On April 17, the final round of the group stage of the ITTF Macau World Cup is underway, and the top 16 of the singles have been released. In the men's singles competition, the world's No. 9 Tomokazu Zhang and the world's No. 10 Qiu Dang were upset and missed the round of 16. Chinese teenagers Kuo Man and Tian Zhixi drew 2-2, ranked second in the group because of the disadvantage of small scores, missed the round of 16, and became the first player of the Chinese team to go out.
- The 2 biggest names in men's singles are out of the game
World No. 9 Tomokazu Zhang is one of the biggest opponents in the Chinese men's singles, and he defeated Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and other major players in national table tennis. In the third round of the group stage, Tomokazu Zhangmoto's opponent was Gross. There is still a big gap between Gross and Zhang Benzhihe's strength, and Zhang Benzhihe is optimistic that he will win easily. Tomokazu Zhang was obviously unprepared today, losing two games in a row 7-11, 6-11 as soon as he came up. With no way back, Tomokazu Zhang won two games in a row 11-6, 11-5, and finally the two sides ended the game 2-2. Through the conversion of small points, Tomokazu Zhang scored 75 points and lost 66 points, and lost to Gross with 73 points and lost 62 points, and missed the group qualification.
Men's Singles World No. 10 Qiu Dang did not perform well in this World Cup, and was held to a 2-2 draw by Ahmad in the first round. In the second round, Qiu's opponent was Japan's Hayasuke Togami. Hayasuke Togami is ranked 25th in the world, and there is still a certain gap between his strength and Qiu Dang. In the first two games, both sides won one game each, and the scores were 5-11 and 11-7 respectively. The third game became the key to the game, and Qiu Dang failed to withstand the pressure of the key points and lost 10-12. In the fourth game, Qiu Dang was in no state, was bombarded 0-11, and finally went out of the game 1-3 and missed the top 16.
- The Chinese teenager is out
Kui Man, who was once considered the future successor of the Chinese women's singles, got a lot of opportunities to compete, but her performance was mediocre. In this competition, she and Tian Zhixi were in the same group, and in the third round, she competed with Tian Zhixi for a place in the finals. In today's match, Kuaiman did not play to the advantage of his ability to hold on to each other, and finally drew 4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-4. In the small score calculation, she lost to her opponent and missed the group qualification. Kuo Man also became the first Chinese player to go out of this tournament.
In other games, Wang Chuqin 4-0 Kirill qualified strongly. Lin Gaoyuan defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0 and also advanced. Ma Long also played easily, winning 4-0 to advance to the round of 16. In the women's singles match, Chen Meng 3-1 Akula, Wang Yidi 2-2 Shan Xiaona, both of whom also advanced to the top 16.
The eight players who advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles are Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Hayasuke Togami, Gross, Felix Lebrun, Assal, and Lin Zhongxun. The eight players who advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles are Chen Meng and Wang Yidi of China, Tian Zhixi and Zhu Qianxi of South Korea, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayada of Japan, and Zheng Yijing of Chinese Taipei.