On April 17, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Macau World Cup continued the group competition, today's game is very intense, everyone is competing for the first place in the group in the last round, all 12 national table tennis players participated in the game, and 10 wins and 2 draws were won in front.
Wang Manyu's opponent today is India's first sister Batra, and there was also a match against Indian player earlier today, Chen Meng defeated Akula 3-1. Batra is more famous in India and has also won the main national table tennis team, but he lost this year against the main national table tennis team.
Wang Manyu entered the state very quickly and took a 5-1 lead, Batra was still okay to score on the forehand, and the slap had a certain attack power, Wang Manyu used his high-quality arc to score continuously, 7-3 to continue to lead, Batra used the spin to change, so that Wang Manyu made many mistakes and chased 6-8, but Wang Manyu was not disrupted and won 3 points in a row 11-6.
In the second game, Batra started 3-1, Wang Manyu played very actively, quickly overtook 5-3, played very patiently, did not rush to shoot, once the serve attacked, very stable score, 8-4 opened the score, and soon won another game 11-4.
In the third game, Wang Manyu led 4-2, using high-quality arcs to limit Batra's knocking, cutting, and blocking, and was chased to 5-5 in the middle game.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu continued to play seriously, and did not relax because of the early qualification, in fact, after two games, he had already advanced to the first place in the group, and Wang Manyu attacked very fiercely in this game and won the final game 11-4.
Lin Shidong's opponent is France's A Lebrun, both of whom are hopefuls for both countries, with Lin Shidong currently ranked 14th in the world and A Lebrun ranked 21st in the world.
The first game was very fierce at the beginning of 3-3, both sides played very actively, both were in the lead, and the speed was very fast, and then played 6-6, Lin Shidong's offensive quality played out, 11-7 to win.
In the second game, the fierce struggle continued, A Lebrun played fiercely, but there were more mistakes, Lin Shidong showed a more stable and high-quality attack 6-3 lead, kept the score lead, and won another game 11-8.
In the third game, Lin Shidong started well 4-1 and played very relaxed, A Lebrun did not give up and was always chasing points, but Lin Shidong still won 11-8.
In the fourth game, Lin Shidong still maintained the lead and took the initiative 7-3, had a certain advantage in the confrontation, played better on the inner control and the first three boards, and easily won 11-4 and won heartily.
Ito Misei 2-2 Wang Amy, 11-3, 5-11, 14-12, 10-12 total points: Ito Misei 40-38 Wang Amy, although the total score is 2 points more, but the competition in this group is the most special, every game is 2-2, if anyone can win one more game will qualify directly, Ito Misei once had a chance to win 3-1, missed the match point, if you grasp that point, you can qualify, but unfortunately give up.
Sutasini finally won the group, some surprises, need to pass the small score, Ito Micheng scored 77, conceded 78 points, not as good as Sutasini's score of 76, lost 72 points, Ito Misei was helplessly eliminated, becoming the first Olympic champion out of this competition.