On April 19, Beijing time, the ITTF Singles World Cup entered the 5th day of competition, and on this day the singles 1/4 finals will be contested, and the top 4 places of men's and women's singles will be born.
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, South Korea and Sweden each occupy 1 seat, and Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru was unexpectedly out of the game, and was reversed by South Korean player Zhang Yuzhen 2-4 in the 1/8 finals, which seemed a little regrettable.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, China and Japan each have three seats, and Chinese Taipei and Puerto Rico each have one place. The South Korean team was completely wiped out, and no one advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles, which is indeed unexpected.
Among them, Jin Naying lost the group stage, Shin Yubin and Tian Zhixi both lost to Japanese players Hina Hayada and Miu Hirano with a score of 3-4, and Zhu Qianxi was blocked from the women's singles top 8 by Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing with a score of 1-4.
On April 19th, there were a total of 8 matches throughout the day that were very worthy of the attention of fans (see the chart below for details). At present, a men's singles quarter-finals have been concluded, and Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto defeated Sweden's Carlberg 4-2 to advance to the men's singles semi-finals. In the next step, Zhang Benzhihe will compete with the winner of national table tennis players Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan for a place in the men's singles final.
Next up is the Women's Singles quarter-finals, which will be played by Japan's Miwa Haramoto against Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz. In the last round, Zhang Benmei eliminated national table tennis player Wang Yidi 4-1, while Diaz swept Austrian star Polkanova 4-0 to enter the women's singles quarterfinals, and their performance left a very deep impression on many fans.
Zhang Benmeihe is 15 years old, ranked 12th in the women's singles world, Adriana Diaz is 23 years old, ranked 10th in the world, Zhang Benmeihe eliminated the national table tennis player Wang Yidi in the last round, and at the same time in a 1/4 final just concluded on the 19th, Zhang Benmeihe's brother Zhang Benzhihe took the lead in advancing to the men's singles top 4, these two points will undoubtedly enhance Zhang Benmeihe's confidence, and the following brings details of this game.
In the first game, Zhang Benmeihe took the lead 3-0, Diaz scored 1 point, and then Zhang Benmeihe scored 3 points in a row, 6-1 to pull the score away, after Diaz scored 1 point, Zhang Benmeihe scored 4 points in a row, and got 8 game points in the first game 10-2, Diaz saved 1 game point, and this Zhang Benmeihe easily won the first game 11-3.
Looking at the score of the first game, the 15-year-old Zhang Benmei and the 15-year-old Zhang Benmei were very well prepared and entered the state very quickly, on the other hand, Diaz looked a little dull, and his self-confidence was obviously not as good as Zhang Benmei's feet.
In the second game, Zhang Benmeihe took the lead 3-1, and Diaz chased the score to 5-6 in the middle of the game, and Zhang Benmeihe scored three points in a row after 8-7, and won 11-7 again, leading Diaz 2-1.
In the third game, Zhang Benmei and the more confident he played, Diaz was completely stunned, 1-4 behind after requesting a timeout, the pause back, Diaz still did not find any good way, Zhang Benmei and Qiang scored 6 points in a row, 10-1 to get the third game 9 game point opportunities, due to the disparity in points, Zhang Benmei and easily won the third game 11-2, the big score 3-0 to take the lead, forcing Diaz to the edge of the cliff.
In the fourth game, after the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw, Diaz let go and scored 5 points in a row 8-3 to open the score, at the end of the game, Diaz got 4 game points with 10-6, Zhang Benmei and after saving 2 game points, Diaz still seized the opportunity and won the fourth game 11-8, chasing the score to 1-3.
In the fifth game, Diaz took the lead 3-1, and then Zhang Benmei and scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score, and the two fought to a 6-6 draw in the middle of the game, Zhang Benmei and scored 2 points in a row, and when Diaz chased 7-8, Zhang Benmei and asked for a timeout.
After the pause, Diaz chased the score to 8-9, and then Zhang Benmeihe scored 2 points in a row, won the fifth game 11-8, eliminated Diaz with a big score of 4-1, and took the lead in advancing to the top 4 of women's singles! Zhang Benmeihe's performance in this World Cup is indeed very strong!
In this way, Zhang Benmeihe will compete with the winner of Wang Manyu and Hina Hayada for a place in the women's singles final, and Wang Manyu will usher in a big challenge and will face Japanese players in a row.