On April 17, Beijing time, the group stage of the 2024 Table Tennis Macau World Cup continued, and today's game was extremely tragic, because it was the last round of the group stage, and winning or losing directly determined who would finally qualify and who would pack home.
Japan's Miu Hirano defeated France's Yuan Jiannan 3:1, with a score of 11/7, 10/12, 11/4, 11/3 in four games. Miu Hirano won two consecutive wins and successfully advanced to the first place in the group.
World No. 1 Wang Chuqin swept Kazakhstan's Kirill Glasmenko 4-0, with the scores of 11/7, 12/10, 11/2, 11/5 in four games. Wang Chuqin successfully advanced with one draw and one win. Wang Chuqin was forced to draw 2:2 by Ahn Jae-hyun in the first round, and only won one point in the small score. Fortunately, in the second round, Glasmenko also drew 2-2 with Ahn Jae-hyun, and Wang Chuqin only needed 3:1 to qualify in this round, and Wang Chuqin won 4:0 to advance. In the fourth game, Glasmenko had already given up because there was no point. The new four-innings group format has been criticized for this.
National table tennis player Lin Gaoyuan swept Chinese Taipei star Zhuang Zhiyuan 4:0, with four game scores: 11/4, 11/3, 11/6, 12/10. Lin Gaoyuan was forced to draw 2:2 by Puka in the first round, and only won one point in the small score, and Puka defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan 3:1 in the second round, so Lin Gaoyuan 3-1 Zhuang Zhiyuan may not necessarily advance in this game (3:1 still needs to be relatively small), and it is best to win 4-0 to ensure promotion. Lin Gaoyuan entered the state very early in this game, and the rhythm of the game was completely in Lin Gaoyuan's hands, and the first 3 games were won very quickly. In the fourth game, the two sides played very closely, and at the critical moment, Lin Gaoyuan withstood Zhuang Zhiyuan's counterattack and finally won. Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the round of 16 with one draw and one win, and Zhuang Zhiyuan became the first world champion to be eliminated in this World Cup.
South Korean teenager Zhu Qianxi drew 2:2 with Brazilian champion Bruna Takahashi, with a score of 11/5, 11/8, 8/11, 8/11 in four games. Zhu Qianxi and Takahashi Bruna are both one win and one draw, and Zhu Qianxi finally successfully qualified with a total score of 38:35 Takahashi Bruna.
French star Felix Lebrun defeated Chinese Taipei's Gao Chengrui 3:1, with a score of 11/8, 11/2, 10/12, 12/10 in four games. Because in the second game, Felix Lebrun won by 9 points, even if it was a 2:2 draw, as long as Lebrun did not lose by a small score in the third and fourth games, he could ensure qualification. In the end, Lix Lebrun won two victories and successfully qualified.
National table tennis star Kuo Man drew 2:2 with South Korean star Tian Zhixi, with four game scores: 4/11, 6/11, 12/10, 11/4. Both of them have one win and one draw, but the total score is 33:36 Tian Zhixi, Tian Zhixi advanced to the top 16 with a 3-point advantage, and Kuo Man became the first player to be eliminated in national table tennis.
For this draw, some netizens said that Kuaiman is inexperienced in the competition, and it is relatively slow to enter the state, and they are all catching up after the big score, although they have successfully reversed two games, but it is already too late, Kuaiman wants to become the "second Sun Yingsha" and still have to polish and experience.