1. Big cold: Chen Xingtong's 2-0 lead was reversed, and he was unfortunately out of the game 2-3! Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the quarterfinals 3-0.
2. Lin Gaoyuan swept Huang Zhenting 3-0, yelled to celebrate, the men's singles quarterfinals were produced, and the 1/4 finals were released.
3.3 to 0 in the final! Zhang Benzhihe fell to the ground and celebrated wildly, netizens: The Chinese team was tested in Paris.
On July 6, Beijing time, in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the 2024 WTT Star Challenge Bangkok Station, Xu Xiaoyuan faced Chen Xingtong. Xu Hyo-won is an experienced chipper who is known in the table tennis world for his solid defense and surprise attacks. Despite being 37 years old, Xu Xiaoyuan still maintains a good competitive form and is consistently ranked at the top of the world rankings. She has shown great success on the international stage, including multiple ITTF Pro Tour titles. Chen Xingtong is known for his right-handed horizontal shooting and two-sided back-glue play, with comprehensive skills and sharp attacks. In recent years, she has won many awards in many competitions at home and abroad.
At the beginning of the game, Chen Xingtong showed strong strength and quickly entered the state. In the first game, she took the lead with a dream 7-0 start with excellent spin and patient spinning. Although Xu Xiaoyuan then chased 4 points in a row, Chen Xingtong played steadily and finally won the first game easily 11:5. In the second game, Chen Xingtong continued his good feel and won again with a score of 11:5, leading 2-0 with a big score, and it seemed that the victory was in hand.
However, the turning point of the match came in the third game. Xu Xiaoyuan gradually found a way to deal with Chen Xingtong's attack, using his good chipping skills to constantly wear down Chen Xingtong's patience and physical strength. After 3 draws, Xu Xiaoyuan scored 4 points in a row and pulled back a game 11:4. The victory in this game greatly boosted Xu Xiaoyuan's morale and laid the groundwork for the next reversal.
In the fourth game, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and the score rose alternately. Although Chen Xingtong tried to break the deadlock with an aggressive attack, Xu Xiaoyuan's defense was airtight, making it difficult for Chen Xingtong to find a breakthrough. At the critical moment, Xu Xiaoyuan scored 2 points in a row to get the game point, and won 11:9 to the next city, leveling the score to 2-2. In the deciding game, Xu Xiaoyuan took advantage of the victory to chase and brought huge pressure to Chen Xingtong with a 3:0 start. Although Chen Xingtong then called a timeout to adjust, Xu Xiaoyuan finally sealed the victory with 11:7 and staged a super reversal with a total score of 3-2.
Lin Gaoyuan, as the No. 1 seed in the men's singles of this event, does not need to participate in the first round. In the second round, Lin Gaoyuan won 3-0 against Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin.
Huang Zhenting narrowly defeated Japan's Ruiki Wagawa 3-2 in the first round and India's Achanta 3-2 in the second round. Huang Zhenting played tenaciously.
Huang Zhenting, known as the Great Sage, is 32 years old and has slipped to 53rd in the world ranking. It stands to reason that with Huang Zhenting's technical level, the world ranking should not be so low. Lin Gaoyuan is also 29 years old and ranked 8th in the world.
Zhang Chao served as Lin Gaoyuan's off-court coach. Zhang Chao brought strength to Lin Gaoyuan. Lin Gaoyuan won 3-0 against Huang Zhenting and advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles.
In the first game, Huang Zhenting made a 3:1 start. Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score. Huang Zhenting scored 2 points in a row to take the lead again with 5:4. Lin Gaoyuan felt hot, scored 4 points in a row, and overtook Huang Zhenting 8:5. Wong Chun-ting scored in a straight line. Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row and won the first game 11:6.
In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan made a 5:0 start. Lin Gaoyuan continued to receive and go to the net, and Huang Zhenting scored 2 points in a row to narrow the difference. Lin Gaoyuan changed the line with a backhand and scored, and Huang Zhenting returned the ball out of bounds. Lin Gaoyuan scored 3 points in a row and led Huang Zhenting 8:2. Both sides scored 3 points each, and Lin Gaoyuan won the second game 11:5.
In the third game, Huang Zhenting made a 4:1 start. Lin Gaoyuan made a hasty move, losing points too quickly. Lin Gaoyuan scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score. Huang Zhenting called a timeout. Huang Zhenting launched a backhand and scored 2 points in a row to lead Lin Gaoyuan again 6:5. The two sides scored 2 points each, and Huang Zhenting led Lin Gaoyuan 8:7. Lin Gaoyuan scored 2 points in a row and overtook the score 9:8. Huang Zhenting also scored 2 points in a row to get a game point. Lin Gaoyuan won the third game with a hard time 14:12. In the end, Lin Gaoyuan won 3-0 against Huang Zhenting and successfully advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Lin Gaoyuan yelled in celebration!
In the end, Lin Gaoyuan won 3-0 against Huang Zhenting and successfully advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Lin Gaoyuan yelled in celebration!
The ITTF WTT Star Challenge Bangkok is underway, and the Chinese table tennis team did not send all the main players to participate in the competition, because our main players are now preparing for the Paris Olympics, for the Chinese table tennis team, although they did not send the main players, but the Chinese team sent Lin Gaoyuan in the men's singles and Chen Xingtong in the women's singles, and the two of them are also very good.
In addition to paying attention to the Chinese table tennis team, we are also very concerned about our rival Japanese table tennis team, the Japanese table tennis team has appeared a lot of outstanding players in recent years, Tomokazu Zhang is one of the representatives, although Tomokazu Zhang is very young, but on the stage of the World Series, Tomokazu Zhang Ben showed a very high level, he will represent the Japanese team in the Paris Olympics, this time in Bangkok, Tomokazu Zhang Ben is in a very brave state.
In this match, Tomokazu Zhang and teenager Teruku Matsushima partnered to play men's doubles, and they met the world runner-up pair of South Korea in the semi-finals, Tomokazu Zhang and Teruku Matsushima withstood the pressure and sealed the victory 13:11, with a total score of 3:0, and eliminated the world runner-up to advance to the men's doubles final. After winning and qualifying, Tomokazu fell to the ground to celebrate the victory, and is now just one step away from winning the championship. It is worth mentioning that the mixed doubles of Zhang Benzhi and his partner Hina Hayada also successfully advanced to the finals, reaching the final 3-0! Zhang Benzhihe fell to the ground and celebrated wildly, netizens: The Chinese team was tested in Paris.
Unexpectedly, after the victory in this game, Zhang Benzhihe fell to the ground and celebrated wildly, it can be seen that it is of great significance to Zhang Benzhihe to be able to enter the finals, some netizens said that the Chinese team's rival has now been killed, on the stage of the Paris Olympics, Zhang Benzhihe will definitely have a great impact on the Chinese team, and the Chinese team must go all out to defeat the opponent.
Tomokazu Zhang is a very talented athlete, in his career, Tomokazu Zhang Ben played a lot of highlight games, although his performance is not stable, but as long as Tomokazu Zhang Ben can mobilize his state, it is not easy for the Chinese table tennis team to beat him, I hope Tomokazu Zhang Ben can continue to work hard, I believe that the Chinese table tennis team will have the opportunity to defeat Tomokazu Zhang again and win the championship.
Reprinted from "The Seeker Under the Moon", "Xiang Chu Just Go", "Sports Intellectuals"