On April 17, Beijing time, the group stage of the 2024 WTT Macao World Cup ushered in the final round of competition. In the case of Wang Yidi, Ma Long, Chen Meng, and Wang Chuqin, who played before, advanced to the knockout round, and then played in the national table tennis Kuaiman to draw 2-2 with the opponent, and unfortunately went out due to the disadvantage of small points, Lin Gaoyuan was in a burst of state 4-0 to take his fate into his own hands and successfully advanced. 6 players in the national table tennis team and 5 people advanced.
Kuamman
Youngster Kuo Man, South Korea's Tian Zhixi, and Australia's Hong Jianfang are in the thirteenth group, and Tian Zhixi is the seeded player. Tian Zhixi 4-0 Hong Jianfang (11-1, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4) in the first round, and Kuo Man 4-0 Hong Jianfang (11-5, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9) in the second round. Tian Zhixi and Kuo Man, both with a score of 4-0, defeated the veteran Hong Jianfang, then this round of the game is a game between the two sides, and the winner can determine the qualification for promotion
Shiki Ta
As a result, the teenager Kuo Man was slow to enter the state, and quickly lost 2 games 4-11, 6-11. After that, Kuaiman gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game, winning two games in a row 12-10, 11-4, and tied 2-2 in the four-game game. According to the rules, under the condition that all the wins and losses are the same, the total small scores of the two sides are compared first, and the result is 33-36, 3 points less than Tian Zhixi, and unfortunately becomes the first player to be eliminated in the group stage of national table tennis.
Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan is in the sixth group with Croatia's Tommislav Puka and Chinese Taipei's Zhuang Zhiyuan, and Lin Gaoyuan is the seeded player. In the first round, Lin Gaoyuan drew 2-2 with Puka, and the scores in four games were: 12-10, 11-7, 11-13, 8-11. The small score is Lin Gaoyuan, 42-41, leading Puka by one pointIn the second round, Pukapuka defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-1, with a score of 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 in four games. Puka led by 13 points at 41-28.
Zhuang Zhiyuan
In this round against Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan, Lin Gaoyuan can only qualify steadily if he plays 4-0, 3-1 is a small score, and if he is 2-2 or 1-3 or 0-4, he will be out. As a result, Lin Gaoyuan was in a burst of state in the game, and he was extremely eager to win, and directly won 3 games in a row 11-4, 11-3, 11-6, and scored 4 points in a row in the fourth game when he was 8-10 behind, and reversed 12-10. Lin Gaoyuan took his fate into his own hands and successfully advanced to the knockout round.
In the match that ended in the national table tennis a little earlier, Ma Long swept Canadian player Li Yuanzhang 4-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4), and did not lose a game in two games, and easily advanced. Chen Meng defeated India's Akula 3-1 (11-4, 11-4, 13-15, 11-2) to win two straight matches to top the group and advance to the knockout round. Wang Yidi drew 2-2 (11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 9-11) with Germany's Shan Xiaona, and although she had the same win and defeat as her opponent in the same group, Hong Kong's To Hoi King, China, she relied on the relationship between the same opponent to successfully advance. In the first round, he defeated Wang Chuqin, the world's No. 1 brother of Ping An Jae-hyun, 2-2, and swept Kazakhstan's Glasmenko 4-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5) in this round to complete self-redemption and successfully advance.
The remaining six matches of national table tennis:
17:00 Wang Manyu VS Manica Batra
17:40 Lin Shidong VS Alex Lebrun
18:20 Chen Xingtong VS Olawan Paranam
20:00 樊振东 VS 黄镇廷
20:40 孙颖莎 VS 陈思羽
22:00 Liang Jingkun VS Christian Carlsen