On the evening of April 17, the 2024 ITTF Singles World Cup continued to compete for the group stage at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, and today is the last match day of the group stage. A total of 12 men and women of the Chinese team all played, the women's team, Wang Yidi, Kuo Man, Chen Xingtong won a draw, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha swept the opponent 4-0, Chen Meng won 3-1, the men's team, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun all defeated their respective opponents 4-0, Fan Zhendong won 3-1. At the end of the group stage, 11 of the 12 players of the Chinese team advanced to the top 16 of the men's and women's singles.
The format of the group stage of this World Cup is more special, 16 groups of 3 people in each group of 3 round-robin, each game must play 4 rounds, there can be a draw, the relationship between the players will determine their final ranking, the first place in each group to advance to the knockout round.
In the women's match, Wang Yidi drew 2-2 with German-Chinese naturalized player Shan Xiaona, with the scores of 11-7, 11-4, 9-11 and 9-11 in four games. Chen then defeated India's Srija Akula 3-1, 11-4, 11-4, 13-15 and 11-2. Kuo Man played against South Korea's naturalized Tian Zhixi in this round and drew 2-2, with the scores of 4-11, 6-11, 10-12 and 4-11.
Wang Manyu defeated India's Manika Batra 4-0, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4. Chen Xingtong also won a 2-2 draw against Thailand's Olawan Palanam, 14-12, 11-6, 10-12 and 7-11. Sun Yingsha swept Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu 4-0 in four games, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 and 11-9.
In the men's match, Ma Long defeated Canada's Li Yuanzhang 4-0, with the scores of 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 and 11-4 in four games. Wang then defeated Kazakhstan's Kirill Glasmenko 4-0, 11-7, 12-10, 11-2 and 11-5. Lin Gaoyuan's opponent in this round is Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-yuan, who also won 4-0, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 and 12-10.
Lin Shidong won 4-0 against France's Alex Lebrun, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 and 11-4. Fan Zhendong defeated Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting 3-1, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7. Liang Jingkun, who came out in the last game, swept past Christian Carlsen 4-0, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 and 12-10.
In terms of promotion, in the men's group, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, and Liang Jingkun all advanced to the knockout round as the first in the group, while South Korean star Lin Zhongxun and German player Qiu Dang were out of the group and missed the round of 16. In the women's group, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, and Chen Xingtong all advanced to the knockout round as the first in the group, Kuo Man fell behind Tian Zhixi because of the small score, ranked second in the group, and missed the knockout round, and the Japanese star Misei Ito also missed the top 16 because of the disadvantage of the small score.