On April 18, Beijing time, the 2024 Macau ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup launched the second stage of competition, and in the first 1/8 final of men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan eliminated European champion Darko Joczyk 4-2 and took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals of men's singles. In the first 1/8 final of the women's singles, Wang Yidi defeated Zhang Benmeihe 1-4, and missed the women's singles quarterfinals.
This World Cup adopts a new competition system, divided into group stage and knockout round, 12 national table tennis players, 11 people won the first place in the group, and advanced to the knockout round, only Kuo Man regretted to be out. The second stage is the knockout round, a game is decided, and each game adopts a best-of-7 system. Lin Gaoyuan took the lead, he swept Zhuang Zhiyuan on the previous match day, and his competitive form was very good, and Lin Gaoyuan continued to be strong against Darko Joczyk in the 1/8 finals.
In the first two games of the game, Lin Gaoyuan took the initiative and controlled the rhythm of the game, winning two games in a row 11-7 and 11-8. Darko Joczyk fought back strongly in the third game, and Lin Gaoyuan was behind for most of the time, chasing 8-9 at the end of the game, forcing Darko Joczyk to call a timeout. After returning from the pause, Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row and won the game 11-9 directly, leading 3-0. Darko Joczyk gave it a go, 11-7, 11-4 in straight games. Lin Gaoyuan restarted in the sixth game, sealed the victory 11-8, eliminated Darko Joczyk 4-2, and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals first, and faced the winner between Fan Zhendong and Lin Shidong in the quarterfinals.
In the first 1/8 final of the women's singles, Wang Yidi played against Zhang Benmeihe, in the past two seasons, Wang Yidi has lost a lot of foreign battles, especially to Japanese players many times, which caused her to miss the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics in advance. In this World Cup, points will be deducted if you lose a foreign war, and if you lose a game, you will basically miss the Olympic seat, which is a huge pressure on Wang Yidi. In the first game facing Zhang Benmeihe, Wang Yidi missed a key point at the end of the game and lost a game 10-12.
Subsequently, Wang Yidi fought back strongly and won 11-6 in the second game. In the third game, Wang Yidi started well, but there were too many mistakes in the game, 6-9 behind at the end of the game, Wang Yidi chased 2 points in a row, Zhang Benmei and called a timeout, after the pause came back, Zhang Benmei and won another game 11-8. In the fourth game, Wang Yidi fell behind 1-4 and called a timeout, and then chased 5 draws, Zhang Benmei and mobilized Wang Yidi through the change of the landing point, and played a wave of small climaxes, winning another game with 11-6, leading 3-1 with a big score, forcing Wang Yidi into a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Wang Yidi didn't seem to have much to do, he was very anxious, and he missed opportunity balls in a row and fell behind 2-5. However, she worked hard to adjust, and at the end of the game she overtook 9-8, Zhang Benmeihe was particularly strong, scoring 2 points in a row and gaining match points at 10-9. Wang Yidi saved three match points, but unfortunately he also missed two game points, losing this game 14-16, and losing Zhang Benmeihe with a big score of 1-4, and missed the quarterfinals.
This game is fatal for Wang Yidi, she not only missed the women's singles quarterfinals, but also will be deducted 3,000 Olympic selection points.