On May 17, Beijing time, the penultimate day of competition for the 2024 WTT feeder tournament Cappadocia ended, and there were upsets in both the men's singles and women's singles fields. In the women's singles field, Wang Manyu's bitter master Batra lost 1-3 to Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato and missed the semifinals. In the men's singles field, world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan lost 1-3 to Shinozuka Daito and also missed the semifinals. In the absence of the national table tennis collective, the Japanese team went all out to win the championship.
In the men's singles 1/4 finals, although the top seed Gao Chengrui won two games in a row after falling behind 0-2, he played abnormally in the deciding game and lost to Japan's Yutai Tanaka 2-3 and missed the semifinals. The victor Yutai Tanaka will face Ahn Jae-hyun in the semifinals. South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun swept away Philippe Zelico 3-0. In addition, Japanese Olympian Shinozuka Daito defeated world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-1 and advanced to the semifinals, Zhuang Zhiyuan, the second seed in men's singles, also failed to advance. Shinozuka next faced Francie Kojik, who swept past Mateo Muti 3-0.
In the women's singles 1/4 finals, Batra, who had previously defeated Wang Manyu in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, was upset, and she lost 1-3 to Hitomi Sato. Batra is definitely Wang Manyu's bitter master, Wang Manyu missed the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics because of this defeat, and it is definitely an unforgettable match for Wang Manyu. In this game, facing the chipper Hitomi Sato, Batra won one game and then lost three games in a row, and was out of the game 1-3. Hitomi Sato faced Hashimoto in the semifinals, who swept Akanon Uezawa 3-0, and the semifinals will be a direct conversation between the two chippers.
Another Japanese player, Satsuki Oto, swept past top seed Xu Hyo-won 3-0 to face India's Cretvika Roy in the semi-finals, who swept past Veronica Matiunina 3-0. In the women's singles field, the three Japanese advanced to the semifinals and locked a place in the finals in advance, and the two semifinals were Satsuki Oto VS Cretvica Roy and Hitomi Sato VS Hashimoto Honoka. In the men's singles, two Japanese players advanced to the semi-finals, and the semi-finals were Yutai Tanaka vs Ahn Jae-hyun and Francie Kojik vs Shinozuka Daito.
In the absence of the national table tennis collective, as the fierce rival of the national table tennis, the Japanese team went all out to attack the championship. In the three doubles events, Japan secured a place in the Women's Doubles final, where Hitomi Sato/Hashimoto took on India's Baithia/Roy. The Men's Doubles final was played by Feng Yixin/Huang Yancheng vs Dole/Burlasso, and the Mixed Doubles final was between two Indian pairs, namely A. Ghosh/S. Ghosh vs Parr/Baisia.
This site came to the final day, first of all, the two women's singles semi-finals were played in turn, and then the two men's singles semi-finals were also played in turn. After the singles semi-finals, the mixed doubles final, women's doubles final, men's doubles final, women's singles final, and men's singles final will be held in turn.