The top four of the Table Tennis World Cup were produced, and the national table tennis accounted for six seats
The semi-finals of the 2024 Macau ITTF World Cup will be produced on April 19, and the Chinese national table tennis team will each occupy three seats in the men's and women's events. Lin Gaoyuan eliminated teammate Fan Zhendong 4:2 in the game, ending his winning streak.
△ Lin Gaoyuan
After the previous day's competition, a total of 7 Chinese players entered the quarterfinals of this event. The highlight of the day was the clash between Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan, who won the Men's Singles World Cup three years in a row in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
In the first two games, each side has one city. When Lin Gaoyuan led 10-5 in the third game, Fan Zhendong asked for a medical timeout due to hand discomfort. After treatment, Fan Zhendong, who was fine, lost the third game, but he quickly equalized the score. In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong came up to play a 7:0 start, but Lin Gaoyuan slowly erased the score difference and won, and then he took advantage of the victory to chase and win the game 11:7. Lin Gaoyuan's opponent in the semi-finals was Japanese Tomokazu Haramoto.
△ Malone
In the other two quarter-finals, Ma Long eliminated Hayasuke Togami 4-2, and he will face Wang Chuqin in the semi-finals, who defeated South Korea's Jang Woo-jin 4-1 in the final match of the day.
△ Chen Meng (right)
In women's singles, the three players of the Chinese team, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, all advanced to the semifinals with relative ease. Among them, Chen Meng will face Sun Yingsha directly on the 20th, and Wang Manyu will face Japan's Miwa Zhangmoto.
Source: CCTV News