On April 18, 2024, the latest report came from the table tennis Macau World Cup, the main national table tennis player Wang Manyu defeated Romania's Szokos 4-1 and advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, and Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto eliminated Portugal's Freitas 4-2 and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Zhang Benzhihe is ranked 9th in the world, once won the runner-up of the men's table tennis World Cup, lost to Fan Zhendong at that time, and was almost eliminated in the group stage before, and then experienced twists and turns, with a slight advantage to eliminate Denmark's Gross, and now encounters Portugal's Freitas, it is not easy to win, Zhang Benzhihe led 2-0 and lost two games in a row, and lost 8 points in a single game 9-3 lead, which can be said to be a thrilling pass.
After the start of the game, the first game Zhang Ben Zhihe was very smooth, Freitas was powerful in the middle and far platform, the first three boards were obviously weak links, it was difficult to adapt to the speed of Zhang Ben Zhihe, and he couldn't keep up with this rhythm at all, Zhang Ben Zhihe took the lead 11-6, and in the second game, Zhang Ben Zhihe took advantage of the situation to chase, or according to the previous rhythm to play, Freitas had no way, and Zhang Ben Zhihe won another game 11-7.
There was an unexpected situation in the third game, originally Zhang Benzhihe tried to lock up the victory in one go, but he didn't expect to suddenly drop the line when he led 9-3, and even some self-confusion, this mentality is easy to lead to an upset, Freitas scored 8 points in a row, and completed the reversal with 11-9, Zhang Benzhi and his own service round did not change, he suffered a lot from Freitas, and the main problem was that the quality of the forehand could not be improved.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe was not affected, played more firmly, and stabilized his position in time, after all, the comprehensive strength is still above the opponent, as long as he does not panic, there is no problem, the end of the game came to 9 draws, Freitas seized the opportunity, won 11-9, 2-0 lead and lost two games in a row, the mentality inevitably changed, but Zhang Benzhi and this anti-pressure performance is okay, but Freitas is a little anxious.
In the fifth game, Freitas's concentration declined, although he played some good shots, but there were too many unnecessary mistakes, and the first three boards were too slow, so that Zhang Benzhihe scored many times, and on the whole, he was extremely passive, Zhang Benzhihe pulled back a game with 11-7, and in the sixth game, Zhang Benzhihe took advantage of the situation to chase, Freitas couldn't stop the opponent at all, Zhang Benzhihe ended the game 11-6, and finally eliminated Freitas 4-2.
At the same time, the women's singles competition, the national table tennis won a big victory, Wang Manyu defeated the Romanian star Szokos, if nothing else, the opponent should be the Japanese star Hina Hayata, this year Wang Manyu is one of the favorites in the World Cup, is optimistic about the impact of the championship, and it is also related to the singles qualification of the Paris Olympics.