On April 17, Beijing time, the table tennis Macao World Cup entered the final round of the group stage, after today's game, there will be 16 men's and women's singles each qualifying seats, this round of the game is a duel between masters, the battle is very fierce.
The competition in the men's singles was obviously more intense, and there were successive upsets, with the world's top 10 Qiu Dang losing 1-3 to Japanese star Hayasuke Togami, missing the group qualification, and being bombed 11-0 in a single game, becoming the first seeded player to be eliminated.
Another seeded player is also out, Sweden's world runner-up Moregard lost 1-3 to Egypt's Assal, in the last round, Moregard 3-1 Alamiyan, Asal 4-0 Alamiyan, so this game Moregard is more pressure, must be 4-0 or 3-1, which means that he can only lose one game, if he loses two games, he will not qualify.
The first two games were intense, with both men winning one game each. In the third game, Asal started 3-1, Moregard's mistakes were a lot, Asal had a strong fighting spirit, he was very active, and he was chased to 4-4 later, but he led again 8-5 and played more stable, Moregard made various mistakes, and finally Asal won 11-6, Asal knew that he could qualify by winning this game, so he had already knelt on his knees to celebrate after winning this game.
In the fourth game, Moregard was obviously emotional, playing very impatiently, and even hitting the ball very casually, completely coping with the end of the game, and finally Asal won another game 11-5.
Tomokazu Zhang 2-2 Yonatan Grote, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5, total points: Tomokazu Zhang and 35-33 Jonatan Grote, this game Tomokazu Zhang Ben was very dangerous, he lost the first two games, and he was out of the game if he lost one more game, but he still actively adjusted his state and chased two games in a row.
WTT Official Notes: Tomokazu Haramoto became the first in the group and advanced to the second stage by virtue of a small score advantage against Jonatan Grote (Tomokazu Haramoto 35-33 Jonatan Grote). The two players have the same total number of wins and losses, and the relationship between the two sides is compared first. In fact, Tomokazu Zhang also knew that he could qualify by winning two games, and he knelt on the ground to celebrate and cheer very excitedly.
Japan played well, Miwa Haramoto 4-0, Hina Hayada 4-0, Miu Hirano 3-1, and Hayasuke Togami 3-1 all successfully defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the round of 16.
Ma Long easily defeated Li Yuanzhang 4-0, won two consecutive victories and successfully advanced, after the game Ma Long: The first two games are still quite challenging, there are still draws in this system, there will still be some difficulties in winning in 4 games, and we are the first time to meet, there will be some uncertainty.
Looking forward to the knockout round, 4 wins in 7 games, I haven't played for a long time, it's still very different, more attention to the middle game, the final game ability, and more playing strength. Now I'm not good at playing with anyone, and the draw hasn't come out yet, so I hope to calm down and play ball by ball.