On April 20, Beijing time, the ITTF Singles World Cup entered the penultimate day of competition, on this day will be born the finals, 4 semi-finals are in high demand, the game is coming to an end, and the process will be more exciting!
At present, 3 of the 4 semifinals have ended, and the two semifinals of the women's singles have all ended, Wang Manyu defeated Japan's Miwa Zhang 4-2, and Sun Yingsha eliminated teammate Chen Meng 4-2, so Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha competed for the women's singles championship of the singles World Cup.
The men's singles semifinals took the lead in ending a national table tennis civil war, Ma Long eliminated teammate Wang Chuqin 4-0, such a score did surprise many fans, the 35-year-old Dragon team is not old!
First of all, in the group stage, Lin Gaoyuan 2-2 Puka in the first round, 3-1 Zhuang Zhiyuan in the second round Puka, 4-0 Zhuang Zhiyuan in the third round, Lin Gaoyuan won 1 win and 1 draw, Lin Gaoyuan won the first place in the group by virtue of the advantage of the number of wins!
Tomokazu Zhang's group, Tomokazu Zhangmoto 3-1 Gacini in the first round, Grote 3-1 Gacini in the second round, Tomokazu Zhangmoto 2-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5) Grote in the third round, Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Grote both won 1 win and 1 draw, but Tomokazu Zhang won 2 points against Grote 35-33 and won the first place in the group by virtue of their mutual record advantage.
Entering the knockout round, the first round is the 1/8 finals, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Slovenian star Darko 4-2, Zhang Benzhi and 4-2 eliminated Portugal's Freitas;
In the men's singles 1/4 finals, Lin Gaoyuan defeated teammate Fan Zhendong 4-2, and in the fifth game, when he fell behind 0-7, Lin Gaoyuan finally won 12-10, laying the foundation for the final victory! Zhang Benzhihe defeated Sweden's Carlberg 4-2.
Looking forward to this game, if Lin Gaoyuan can play the state of the last round against Fan Zhendong, there is no problem in defeating Zhang Benzhihe, and Zhang Benzhihe's promotion path has indeed not encountered a strong opponent.
In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 4-0, Zhang Benzhihe chased 2 points in a row, Zhang Benzhihe chased the score to 5-6 in the middle section, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row, at the end of the game, Lin Gaoyuan 10-6 got 4 desperate opportunities, Zhang Benzhihe chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to 9-10, at the critical moment Lin Gaoyuan still withstood the pressure and took the lead 11-9.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead 5-1, and then Lin Gaoyuan 8-2 opened the score to 6 points, Zhang Benzhihe chased 3 points in a row, and at the end of the game, Zhang Benzhihe chased to 6-9, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, and then went down to 11-6, and the big score was 2-0 to take the lead. Throughout the first two games, Lin Gaoyuan was in very good shape, very well prepared, and completely suppressed Zhang Benzhihe.
In the third game, the scores of the two sides were very tight, from a 1-1 draw to a 5-5 draw, and then Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row, Zhang Benzhihe chased the score to 6-7, Lin Gaoyuan scored 4 points in a row, and won the third game 11-6, with a big score of 3-0 to take the lead, forcing Zhang Benzhihe to the edge of the cliff.
In the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan went completely crazy, and directly won with a disparity of 11-1, completely stunned Zhang Benzhihe, and won the opponent with a big score of 4-0, and advanced to the men's singles final, congratulations to Lin Gaoyuan!
In this way, the current men's and women's singles finals are officially released! The national table tennis team has locked the men's and women's singles championships of this table tennis singles World Cup in advance! The men's singles final is Ma Long VS Lin Gaoyuan; and the women's singles final is Sun Yingsha VS Wang Manyu.
The final on April 21 has been announced, and the women's singles final will be held at 19:30 prime time, followed by the men's singles final. The table tennis singles World Cup returned after three years, and the defending champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng did not break into the finals, which is enough to see how fierce the competition is!
Looking forward to the finals, is it the third time in history that Ma Long has won the World Cup men's singles championship, or the first time Lin Gaoyuan has won the singles world championship title? In the women's singles final, whether Sun Yingsha wins the championship or Wang Manyu wins the championship, they will lift the table tennis singles World Cup women's singles championship trophy - Hammalon Cup for the first time, so let us witness the new history of the Table Tennis World Cup!