The 2024 WTT Beijing Grand Slam Men's Singles 1/16 final will be a key match, with Sweden's Moregard taking on Japan's Teruma Matsushima.
Moregard is now 22 years old. This is a very good player. In 2021, Moregard won the men's singles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships. At this year's Paris Olympics, Moregard won the silver medals in the men's singles and men's team. He won Wang Chuqin in the 1/16 finals, which shows that his strength is indeed okay.
Teruku Matsushima is a rising star in Japan's men's table tennis in the past year. He is only 17 years old and ranked 37th in the world. This young man's strength is also very good, his skills are very good, and he has momentum. He competed at the Paris Olympics as a P card.
Matsushima Teruku and Moregard played five games before losing 2-3.
In the first game, Moregard was very strong and took a 5-1 lead. Teruku Matsushima scored three points in a row to narrow the gap. Moregard picked up the tempo, Matsushima Teruku couldn't bear it, and Moregard scored 4 points in a row to lead Matsushima Teruku 9:4. Matsushima was unable to chase the points, and Moregard won the first game 11-5.
In the second game, Matsushima Teruku made a 4:1 start. The state of the Japanese table tennis player is out. Moregard chased 7 draws. It's just that Moregard made a sloppy shot at the end of the game, and Matsushima Teruma pulled back a game at 11-9.
In the third game, the start was very close, and it was tied at 5. Matsushima Teruku erupted, scored 6 points in a row, and won another game 11-5.
The big score Teruku Matsushima took a 2-1 lead. Moregard was in a hurry.
In the fourth game, the two sides fell into a stalemate and played until 9 draws. Moregard gave it a go, scored two points in a row, and won the game 11-9.
In the fifth game, Matsushima Teruku made a 2:0 start. Moregard scored four points in a row to overtake the score. Later, Moregard retained the lead and won the game 11-4.
Moregard defeated Teruku Matsushima 3-2 to advance to the men's singles round of 16.
Thrilling to advance, Moregard was very excited and yelled in celebration!
The men's singles 1/16 finals have been played 4 times, except for Moregaard's narrow 3-2 victory over Matsushima Terukor, Tomokazu Zhang swept Elbeali 3-0, Lin Shidong won 3-0 against Xue Fei, and Carlberg won 3-1 against Aruna.
The top 16 of men's singles has produced four seats, and only Lin Shidong has advanced to the top 16 in national table tennis.
In addition, Lin Shidong and Carlberg played the men's singles 1/8 finals, and Moregard and Zhang Benzhihe played the men's singles 1/8 finals. Moregard played against two Japanese table tennis players in a row. His match with Tomokazu Haramoto is worth watching.
Wang Chuqin faced Denmark's Linde in the second round. If he wins, he still has a chance to face Lin Shidong or Moregaard. It's all his revenge. Wang Chuqin lost to Moregard at the Olympics and Lin Shidong at the WTT Macau Championships, which was quite depressed.