On the evening of April 17, Beijing time, the top 16 women's singles list of the table tennis Macao World Cup was released, and six national table tennis players participated in the battle, and the five main forces Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, and Chen Xingtong were promoted, and the 20-year-old Kuo Man was unfortunately eliminated.
In terms of foreign associations, Japan's Misei Ito and other famous players were upset, Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang Moto, South Korea's Shin Yubin, Tian Zhixi, and Zhu Qianxi were successfully shortlisted, and Romania's Szokos, Austria's Polkanova, Thailand's Sutasini, Puerto Rico's Diaz, and Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing - see below for details.
The situation of the national table tennis war
In terms of national table tennis, a total of six players qualified for this competition, and all of them won the first round, including Sun Yingsha defeated Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong, China 4-0, Wang Manyu defeated Romania's Diaconu 4-0, Chen Meng defeated Poland's Bayo 4-0, Chen Xingtong defeated Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin 4-0, and Kuo Man defeated Australia's Hong Jianfang 4-0.
As for Wang Yidi's strongest opponent, that is Du Kaiqin of the Hong Kong team, so she also encountered the greatest difficulty, but fortunately, she won 3-1 in the end and maintained the lead with her teammates.
After the start of the second round, the performances of the national table tennis players were different, among which Sun Yingsha continued to make a strong effort, beating Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin 4-0, Wang Manyu also beat India's Batra 4-0, and Chen Meng beat India's Akula 3-1.
Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong slackened after taking the lead because of the advantage in the score, and finally drew 2-2 with Germany's Shan Xiaona and Thailand's Olawan respectively, but they still qualified. However, although Kuo Man tied South Korea's Tian Zhixi 2-2 after falling behind 0-2, he lost to the opponent by a small score, and was unfortunately eliminated in the end, becoming the only person left behind in the national table tennis women's singles.
The battle situation of the foreign association
The competition in other associations was also very exciting, among which Misei Ito (Japan), Wang Amy (USA), and Sutasini (Thailand) blasted each other with a score of 2-2, and finally Sutasini advanced by a small margin, which can be regarded as an upset, as for the other three Japanese players - Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang have all been promoted.
South Korea also gained a lot this time, in addition to the teenager Kim Naying out, Shen Yubin, Tian Zhixi, and Zhu Qianxi did not drop the chain, especially Tian Zhixi also beat the national table tennis player Kuo Man, and the recent state is indeed very good.
In addition to Thailand's Sutasini, Austria's Polkanova, Puerto Rico's Diaz and Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing were among the best athletes in their respective groups, and it was no surprise that they won the last 16 round. Szokos (Romania), who came on at the end of the game, almost collapsed, and finally won by a narrow score after a 2-2 draw with French teenager Pavard.
According to the arrangement, on April 18, the women's singles top 16 knockout round will be ushered in, when the game will return to the normal seven games and four wins, and the competition will become more and more fierce.