On April 17, 2024, the first national table tennis player of the Table Tennis Macau World Cup was out, Kuo Man 2-2 South Korean star Tian Zhixi, also with a record of 1 win and 1 draw, calculating the small score Tian Zhixi 36-33 Kuo Man, the result was that Tian Zhixi advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles, and Kuo Man was eliminated in the group stage.
Kuo Man is the hope star of the national table tennis women's team, trained by the coaching staff, once partnered with Lin Shidong, won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships, and now with the identity of the World Youth Championships singles champion, he has qualified for the World Cup.
Tian Zhixi used to be a member of the second team of national table tennis, and later chose to go out to develop, and can now be said to be the second main force of the Korean team, second only to Shen Yubin, who is ranked 7th in the world, Tian Zhixi performed well during this time, and some time ago he was able to win against Misei Ito, which shows that there is progress, and more importantly, his confidence has been greatly improved, of course, at this stage, her most threatening project is the women's doubles partner Shen Yubin.
In the 13th group, in addition to Kuo Man and Tian Zhixi, there is also Australian player Hong Jianfang, just in the previous game, Hong Jianfang lost 0-4 twice, so it depends on the results of Kuo Man against Tian Zhixi, originally many fans were optimistic about Kuo Man beating Tian Zhixi, but they did not expect to become the first player to fall behind in national table tennis.
After the start of the game, Kuaiman was obviously not in the state, the offense was all senseless mistakes, and he couldn't catch Tian Zhixi's serve, and the connection speed itself was slower, and then affected by the mentality, it was difficult to adapt to the opponent's rhythm, and he couldn't find an effective coping strategy, so there was definitely no chance to play, Tian Zhixi took the lead with 11-4, Kuaiman was a little tight, after all, this one must win to qualify.
In the second game, Tian Zhixi still limited the high quality of Kuo Man through the change of rhythm, especially his own service round, and always tried to take the initiative to get started, to limit Kuo Man's twisting, Tian Zhixi took the lead in an all-round way, winning another game with 11-6, and in the third game Tian Zhixi led 6-0, and then got the game point 10-8, at the critical moment, Kuo Man dared to fight and dare to play, directly scored 4 points in a row, reversed 12-10, and also put pressure on the opponent.
In the fourth game, Kuaiman became more and more courageous, blasting out 11-4 and winning another game, although Kuaiman fell behind 0-2 and won two games in a row, but the net score was not as good as the opponent, or was eliminated in the group stage, Tian Zhixi advanced to the women's singles round of 16, Kuaiman became the first player out of the national table tennis, of course, this result is also normal, after all, Tian Zhixi is a first-class master, the process is worth summarizing after the game, and I hope that Kuaiman will not be discouraged and continue to work hard.