On April 19, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 ITTF Macau Men's Singles World Cup were fiercely contested, and in the first 1/4 finals just ended, it was the Japanese star Tomokazu Zhang Ben against the Swedish star Carlberg, and as a result, Tomokazu Zhang played well, reversed Carlberg 4-2, and became the first player to advance to the semifinals. His semi-final opponent was the winner of Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan.
Tomokazu Zhang and Carlberg are old rivals, the two have played each other 7 times before, Carlberg has a 4-3 advantage, and the most recent meeting was also a victory for Carlberg. This ITTF Singles World Cup, everyone is eager to defeat their opponents to advance, and the meaning of victory in the tournament is different.
In the first game, Zhang Benzhihe started not to be in the state of needless mistakes, Carlberg basically maintained an advantage of about 4 points to the key points, Zhang Benzhihe relied on two dribbles, and took the initiative to tie to 9-9, Carlberg scored 11-9 with continuous backhand and quality twisting.
In the second game, Zhang Benzhihe and Carlberg both entered the game state, the opening stage of the two scores were relatively tight, after 5-5, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead, and scored 5 points 10-5 to the game point, although Carlberg chased two points in a row, but Zhang Benzhihe grasped the key points, 11-7 to pull back a game.
In the third game, the two were the same as the second game, the score was relatively tight at the beginning, and when it came to the middle game, Zhang Benzhihe gradually got the lead in the score, when Carlberg chased it to 8-9, Zhang Benzhi and his father shouted a timeout to him, but after the pause came back, he failed to prevent the opponent from scoring, and Carlberg reversed 11-9 to win the third game.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe strengthened the control of the first three boards, and took a 5-1 lead at the beginning, 9-3 into the key points. Zhang Benzhihe, who fell into the passive stage, mobilized himself to excite himself, and finally successfully grasped the key point 11-9 to pull back a game. The big score came to 2-2.
In the fifth game, the two people who returned to the same running line again, neither of them wanted to fall behind, and they bit each other's scores in the opening stage. In the middle game, Carlberg made a mistake, and Zhang Benzhihe continued to take a 9-7 lead sideways, and as Carlberg returned the ball out of bounds in the hold, Zhang Benzhihe won another game 11-9. The big score is 3-2 ahead.
In the sixth game, Zhang Benzhihe was very excited, at the beginning of 6-1, everything was going towards the trend that he could advance to the semifinals, and every time he scored a point, he would howl with all his might, and Carlberg's whole person was also listless, I don't know if it was affected by this howl. Zhang Benzhihe 9-4, entered the key points, 11-4 to seal the victory
In this way, Tomokazu Zhang reversed Carlberg 4-2 after falling behind twice and became the first player to advance to the semifinals. The opponent in the next round is the winner of Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan.