On April 19, Beijing time, the ITTF Singles World Cup entered the 5th day of competition, and the top 4 men's and women's singles places will be born on this day.
To sum up, it is not difficult to see that in the men's singles quarterfinals, the national table tennis men's team occupies 4 seats, the Japanese team occupies 2 seats, and South Korea and Sweden each occupy 1 seat. In the women's singles quarterfinals, China and Japan each have three seats, and Chinese Taipei and Puerto Rico each have one place.
In addition to the national table tennis players, the Japanese team is also very strong in this singles World Cup, while the South Korean team is miserable, there are currently 7 players out of the game, only Zhang Yuzhen is left to advance to the quarterfinals.
Among them, Lin Zhongxun, Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun, and Kim Na-young were defeated in the group stage! Coming to the knockout round, the first round is the 1/8 finals, Zhu Qianxi lost to Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing 1-4; Shin Yu-bin and Tian Zhixi both lost to Japanese players, and both lost with a score of 3-4, the former lost to Hina Hayata, and the latter lost to Miu Hirano, so far the Korean women's singles were completely wiped out, and no one advanced to the quarterfinals.
On April 19, the 8 games were worth the attention of fans (see the chart below for details). At present, 3 games have ended, and Zhang Ben Zhihe, Zhang Benmeihe, and Ma Long have advanced to the semifinals.
The specific results were: Tomokazu Haramoto defeated Sweden's Carlberg 4-2, Miwa Haramoto eliminated Puerto Rico's Diaz 4-1, and Ma Long defeated Japan's Hayasuke Togami 4-2!
Next is the second 1/4 final of the women's singles, which is a national table tennis foreign war, Chen Meng against Japan's Miu Hirano, this match will undoubtedly attract much attention! Chen Meng is 30 years old, the world's No. 4 women's singles women's singles, and Miyu Hirano, 24 years old, ranked 14th in the world.
In the group stage, Chen Meng swept Poland's Bayo 4-0 in the first game and 3-1 in the second game. Miu Hirano defeated New Zealand's Jocelyn 4-0 in the first match, and defeated French Chinese veteran Yuan Jiannan 3-1 in the second match.
Coming to the knockout round, the first round is the 1/8 finals, Chen Meng defeated Thailand's Sutasini 4-0, and Miu Hirano narrowly defeated the Korean Chinese beauty Tian Zhixi 4-3, and the following brings the details of the two in the women's singles 1/4 finals.
In the first game, Chen Meng took the lead 4-1, Miyu Hirano chased it to 3-5 in the middle section, Chen Meng scored 2 points in a row, 7-3 to pull the score apart, Miyu Hirano scored 1 point, Chen Meng scored 2 points in a row, Miyu Hirano couldn't chase the points, and Chen Meng easily won the first game 11-5.
In the second game, Chen Meng took the lead 3-1, Miyu Hirano chased the score to a 3-3 draw, and then the two fought until a 6-6 draw, Chen Meng scored 3 points in a row, at the end of the game, Chen Meng got 3 game points in the second game 10-7, after Miyu Hirano saved 1 game point, Chen Meng still seized the opportunity, 11-8 and the next city, the big score 2-0 to take the lead.
In the third game, Miu Hirano took the lead 4-2, Chen Meng chased it to a 4-4 draw, and then Miu Hirano scored 4 points in a row, and Miu Hirano 8-4 stretched the difference to 4 points. Chen Meng chased 2 points in a row, Miyu Hirano scored 1 point, leading 9-6, and then Chen Meng did not give up, scored 5 points in a row, and won the third game with an 11-9 reversal, taking the lead with a big score of 3-0, forcing Miyu Hirano to the edge of the cliff.
Chen Meng was able to win the reversal when he fell behind 4-8 and 6-9 in this game, showing Chen Meng's tenacious side and repelling the arrogance of Miyu Hirano!
In the fourth game, the two fought from 1-1 to a 3-3 draw, and then Chen Meng scored 3 points in a row, which made Miyu Hirano very helpless. At the end of the game, Miu Hirano chased the score to 6-8, Chen Meng no longer retained, scored 3 points in a row to close the game, and swept Miu Hirano with a big score of 4-0 and advanced to the top 4 of women's singles.
At present, two places have been produced in the men's and women's singles semifinals, with Ma Long and Zhang Benzhihe advancing to the men's singles semifinals, and Chen Meng and Zhang Benmei advancing to the women's singles semifinals.
In the next women's singles semifinals, Chen Meng will face the winner of Sun Yingsha and Zheng Yijing, and there is a high probability that she will compete with Sun Yingsha for a place in the women's singles final, which is very worthy of fans' expectations!