At 22:29 on April 19, Beijing time, on the fifth match day of the 2024 Macau ITTF Men's and Women's Singles World Cup, eight matches in 8 into 4 rounds were all decided. National table tennis including three anti-Japanese battles including five foreign battles all wins, a derby, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Fan Zhendong, the men's and women's semi-finals occupied six seats, Japan's Zhang Ben brothers and sisters defeated Sweden's Carlberg and Puerto Rico's Diaz respectively, both advanced to the semifinals, two lines against Wang Manyu and Lin Gaoyuan of the national table tennis.
In this round of the fifth match day, there are still seven national table tennis players left in the 16 places in the quarterfinals of men's and women's singles; in the foreign association, Japan is absolutely strong, with five people in the list; Carlberg of Sweden in Europe, Adriana Diaz of the Americas, is fighting alone; Zhang Yuzhen, the first brother of South Korea, and Zheng Yijing of the Chinese provincial team are also still in the battle sequence.
The battle between China and Japan is still the main theme, and the national table tennis has won three battles and three wins:
The 35-year-old dragon team of men's singles national table tennis was resisted by Japan's 22-year-old Hayasuke Togami at the beginning, and fell behind 0-1 and 1-2 successively.
Chen Meng and Miyu Hirano are the only two World Cup champions in this Women's World Cup, the defending champion Chen Meng is the 24th World Cup in Weihai in 2020, and Miu Hirano benefited from the withdrawal of Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling from China, and won the 20th World Cup in Philadelphia in 2016 all the way to the final, and the runner-up at that time was Zheng Yijing, who also entered the quarterfinals this year. Chen Meng and Hirano have played eight times before, Chen Meng only lost one at the 2017 Asian Championships, and the recent rebound of Miyu Hirano has defeated Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi, but Chen Meng won all the foreign wars, only losing the characteristics of the civil war, coupled with the thick offensive and defensive capabilities, Hirano won little, and the process of this game also confirmed everything, and the big dream swept 4-0.
Wang Manyu did his homework in advance against Hina Hayada Manyu firmly controlled the situation, although the score difference was not big, and let Hayada win the third game without giving any chance.
In the other two foreign battles of national table tennis, Sun Yingsha won 4:2 against Zheng Yijing, the runner-up of the 2016 World Cup, and Wang Chuqin played against Zhang Yuzhen of South Korea, who lost in the Busan team competition, with perfect revenge.
A little surprising is the derby of the national table tennis, Lin Gaoyuan beat Fan Zhendong 4:2 and advanced to the semifinals, Zhang Benzhihe in the next round was ignored by him, the heavy responsibility is on her shoulders, Sister Lin must bear it, but it's a pity that Fan Zhendong missed the four consecutive championships.
In the other two foreign battles of Japanese table tennis, the Zhang brothers and sisters blocked Carlberg in Europe, Diaz in the Americas, and representatives of the two continents from the semifinals.
A summary of the 8-in-4 rounds of men's and women's singles at the ITTF World Cup in Macau
Men's Singles
Tomokazu Chang 4:2 Anton Carlberg
Tomokazu Haramoto, 4-2 (9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4), defeated Sweden's Anton Carlberg to reach the semi-finals and face the winner of the national table tennis derby.
Marlon 4:2 Hayasuke Togami
Ma Long defeated Japan's Hayasuke Togami 4-2 (5-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-3) and entered the semi-finals.
Fan Zhendong 2:4 Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan won 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7), the defending champion Fan Zhendong, who defeated Lin Shidong in seven games in the previous round and reversed Lin Shidong.
Wang Chuqin 4:1 Zhang Yuzhen
Wang Chuqin defeated South Korea's Jang Woo-jin 4-1 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5) to avenge the defeat in the Busan team event.
Women's Singles
Zhang Benmei and 4:1 Diaz
Miwa Zhang reached the semi-finals with a 4-1 (11-3, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8) victory over Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz and awaits the winner of Wang Manyu and Hina Hayata.
Chen Meng 4:0 Miu Hirano
Chen Meng easily defeated Miu Hirano, Japan's only active singles world champion, 4-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6), and advanced to the semi-finals, waiting for the winner between Sun Yingsha and Zheng Yijing.
Wang Manyu 4:1 Hina Hayata
Wang Manyu, 4-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8), defeated Japan's first sister Hina Hayata, and the next round of semi-finals will be a battle between China and Japan, where she will face another Japanese player, Miwa Zhangmoto.
Sun Yingsha 4:2 Zheng Yijing
Sun Yingsha defeated Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing 4-2 (11-5, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5), and will compete with Chen Meng for the final
Macau ITTF World Cup Men's and Women's Singles Semifinals Schedule
18:00
T2 Wang Manyu, Zhang Benmeihe
18:50
T1 Wang Chuqin Ma Long
19:40
T2 Sun Yingsha Chen Meng
20:30
T1 Lin Gaoyuan, Zhang Ben Zhihe
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