On July 28, Beijing time, the table tennis competition of the 2024 Paris Olympics continued, and the whole schedule was relatively long.
Today, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha's singles passed smoothly, Wang Chuqin lost the first game, and then reversed the game strongly. The competition in men's singles is still very fierce, from the first round, the opponents are relatively strong, and the opponents in each subsequent match are also very strong, and the second round will be against Moregard.
The exit of the mixed doubles Japan pair also served as a wake-up call for other seeded players, with Tomokazu Haramoto saying, "Competing with players who have not competed in the past three years is both new and difficult. But on the other hand, the other party hasn't played in a competition for three years, and it's really remarkable that they have played such a good form. The next step is to adjust the mentality and technique, and play the singles match one by one. ”
Hina Hayada played in the first round of the Women's Singles today, sweeping Italy's · Vivarelli 4-0 in four games, 11-1, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5.
Despite stopping in the first round of mixed doubles yesterday, Hayada revealed, "I slept well." The blow of the upset did not affect her, and she switched to the singles court, where she started the game with a magnificent 9-0 from the start and then dominated overwhelmingly.
"Of course there are horrors of the Olympics, but in my opinion, there are still reasons to lose [mixed doubles]. On the contrary, the opponent has a reason to win. ”
If she advances, she will face No. 1 seed Sun Yingsha in the semi-finals. Having learned his lesson, Hayata said, "We still can't forget yesterday's failure. I want to finish the game in front of me one game at a time. ”
In the first round of the women's singles, representing Luxembourg, Ni Xialian defeated Turkey's Sibel · Altinka 4-2 to win the oldest victory in Olympic table tennis.
This is her sixth Olympic appearance, and in the second round, Ni Xialian will face world queen Sun Yingsha for a place in the last 16 of the Women's Singles: "Although it will not be an easy match, I will definitely not give up. ”
There are already two seeded players in the men's singles, and the women's singles is also an upset, Shan Xiaona suffered a round in the previous game, and Du Kaiqin, as the fourth place winner of the women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics, is also a round in today's game, losing 1-4 to North Korea's Bian Songjing.
In the third game, it was 12-10 to pull back a game, the whole situation was still passive, the attack power was obviously inferior to the opponent, Bian Songjing was very sharp in attack, the forehand and backhand were comprehensive, and he played very actively.
North Korean players have always been good at creating upsets, and of course they also have this strength, but they rarely come out to play, and when they come out, they create accidents.
A women's singles upset, No. 9 seed Tian Zhixi lost 0-4 to the 41-year-old Chinese veteran Fu Yu, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9, Tian Zhixi worked hard in the next two games, but unfortunately lost by 2 points, the overall still does not have an advantage, and he is not very good at playing special play, Fu Yu is very excited after winning the game.
Tian Zhixi women's doubles after winning the World Championships runner-up last year, singles also slightly driven, but the results are not enough breakthrough, Tian Zhixi out, became the first seeded player in women's singles, earlier, Korea men's singles Zhao Dacheng was also a round out, this time Japan and South Korea encountered a big challenge.