixi narrowly defeated Kuo Man 36-33, Tian Zhixi qualified first in the group, Kuo Man regretted to be out.