At the 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup, as of the evening of April 17, the third round of the men's group stage has ended, and the top 16 men's singles players of this tournament have been released. The Chinese table tennis team has 6 players, and all 6 players have passed.
Group standings
The Chinese table tennis team sent 6 players to participate, among which Liang Jingkun played the finale of the game, and in the final round Liang Jingkun and the Swedish star Carlsen clashed, Liang Jingkun played well in this game, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 and 12-10, swept the opponent with a total score of 4-0, and won 8-0 in the group stage to advance strongly.
Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan both encountered trouble in the first round, drew 2-2 with their opponents, and both won by 1 point, grasping the initiative to advance. However, with the end of the second round, the situation of Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan has improved, and they all have a certain chance of forgiving mistakes in the final round. In the face of the decline in the first round, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan both played strongly in the final round, Wang Chuqin swept Glasmenko 4-0, and Lin Gaoyuan swept Zhuang Zhiyuan 4-0.
Fan Zhendong won 4-0 in the first round, firmly grasped the initiative to advance, and only needed 1 game to pass the final round. Fan Zhendong won the first game 11-5, locked the promotion seat in advance, and also announced that Huang Zhenting was out. After that, the two sides played three more wonderful games, and Fan Zhendong defeated Huang Zhenting 3-1. Fan Zhendong has been controversial recently, having lost another foreign war at the Incheon Championship, and the Macau World Cup is his chance to prove himself.
Ma Long and Lin Shidong both played strongly, and the old and young of national table tennis all played at a high level. Ma Long swept Aditya Salin and Li Yuanzhang 4-0 in a row, and Lin Shidong swept Alberto Minoan and Alex Lebren 4-0 in a row. Ma Long is old and strong, and still has a great chance to participate in the Paris Olympics, and the World Cup and the Saudi Grand Slam are very crucial, while Lin Shidong is temporarily out of the Olympic quota, but the future is promising.
Regarding the other groups, Lin Yunru in Group 4 performed well, swept Matsushima Teruku 4-0 in the final round and advanced to the top 16 of men's singles. In Group 7, Felix Lebreen performed eye-catchingly, defeating Gao Chengrui 3-1 in the final round and successfully advancing to the knockout round. Calderano in Group 8 won 8 games in a row to advance, while Zhang Yuzhen in Group 9 also won 8 games in a row and advanced to the round of 16.
The 10th group made an oolong, Zhang Benzhihe was "teased" by the International Table Tennis Federation, because the rules were not clear, Zhang Benzhihe was first out of the oolong, and then was pulled back. Grote, who was in the same group, was even more blindfolded, encountering ice and fire, and finally regretted being reduced to a background wall, and the ITTF had to reimburse the air ticket money.
In the 11th group, there was an upset, and the seeded player Qiu Dang was eliminated, and the final round of the key battle lost 1-3 to Hayasuke Togami, and saw the opponent advance. Darko Joczyk in Group 12 advanced thrillingly, and drew 2-2 with Lee Sang-so in the final round, and with the same win-loss ratio between the two sides, Darko Joczyk advanced thrillingly with a 2-point advantage.
Anton Carlberg in the 14th group is also thrilling, and in the final round he staged a life-and-death battle with Lin Zhongxun, and Carlberg won 14-12 in the fourth game. In Group 15, Feretas put in an excellent performance, beating Aruna, the first African, to beat their opponents 3-1 in the final round. Group 16 also caused an upset, with Moregard losing 3-1 to Omar Assal in the final round and could only watch his opponent advance.
On the whole, all 6 members of the Chinese table tennis team advanced and became the biggest winner in the group stage. Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Hayasuke Togami advanced. In addition, South Korea's Jang Woo-jin, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, France's Leborendi, Brazil's Calderano, Slovenia's Joczyk, Sweden's Carlberg, Portugal's Feretas and Egypt's Omar Asal advanced to the round of 16.