On September 11, the WTT Macau Championship launched the second round of competition, and the three national table tennis players who took the lead all successfully advanced to the top 8. In the women's singles match, Wang Manyu defeated Zhu Yuling 3-0 representing Macau, China, and Sun Yingsha 3-0 Kim Naying of Korea; In the men's singles, Liang Jingkun withstood the pressure and refused to be reversed, defeating Simon France's Simon · Goetz 3-2.
A total of 5 players participated in the men's singles competition and 4 people participated in the women's singles competition, including Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu who participated in the Paris Olympics, as well as Lin Shidong and Xu Yingbin, who just finished the WTT Almaty Regular Challenge last weekend. In the end, after two and a half days of competition, all 9 national table tennis players broke through the first round of championships. In the first round of the men's singles at the end of the matinee, Lin Shidong defeated Duda of Germany 3-0, conceding only 6 points in three games; Xu Yingbin, who played with a wild card from the organizer, fought hard in five games, and finally defeated Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 3-2 and advanced to the round of 16.
The second round of men's and women's singles will be contested in the evening. Wang Manyu of national table tennis and Zhu Yuling, who represented the Macau team of China, became the first two players to play in the second round, and this match also attracted much attention from the outside world, and teammates who had fought side by side in the past became opponents. Zhu Yuling returned to the court in good health again after more than three years, winning the first game in straight sets; Wang Manyu lost a game in her debut in the new Olympic cycle.
In this encounter, Wang Manyu lost three games in straight games 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, and defeated Zhu Yuling 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. After the game, the two both smiled when they shook hands, and Zhu Yuling also patted Wang Manyu's back. After the game, Wang Manyu said that it was not easy for Zhu Yuling to return to the arena again. I'm very happy to play against her again, and I'm happy for her to be back on the court, and I hope she can enjoy table tennis. Regarding his performance, Wang Manyu also bluntly said that his overall performance was not bad, the whole person was more relaxed, played more smoothly, and had a better mentality. With daily games and training, the ball is now a little more familiar. Zhu Yuling couldn't help choking up when she talked about her experience in the past few years, and she said with emotion that every step of her life was not in vain.
In the men's singles match that followed, Liang Jingkun of national table tennis played against Simon · Goetz of France. Simon · Goetz won the men's team bronze medal with the France men's team at the Paris Olympics and is in good form. Liang won two games in a row 11-6, 12-10, and then Simon · Goetz chased two games in a row 11-8, 12-10 to draw 2-2. In the tiebreaker, Simon · Goetz quickly took a 7-2 lead, and Liang Jingkun chased back point by point, scored three points in a row when he was 7-9 behind, got the match point at 10-9, and finally won the tiebreaker 12-10, defeating Simon · Gotz 3-2 and advancing to the quarterfinals.
The third match was another Women's Singles match, with top seed Sun Yingsha winning three games in a row 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 to beat Korea's Kim Na-young 3-0 to reach the quarterfinals. This is the second Korea player that Sun Yingsha has defeated in a row in this competition, and in the first round, Sun Yingsha defeated Korea's Tian Zhixi 3-0 and met Korea players in a row.
The remaining 6 players of the national table tennis will usher in the second round of competition on September 12. At around 14:15, Lin Gaoyuan played against Gao Chengrui of Chinese Taipei, followed by Chen Xingtong against Sweden's Bergström, followed by Lin Shidong against Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto. In the evening match, Wang Chuqin will play around 19:40 against teammate Xu Yingbin, and then Wang Yidi will play against Brazil's · Takahashi Bruna.