On April 19, 2024, the first semi-finals of the Table Tennis World Cup were born, and the Japanese star Tomokazu Zhang defeated the Swedish star Carlberg 4-2, and drew 9 times in four times.
Although Tomokazu Zhang is only 20 years old, he has more experience in the tournament than many young players, this is because he was trained by the Japanese team, and he came out to play when he was a child, although he is ranked 9th in the world and has always been in the first ranks, but Tomokazu Zhang is unstable, from Gross to Freitas, it is too difficult to win, mainly playing with players with strong holding ability, and Tomokazu Zhang and forehand are weak links.
Carlberg and Moregard are the twin stars of the younger generation of the Swedish team, Moregard became famous earlier and won the men's singles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships, but Carlberg's performance during this time was more eye-catching, Moregard was out of the group stage, and even lost to Egyptian player Assal, Carlberg eliminated Liang Jingkun to advance to the quarterfinals, and his competitiveness is significantly stronger, ranked 13th in the world, very close to the top ten.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Benzhihe won the World Cup men's singles runner-up, and defeated Ma Long and lost to Fan Zhendong at that time, which is also his best result in the singles World Series.
After the start of the game, Carlberg's 9-5 lead in the first game declined, Zhang Benzhi and the connection speed was indeed too fast, Carlberg was a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, Zhang Benzhihe chased 9 draws, his two senseless mistakes, Carlberg took the lead 11-9, Zhang Benzhi and 7-5 in the second game, and then pulled back a game with 11-7.
In the third game, Zhang Benzhi and backhand twisting and pulling, Carlberg's offensive quality declined, obviously a little untenable, Zhang Benzhihe 9-6 lead, Carlberg chased to 8-9, Zhang Benzhihe called a timeout, Carlberg reversed 11-9, Zhang Benzhihe lost 5 points in a row, the mentality of both sides changed in the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe 9-2 lead suddenly dropped, Carlberg chased 9-10, Zhang Benzhihe narrowly won 11-9.
Both of them have problems in the key points, Zhang Benzhihe is not resolute, Carlberg is too anxious, in the fifth game Zhang Benzhihe stabilized his position, won another game 11-9, in the sixth game Zhang Benzhihe led 3-1, Carlberg called a timeout, after coming back, Zhang Benzhihe took advantage of the situation to chase, Carlberg had no way, Zhang Benzhihe ended the game 11-4, and finally defeated Carlberg 4-2, becoming the first player to advance to the semifinals.