The 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup has entered the knockout stage of competition, and the national table tennis players are unfavorable, and Wang Yidi, who is ranked third in the women's singles world, is in a fluctuating state in the match with the fierce rival 16-year-old Zhang Benmeihe, although Wang Yidi played very tenaciously in the game, but in the end he still lost to Zhang Benmeihe 1-4, missed the women's singles quarterfinals, and broke out a big upset. Wang Yidi also became the first main player of national table tennis to be eliminated from this World Cup, and it is worth mentioning that this is the fourth time that Wang Yidi has lost to a Japanese player in more than a year, after she lost to Hina Hayada twice and Miu Hirano once. We all know that the Japanese women's table tennis is the biggest obstacle for the national table tennis to compete for the gold medal in the Paris Olympics.
Wang Yidi faced the Japanese Chinese star Zhang Benmeihe in the first round of the knockout round, the latter is a young player born in 2008 and is not yet 16 years old this year, but she has already shown a good upward momentum on the court, and she also played with Sun Yingsha last year, it is certain that Zhang Benmeihe will be the main competitor of the national table tennis women's team in the future. Wang Yidi's state has been up and down recently, especially in this World Cup, Wang Yidi played a little shrunken, and lost the game first and then lost points in the group stage to advance to the top 16 of women's singles, which is not a good thing for Wang Yidi, she urgently needs to prove herself in the knockout round. Wang Yidi has lost many foreign battles in the past year, and because of this, the national table tennis coaching staff has revised the Olympic selection criteria many times, with the aim of preventing Wang Yidi from obtaining Olympic tickets, especially singles qualifications, and the head coach of national table tennis Li Falcon even said in public that Wang Yidi is not suitable for the Olympic women's singles competition, and the wording is very harsh. This World Cup is a good opportunity for Wang Yidi to prove herself, but unfortunately she fell off the chain at a critical moment.
In the past year, Wang Yidi has lost to Japanese players many times, this game is particularly eye-catching, the first game of the two sides are fiercely competitive, the two have been biting the score, fighting to 10-10 Zhang Benmei and scored two points in a row to win a game 12-10 first, the second game Wang Yidi took the lead at the beginning of the game and was forced to the score to 5-6 by the opponent, Wang Yidi blasted out a wave of scoring climax after 11-6 to pull back a city, the first two games of the two sides into a 1-1 draw. In the third game, Wang Yidi started with three points in a row and then lost five points in a row 3-5 behind, Zhang Benmei and the more brave after the score was overtaken to 11-8 and then the next city, the big score was 2-1 overtake, the fourth game Wang Yidi called a timeout when he fell behind 1-4 at the beginning, after the pause came back, Wang Yidi continued to chase the score to 5-5 draw, unfortunately then she made various mistakes, Zhang Benmei and played a wave of scoring climax after 11-6 and then the next city, the fifth game Wang Yidi played very tenacious, she fell behind many times and overtook the score, at the end of the game Wang Yidi failed to seize the key points and lost 14-16, the total score was 1-4 lost to Zhang Benmeihe, missed the women's singles quarterfinals, a big upset.
Wang Yidi became the first main player of the national table tennis in this World Cup, as the third player ranked in the world, Wang Yidi did lose a little bit in the foreign war, the national table tennis coaching staff changed the Olympic selection rules again and again, before this World Cup, the national table tennis coaching staff stipulated that the players who lost the foreign war will be deducted huge points, Wang Yidi, who is already behind in the Olympic standings, will lose a lot of points because of the loss to Zhang Benmeihe, it is certain that after Wang Yidi loses this game, she will be ironclad and will miss the Paris Olympics, according to the national table tennis selection rules, the top two players in the Olympic points ranking will win the women's singles quota for the Paris OlympicsThe third player to participate in the team competition is determined by the coaching staff based on various considerations, and after Wang Yidi repeatedly lost to the Japanese players, the biggest rival of the national table tennis women's team, she was basically excluded from the Paris Olympics list. Although the national table tennis coaching staff has repeatedly revised the Olympic selection rules, which has caused heated discussions in the outside world, from the perspective of overall interests, Wang Yidi is indeed not suitable to represent the national table tennis to compete for the table tennis gold medal in the Paris Olympics.