On April 19, Beijing time, the Macao World Cup held the men's and women's singles quarterfinals. In the men's singles quarterfinals this morning, Tomokazu Zhang faced Sweden's Carlberg.
In the group stage, Tomokazu Zhang narrowly defeated Grote through a small score to advance to the knockout round. Carlberg defeated Guo Yong and Lim Jong Hoon to advance to the knockout round. In the men's singles 1/8 finals, the two also experienced a hard battle, and Carlberg defeated Liang Jingkun 4:3 in seven games to advance to the quarterfinals. Tomokazu Zhang defeated Feretas 4:2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Previously, Tomokazu Zhang and Carlberg had seven encounters, and Carlberg was 4-3. Tomokazu is currently ranked ninth in the world, and Carlberg is currently ranked 13th in the world. After a tough battle in the first round of the group stage and the knockout round, both men are in very good shape.
Tomokazu Zhang 4-2 Anton Carlberg [9-11,11-7,9-11,11-9,11-9,11-4].
The two also gave a very exciting game in this game.
In the first game, Carlberg entered the state very quickly, Zhang Benzhihe made many mistakes in the opening stage, 5:2, 9:4 Carlberg leads, and then Zhang Benzhihe appeared two lucky tennis balls to score five points in a row, chasing the score to 9 draws, Carlberg seized the opportunity and won a game 11:9.
In the second game, the two played more intensely, Carlberg's first three boards were faster, there were more changes, the two fought to 4 draws at the beginning, and then Zhang Benzhihe seized the opportunity to get the game point 6:4, 10:5, at this stage Zhang Benzhi and the score lead played more patiently, 11:7 to pull back a game.
In the third game, the two still played fiercely, and the opening game was tied at 5, and then Zhang Benzhihe seized the opportunity to lead Carlberg 9:8 and actively adjusted to score 3 points in a row, and won the third game 11:9.
In the fourth game, the key game Zhang Benzhihe actively mobilized himself to start 3:0, and then strengthened the attack to play more smoothly, 9:2 lead, at the end of the game, Carlberg did not give up the tenacious pursuit of points, chased the score to 8:9 behind one point, and then Zhang Benzhihe seized the opportunity, 11-9 to win the fourth game, the big score into a 2:2 draw.
In the fifth game, the two played more anxiously, 6:6, 9:7, 11:9 Zhang Benzhihe won the fifth game.
Tomokazu Zhang, who was leading by a large score, was in a completely explosive state, and Carlberg played a little more restrained. At the beginning of the sixth game, Zhang Benzhihe led 6:1 and 8:3, and at the end of the game, Zhang Benzhihe did not give Carlberg a chance to turn the tables and scored 11-4 in a row to win the sixth game, thus defeating Carlberg 4:2 and advancing to the semifinals.
After the game, Tomokazu Zhang and his coach reviewed today's game, and Tomokazu Zhang said that he was staring at his short forehand, but in fact, he was nothing.