On the evening of April 17, Beijing time, the top 16 men's singles list of the Table Tennis Macau World Cup was all born, and its six Chinese table tennis players - Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Shidong all advanced, which is gratifying!
In terms of foreign associations, Japan is left with Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Hayasuke Togami, and only Zhang Yuzhen is left in South Korea, in addition to France's Felix Lebrun, Slovenia's Darko, Sweden's Carlberg, Portugal's Freitas, Egypt's Omar, Brazil's Hugo, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, Germany and other teams were all wiped out, please see below for detailed battle results.
The situation of the national table tennis war
A total of six players participated in the national table tennis men's singles in this competition, among which there was a dangerous situation in the first round, Lin Gaoyuan led 2-0 and lost 2 games in a row and was drawn by Croatia's Pucar, Wang Chuqin also led 2-0 and lost 2 games in a row, and was drawn by South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, fortunately, the two had more points than their opponents, so they barely "won" each other.
The remaining four matches of the first round of national table tennis men's singles won 4-0: Fan Zhendong defeated Germany's Duda, Liang Jingkun defeated Australia's Lin Wenzheng, Ma Long beat Australia's Salin, and Lin Shidong beat Ecuador's Mino.
After the start of the second round, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin learned a lesson and did not drop the chain while leading, as a result, the former swept Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0, and the latter defeated Kazakhstan's Glasmenko 4-0 and successfully qualified.
As for Fan Zhendong, he defeated Huang Zhenting of Hong Kong, China 3-1, Ma Long defeated Canada's Li Yuanzhang 4-0, Lin Shidong defeated France's Alex Lebrun 4-0, and Liang Jingkun, who appeared at the end, met Sweden's world champion Karlsson, and finally Liang Jingkun also easily defeated his opponent 4-0, and the national table tennis men's singles remained undefeated.
The battle situation of the foreign association
The battle in other associations is also very intense, among which Zhang Benzhihe is the most thrilling, he and Denmark's Grote defeated Croatia's Garcini 3-1, and then played a 2-2 draw with Grote, the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation once ruled that the Japanese player was out, but later found that he should have advanced, so Zhang Benzhihe "came back to life" and entered the top 16.
The other two Japanese men's singles players are one win and one loss: Hayasuke Togami upset the world's No. 10 German star Qiu Dang, and 16-year-old Teruku Matsushima lost 0-4 in the final game and was swept by Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, who advanced as a result.
The South Korean team has suffered heavy losses, and only Jang Woo-jin has passed the test so far, Lim Jong-hoon, Lee Sang-so, and Ahn Jae-hyun have all been eliminated; many people in Germany have given up their qualifications before the game (Bol, Ocharov, Francesca, Firus), and the remaining Qiu Dang and Duda have also been eliminated; France's Lebrun brothers have only their younger brother Felix, and their elder brother Alex has stopped in the group stage.
Slovenia's Darko, Sweden's Carlberg, Portugal's Freitas, and Brazil's Hugo are not surprising, and Egypt's Omar upset the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregaard and once again became a big dark horse in the table tennis world.
According to the arrangement, the men's singles quarterfinals will be decided on April 18, and we look forward to the national table tennis players making persistent efforts to defeat all foreign opponents: come on!