On April 18, Beijing time, the 2024 ITTF Macau Men's and Women's World Cup entered the second phase of the knockout round. In the first period of the competition, 5 national table tennis players appeared, and the result was 3 wins and 2 losses, Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals, Chen Meng advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, and Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi were eliminated. In addition, Lin Yunru led 2-0 and lost four games in a row and was eliminated by South Korean player Zhang Yuzhen, which is also a big upset.
On the first day of the knockout round, the main theme was upset and reversal, and there were upsets in both the men's singles and women's singles fields, and the national table tennis became the target of upsets. In the men's singles field, Liang Jingkun lost to Anton Carlberg 3-4, the national table tennis 3/4 area was lost, and he missed the men's singles semifinals. Fortunately, Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long won one after another, Lin Gaoyuan eliminated Darko Joczyk 4-2, and Ma Long eliminated Felix Lebrun 4-2.
In addition, Lin Yunru also upset, facing South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen in the quarterfinals, Lin Yunru won the first two games 13-11, 11-5, he had a chance to take a 3-0 lead, but missed the opportunity in the third game and lost the third game 12-14. Since then, Lin Yunru's state has declined significantly, Zhang Yuzhen has become more and more courageous, comprehensively suppressed Lin Yunru, won the fourth game 11-5, won the fifth game 11-6, won the sixth game 11-5, reversed Lin Yunru 4-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals. It can be seen from the scores of the last three games that Lin Yunru has lost his level.
So far, 4 seats have been born in the men's singles quarterfinals, namely Zhang Yuzhen, Ma Long, Anton Carlberg, and Lin Gaoyuan. Zhang Yuzhen will face the winner between Wang Chuqin and Hugo Calderano in the quarterfinals, Ma Long against the winner between Hayasuke Togami and Omar Assal, Anton Carlberg against the winner between Marcos Freitas and Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and Lin Gaoyuan against the winner between Lin Shidong and Fan Zhendong.
There was also an upset in the women's singles 1/8 finals, Wang Yidi lost to Zhang Benmeihe 1-4 and missed the women's singles quarterfinals, and head coach Ma Lin was also hit. Chen Meng played steadily, swept Sutasini Savitabut 4-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The other two matches were reversals, Zheng Yijing reversed South Korea's Zhu Qianxi 4-1, and Miu Hirano completed the comeback from 0-2 down to eliminate another South Korean player Tian Zhixi 4-3.
At present, four seats have been decided in the women's singles quarterfinals, belonging to Zheng Yijing, Miyu Hirano, Chen Meng, and Zhang Benmeihe. Zheng Yijing actually faced the winner between Sun Yingsha and Chen Xingtong in the quarterfinals. Miu Hirano and Chen Meng are vying for a place in the semi-finals, and Miwa Zhang will face the winner between Sofia Polkanova and Adriana Diaz in the quarter-finals!