The 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup group stage competition is over, the national table tennis players have played well, 11 of the 12 participants finally qualified from the group and successfully advanced to the knockout round, only the women's singles hope star Kuo Man missed the first place in the group because of a small disadvantage, and was finally eliminated and missed the women's singles round of 16. The rest of the players have successfully won the top 16 places, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and men's singles player Lin Shidong. After two games in the group stage, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu scored 4-0 in two consecutive games, and the above five did not lose a game in the group stage, while the players who suffered a draw were Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, while Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng lost a game in the game.
In the women's singles group stage, five of the six national table tennis players were promoted, and one was eliminated, and the players who hit out 4-0 in two consecutive games are the world's top two Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, who are currently in great shape and are very hopeful of meeting the final champion and runner-up finals. National Table Tennis Olympic Women's Singles Champion Chen Meng also performed well overall, she defeated Bayo in the first game, although she lost a game in the second game, but overall the state is also good, the three players with the strongest comprehensive strength are the biggest favorites to win the World Cup, and other players may not be able to pose a threat to them.
In contrast, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong are slightly inferior to the two world champions, Wang Yidi lost one game in the first game, and the state did not improve in the second game against the Chinese star Shan Xiaona, and the two sides fought fiercely for four games and drew 2-2, but finally successfully advanced. After winning the first game by a big score, Chen Xingtong shook hands with his opponent in the second game, and Chen Xingtong pushed his opponent to advance to the knockout round. The first big win and the aggregate score of the teenager Kuo Man was not favored, she drew with Tian Zhixi in the second round, but was eliminated because of the small score disadvantage.
All six men's singles players successfully reached the top 16 of singles, of which Ma Long, Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun won eight games in a row to win two consecutive victories to advance to the knockout round, while Fan Zhendong lost one game in two games, while Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin both achieved one win and one draw. Veteran Ma Long is in good shape in this World Cup, Ma Long swept Salin 4-0 in four straight games in the first game, and in the second round he swept Canadian player Li Yuanzhang in four consecutive games, and successfully advanced after two consecutive wins. Teenager Lin Shidong played a strong role in the group stage, swept Minoan 4-0 in the first game, and played better in the second game with the strong Alex, he won four games in a row and swept Alex 4-0, and won two games in the group stage to advance to the top 16 of men's singles. Liang Jingkun, who has been in the limelight recently, continued his good form, with a clean sheet in the first game against Australian player Lin Wenzheng, and the second game against world champion Karlsson, Liang Jingkun did not give his opponent any respite, he won four games in a row with a total score of 4-0 against his opponent, and after two consecutive games of 4-0, Liang Jingkun can also look forward to the World Cup men's singles championship.
In contrast, the other three main players of national table tennis still have some ups and downs, Lin Gaoyuan won the first game and then lost the cup Croatian star Pucar drew 2-2, but fortunately in the second game, Lin Gaoyuan adjusted his state in time, and he defeated the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0 in four straight games to ensure that the first group advanced to the top 16 of men's singles. Men's singles world No. 1 Wang Chuqin also played up and down in the first game, he and the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles third runner-up Ahn Jae-hyun equaled the battle 2-2, the second game Wang Chuqin was back in shape, he won four games in a row and swept Kazakhstan's Glasmenko 4-0, and advanced to the men's singles knockout round with one win and one draw in the group stage.
Fan Zhendong, the former world No. 1 and four-time champion of the event, was in an unstable state, although the first game swept the opponent with a big score of 4-0, but the score of the last three games was very close, and it was very difficult to win Shun, and in the second game, Fan Zhendong lost a game against Hong Kong, China's Wong Chun Ting, and won 3-1, and advanced to the men's singles round of 16 after two consecutive wins. The next two will start the knockout stage competition, and every game is a life-and-death battle, looking forward to the better performance of the national table tennis players.