On April 17, Beijing time, the WTT Table Tennis Macao World Cup ended the group stage competition, and the national table tennis played well, with 12 players playing, only the teenager Kuo Man fell behind, and the remaining 11 all advanced to the knockout round with the first place in the group. Among them, Liang Jingkun swept Carlsen 4-0 in the final battle, and Chengguo Table Tennis advanced to the eleventh place in the knockout round. It is worth mentioning that Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, who are ranked in the top five in the world in the national table tennis women's singles, suffered an upset in the last round of the group stage and were drawn 2-2 by their opponents.
Chen Xingtong 2-2 Olawan Paranan
Chen Xingtong is ranked fifth in the world, as one of the five golden flowers of national table tennis, Chen Xingtong is also a women's singles master second only to Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu.
In this World Cup, Chen Xingtong defeated Liu Xinyin 4-0 in the first round of the group stage, and Olawan defeated Liu Xinyin 3-1.
In the first game, Chen Xingtong won 14-12 with difficulty, and in the second game, Chen Xingtong won the next game 11-6, and in the case of a 2-0 lead, the third game was reversed by Olawan Paranan 12-10. In the fourth game, Chen Xingtong's mentality was unbalanced, and Olawan Paranam was like a rainbow, 11-7 in the next game, thus drawing 2-2 with the world No. 5 Chen Xingtong.
Although Chen Xingtong advanced to the knockout round by virtue of a small score advantage, Chen Xingtong's performance obviously did not match his ranking.
Wang Yidi 2-2 Shan Xiaona
Wang Yidi, ranked third in the world, ushered in the 41-year-old veteran Shan Xiaona in the group stage, and was reversed by the opponent in the first two games, drawing 2-2.
In the past two years, Wang Yidi has lost consecutive foreign wars, which also made the coaching staff have to take away her Olympic singles qualification. Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong are obviously embarrassed.
Liang Jingkun 4-0 Magnus
Liang Jingkun, ranked third in the world, has been in hot form this season, reaching the final of the Singapore Grand Slam and winning the men's singles title at the WTT Incheon Championships. Magnus Carlsen, ranked 37th in the world, has faced each other twice in his career, with Liang winning two in a row.
At the beginning, the two sides played very closely, the score was 4-4, Liang Jingkun's super high-quality serve, scored two points in a row, 6-4 opened the score gap, and then Carlsen made two consecutive service errors, Liang Jingkun 8-4 expanded the lead, and got the game point 10-4, although Carlsen stubbornly pulled back two points, but Liang Jingkun still relied on the forehand advantage, 11-6 to win the first game.
In the second game, Liang Jingkun's defensive quality was very high, Carlsen could not penetrate Liang Jingkun's defense, Liang Jingkun led 3-0 at the beginning, at this time Carlsen called a timeout to adjust, and came back from a pause, Liang Jingkun's high-quality first three boards suppressed Carlson did not have the power to fight back, and got the game point 10-0, and then Carlsen picked up in the table, and scored two points in a long row, but then Liang Jingkun used the serve to score directly and won the second game 11-2. The big score is 2-0 ahead.
In the third game, Magnus was in good shape and drew 4-4, but Liang Jingkun still relied on his strong defense to overtake the score 8-6, and then Liang Jingkun played a 3-1 shock wave and won the third game 11-7, leading 3-0.
In the fourth game, Liang Jingkun made more mistakes, and the score was always behind, and after 7-7, Liang Jingkun returned the ball out of bounds. Magnus took an 8-7 lead again. Then Liang Jingkun smashed the score after the big angle transfer, 9-9 draw, Carlsen was lucky to get the edge ball, 10-9 to get the game point, at the critical moment, Liang Jingkun scored three points in a row, 12-10 won the fourth game, thus defeating Carlsen 4-0. Advance to the knockout round without losing a game.
With the promotion of Liang Jingkun, the six national table tennis men's singles players Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Shidong all advanced to the knockout round.
The national table tennis players regretted the accident of the teenager Kuo Man falling behind, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong drew with an unfavorable ending, and the women's singles Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong also all advanced to the knockout round.