On April 17, the group stage of the Macau Table Tennis World Cup was completed, and the top 16 of men's and women's singles were produced.
What is surprising is that the generation of "grandmaster" Ito Misei who played on the first two boards actually did not qualify for the group, what happened?
Ito, the world's No. 9 player, is seeded in Group 7. In the same group are Amy Wang of the United States, ranked 35th in the world, and Savitabut of Thailand, ranked 59th in the world. It stands to reason that Ito has no problem qualifying in this group, but unexpectedly, the result of the game was: Ito Misei fell into the quagmire of the "Group of Death":
The results of the three games are jaw-dropping, and they go like this:
Misei Ito 2-2 Wang Amy, the score of the four games: 11-3, 5-11, 14-12, 10-12, the total score is 40-38, Ito won;
Savita Butt 2-2 Misei Ito, the score of four games: 12-14, 11-9, 11-3, 6-11, the total score is 40-37, Savita Butt won;
Savita Butt 2-2 Wang Amy, the score of four games: 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 7-11, the total score is 36-35, Savita Butt won.
After this game, the group set points and score table looks like this:
The three of them won and lost exactly the same game, all of them won 4 games and lost 4 in 8 games, and the difference in points gained and lost was very small. This is the real group of death.
We know that the rules for qualifying for this World Cup are that when the number of wins and losses is the same, and then compare the relationship between the winners and losers, this comparison, Savita But's total points in two games defeated Misei Ito and Amy Wang respectively, so she won the group. And Ito Mimato is second in the group because of the higher total score in the match with Wang Amy.
However, only the first place in each group qualified, and Ito Misei did not lose a game, and was eliminated by the dark horse because he scored 3 points less. If she had known that this was the result, it is estimated that she would have cut the score of each game a little tighter.
After feeling that he did not qualify for the Paris Olympics, Ito was a little pessimistic.