On April 19, Beijing time, the Macao World Cup held the men's and women's singles quarterfinals. In this competition, four members of the national table tennis men's team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, and three of the women's teams successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Japan has five players in the men's and women's singles quarterfinals. Four men's and women's singles quarter-finals ended this morning. Zhang Benzhi, He Zhang Benmeihe, Ma Long, and Chen Meng defeated their respective opponents to advance to the semifinals.
Tomokazu Zhang 4-2 Carlberg [9-11,11-7,9-11,11-9,11-9,11-4].
Recently, both of them have been in very good shape, and they have played their own level in this game, and the game is very intense, and in the end, Zhang Benzhihe lost a game first, and then gradually found his form, and the more he played, the smoother and smoother, and finally defeated Carlberg 4-2 to advance to the semifinals.
Zhang Benmei and 4-1 Diaz [11-3, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8].
The 15-year-old Japanese teenager Miwa Zhang has been rising recently, and his strength is obviously getting thicker and thicker. In the face of the world's tenth Diaz, he played without mercy, the overall strength of the two was different, the first three games Diaz had no power to parry, the fourth game of the back-to-back battle Diaz played more fiercely, won three games Zhang Benmei and mentality changed concentration decreased a little, Diaz seized the opportunity to pull back a game 11:8, the fourth game two fell into a state of anxiety, but the key points grasp ability and overall strength of Zhang Benmei and finally won the game.
The Zhang brothers and sisters, who both advanced to the semifinals, took a group photo in the post-game interview area.
Marlon 4-2 Hayasuke Togami [5-11,11-5,7-11,11-7,11-3,11-3].
Ma Long and Hayasuke Togami gave everyone a very exciting game. The first three games of Hayasuke Togami brought great difficulties to Ma Long, the two had not played against each other too many times before, and they were not very familiar with each other, after the first three games of adaptation, Ma Long withstood the pressure and actively adjusted the state, and the next three games became smoother and smoother. Hayasuke Togami began to make more mistakes in the face of Ma Long, whose overall strength was higher than his own, and finally Ma Long seized the opportunity to defeat Hayasuke Togami 4-2 to advance to the semifinals.
Chen Meng 4-0 Miu Hirano [11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6].
Chen Meng took the initiative and played well in the whole game, and Miyu Hirano didn't have much to do. Before the start of the Macau World Cup, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the new Paris Olympics selection method, and 3,000 points will be deducted if the foreign association loses, so for Chen Meng, who competes in the singles of the Paris Olympics, this game can only be won and not lost, and she finally did it, without giving Miu Hirano too many chances, defeated the opponent 4:0 and advanced to the semifinals. After the game, she also cheered for her teammate Sun Yingsha, who played in the quarterfinals in the evening, hoping to meet Sun Yingsha in the semifinals.
The men's and women's singles 1/4 finals will continue tonight, and national table tennis Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, and Wang Chuqin will play.
With three foreign battles and one internal war, Wang Manyu vs. Japan's Hina Hayada is the focus of tonight's battle.