After two days of competition, the WTT Championship Macau 2024 has produced 14 places for each of the top 16 singles players and men. The 7 players who have played in the national table tennis have all successfully advanced.
Men's singles
Fan Zhendong and Ma Long both withdrew from this tournament, giving other players enough room to grow. The three national table tennis players ranked in the top ten in the world, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, all successfully passed the first round. Lin Shidong and Xu Yingbin have not appeared yet.
Anton · Carlberg narrowly defeated Aruna 3-2, and Aruna suffered another "round tour" after the Paris Olympics, and all of them were lost in the decider. Simon · Goates and Glasmenko also battled in five games, winning by two points 11-9 in the tiebreaker.
Men's singles round of 16 matchups
Wang Chuqin VS TBD 1, Zhao Dacheng VS Francesca
Tomokazu Zhang vs TBD 2, Anton · Carlberg vs Lin Yunru
Moregard vs Pitchford, Gao Chengrui vs Lin Gaoyuan
Qiu Dang vs Falck, Simon · Gotts vs Liang Jingkun
Women's singles
The four women's singles players of national table tennis sat in 4 different regions and successfully advanced to the top 16. In the 4 1/16 finals, only Wang Manyu lost one game, after all, the opponent was the world's No. 13 Szokos, who was not bad. Chen Xingtong faced Miyu Hirano, and he was relaxed. The first half of each game seemed to be evenly divided, but in the second half of the game, Chen Xingtong limited the speed of his opponent by spinning, and used his forehand to win the winning point, and finally swept 3-0 to advance.
In the France team match between Pavard and Yuan Jianan, Pavard "let one chase three" and won the reversal. Two Japan players, Mimato Ito and Miwa Zhangmoto, both easily advanced 3-0. Diaz was entangled by teenager Hannah · Gouda, and both leads were tied up, but fortunately the tiebreaker stabilized the situation and refused to turn the table.
Women's Singles round of 16 against the situation
Sun Yingsha VS Jin Naying, Zhu Qianxi VS Ito Micheng
Chen Xingtong vs Linda · Bergstrom, Pritica · Pavard vs Zhang Benmeihe
A · Diaz vs TBD 1, Wang Yidi vs TBD 2
Zheng Yijing vs Olawan · Paranam, Zhu Yuling vs Wang Manyu
September 11 is the third match day, and the remaining singles 1/16 finals will be played, and there will be 5 more 1/8 finals.
The full schedule for 11 September is as follows:
Singles 1/16 finals
12:30 Liu Yangzi VS Takahashi · Bruner
Liu Yangzi is the "first sister in Australia", and Bruner is the "first sister in South America", who is better?
13:05 Lin Shidong VS Duda
Lin Shidong was alone in the 2/4 zone this time, and the Duda he met in the first round was already the weakest. If he successfully advances, he will meet Tomokazu Zhang in the next round; If you advance again, there is a high probability that you will meet Lin Yunru in the 1/4 finals, each of which is a difficult role.
13:40 Miyu Kihara VS Batra
Miyu Kihara is a raw rubber style of play, and the ball speed is fast; Batra, on the other hand, is a long rubber play, which is to limit the opponent's speed and strengthen the spin. The collision of these two completely different styles is quite interesting.
14:15 Xu Yingbin VS Zhuang Zhiyuan
Ocharov temporarily withdrew, and Zhuang Zhiyuan came off the bench. Xu Yingbin's singles results in the last three WTT lower-level events are average, but they all lost to teammates. It's a rare opportunity to qualify for the championship this time, and I hope he can seize the opportunity and prove his strength. However, even if he defeats Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first round, he will face Wang Chuqin in the second round. In last year's regular challenge Taiyuan Station, Xu Yingbin defeated Wang Chuqin.
These 4 singles 1/16 finals will be broadcast live by CCTV5+ channel.
Singles 1/8 finals
18:30 Wang Manyu VS Zhu Yuling
Zhu Yuling stumbled and won Natalia · Bayo in the first round, but met Wang Manyu in the second round and had no chance of winning. At this stage, the quality of Zhu Yuling's singles is low, Wang Manyu's defensive counterattack ability is already strong, and if the quality of the ball is low, it is equivalent to "sending points". Wang Manyu's ability to receive the serve and twist and pull and continue to attack with her forehand is very strong, and Zhu Yuling may be difficult to parry.
19:05 Liang Jingkun VS Simon · Goetz
The two have fought many times, but Simon · Goetz will create a lot of difficulties for Liang Jingkun every time. In the quarterfinals of this year's Incheon Championship, Liang Jingkun achieved a big reversal of "letting two chase three". I hope this encounter doesn't get so thrilling, and it should be as preemptive as possible.
19:40 Sun Yingsha VS Kim Na Young
Kim Na-young is one of the young players that the Korea women's team focuses on cultivating, and her abilities are relatively balanced in all aspects, but her strength is lacking in depth and she does not have outstanding skills, and it is too difficult to challenge Sun Yingsha.
20:15 Moregaard vs Pitchford
20:50 Pritika · Pavard vs Miwa Zhangmoto
These 5 singles 1/8 finals will be broadcast live by CCTV5 channel.