On April 19, Beijing time, the Macau World Cup continued, and the men's and women's singles quarterfinals will be held today. In a women's singles quarter-final that ended this morning, Japan's 15-year-old Miwa Haramoto faced Puerto Rico's Diaz.
In the 1/8 finals, Zhang Benmei defeated Wang Yidi 4:1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Diaz defeated Polkanova 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Zhang is currently ranked 12th in the world and Diaz is currently ranked 10th in the world. The two have met once before, and Diaz narrowly won 3:2. But judging from today's match, Diaz is not a match for Miwa Zhang at all.
In the past year, Zhang Benmeihe has been trained by participating in international competitions, and her strength has become stronger and stronger, she is also the current strong opponent of the Chinese table tennis team, and has also posed a threat to Sun Yingsha in many encounters with Sun Yingsha, and she has also caused great difficulties to Chen Meng in the women's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan. In the past year, Miwa Zhang has grown rapidly, growing into the absolute main player of the Japanese team, and successfully won the ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Zhang Benmei and 4-1 Diaz [11-3, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8].
In the first game, Zhang Benmeihe entered the state very quickly, and the first three boards and the holding advantage were very obvious, 6:1, 10:2, 11:3 quickly won the first game.
In the second game, Zhang Benmeihe was still very strong at the beginning, starting 5:2, Diaz also stubbornly chased the score, chasing the score to 7:8, one point behind. However, Zhang Benmei and the key points were stronger, and won another game 11:7.
In the third game, Zhang Benmei and the killing madness were in a burst of state, playing 10:1 at the beginning, not giving Diaz too many chances, winning the third game 11:2, and leading 3:0.
Judging from the first three games, Diaz is not Zhang Benmeihe's opponent at all, but Diaz is also a person with a small temper, and in the fourth game, Diaz, who fought against the water, began to launch fierce attacks, and Zhang Benmeihe, who won three games, changed his mentality and his concentration decreased significantly.
In the fourth game, Diaz actively adjusted and strengthened changes, actively changed the line and attacked strongly and ferociously, leading 7:3 at the beginning. Although Zhang Benmeihe also stubbornly chased the score in the middle game, Diaz seized the opportunity and pulled back a game 9:6, 11:8.
In the fifth game, the two played more anxiously, Diaz led 3:1 at the beginning of the game, Zhang Benmei and tenaciously chased the score to 4:3 to overtake, and then the two fell into the scorching stage The score rose alternately, and at the end of the game, Diaz began to make mistakes, Zhang Benmei and seized the opportunity to win the fifth game 11:8, and finally defeated Diaz 4:1 to advance to the semifinals.
In the next round, he will face the winner between Wang Manyu and Hina Hayata.
In the men's singles 1/4 finals that ended earlier, Zhang Benmeihe's brother Zhang Benzhihe defeated Carlberg 4-2 to advance to the semifinals, and his brother's promotion also brought a certain incentive to Zhang Benmeihe, Zhang Benmeihe was very excited in this game, and entered the state very quickly, perhaps inspired by his brother to win the game.