On April 18th, Beijing time, the table tennis Macao World Cup is about to usher in the fourth day of the battle, and the showdown in the first stage of the group stage has all come to an end.
According to the arrangement, on April 18, the men's and women's quarterfinals will be born, and the two civil wars of Chinese table tennis - Sun Yingsha VS Chen Xingtong, Fan Zhendong VS Lin Shidong, in addition to blocking Zhang Benmeihe, Lebrun Jr., Hugo and other strong opponents, facing a severe test!
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The overall performance of the national table tennis in this World Cup is good, although Kuo Man was eliminated, but she did not lose to any opponent in the big score, but lost to South Korea's Tian Zhixi when the small score was out, and a similar situation also happened to Ito Misei and others, which shows that the special rules of "playing four games" in the group stage did have an impact on the results of the game.
According to the arrangement, the second stage of the game will become a normal best-of-seven knockout round, although everyone is more familiar with this, but after all, losing one game will end the battle, there is no room for maneuver, plus the opponent has also become significantly stronger, so the competition is more intense.
According to the arrangement, the competition on April 18 will kick off at 11:00 a.m., in which Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi took the lead in representing the national table tennis debut, respectively facing the Slovenian star Darko and Japan's Zhang Benmeihe, both of whom have very strong strength, including Darko won against Liang Jingkun and Zhang Benmei and defeated Qian Tianyi.
For Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi, who have not performed well in foreign wars recently, the round of 16 may break out into a fierce battle, but it is also an opportunity to prove themselves again, especially Wang Yidi, who has lost to Japanese players five times in the past year, needs this opportunity.
Then at 11:50, Malone will play against Felix, the younger brother of the Lebrun brothers, although he has never lost to the other party in the past, but Malone has also been forced into a tiebreaker by Felix, and now the latter is the world's highest-ranked athlete in the foreign association, only 17 years old has broken through all kinds of masters many times, and the national table tennis Grand Slam must not underestimate each other.
At 12:40, Liang Jingkun will face Sweden's Carlberg, who has beaten him, which will undoubtedly be another test, while Chen Meng's battle with Thailand's Sutasini at 13:30 may be relatively easy.
At 18:00 in the evening, Wang Manyu will play with Romanian star Szokos, who has defeated Chen Meng twice and Chen Xingtong once, and is the women's singles champion of the new European Games, and has become one of the main opponents of national table tennis.
At 18:50, Fan Zhendong will meet 18-year-old teammate Lin Shidong again, and he has lost to each other twice recently, and it is still difficult to predict whether he can turn the unfavorable situation around, and expect both athletes to perform well.
At 19:40, Sun Yingsha will also play against her teammate Chen Xingtong, who has only defeated her not long ago, and whoever loses may win; at 20:30, Wang Chuqin will encounter the Brazilian star Hugo, who has defeated Fan Zhendong and others before, and needs to be prepared for difficulties.
On April 18, there were seven battles between players from foreign associations, namely 12:40 Zhu Qianxi VS Zheng Yijing, 12:40 Miyu Hirano VS Tian Zhixi, 13:30 Lin Yunru VS Zhang Yuzhen, 18:00 Zhang Benzhihe VS Freitas, 18:50 Diaz VS Polkanova, 19:40 Hayasuke Togami VS Omar, 20:30 Hina Hayada VS Shin Yubin.
So which athletes are optimistic about successfully advancing to the top 16? Welcome to leave a message and write your own prediction!