On November 20, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Fukuoka Men's and Women's Finals ushered in the first match day.
The WTT Fukuoka Men's and Women's Finals will feature four events: Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, and Women's Doubles, with a total prize fund of US$700,000, with the men's and women's singles champions receiving US$40,000 and the men's and women's doubles champions receiving US$8,000 and 1,500 points. According to the rules of the event, the world's top 16 men's and women's singles players and the world's top 8 men's and women's doubles players are eligible, national table tennis players Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng withdrew from this competition, a total of 9 people participated in the singles competition, including 4 men's singles, namely Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan; There are 5 women's singles participants, namely Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tianyi. The national table tennis has two pairs of players to participate in the men's and women's doubles competitions, men's doubles: Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, women's doubles: Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong, Sun Yingsha/Wang Yidi.
On this match day, there are a total of 7 matches in national table tennis, including four singles and three doubles. The specific schedule of this competition day is as follows:
In the first two women's singles 1/8 finals, Qian Tianyi swept Puerto Rico's Diaz 3-0, and Wang Yidi defeated Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing 3-1. Qian Tianyi and Wang Yidi joined hands to advance to the quarterfinals of women's singles. In the men's doubles quarter-finals, No. 1 seeds Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen lost 0-3 to Singapore's Feng Yaoen/Guo Yong, ranked 10th in the world.
Xiang Peng/Yuan Lichen VS Feng Yaoen/Guo Yong (Singapore)
National table tennis teenagers Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen are the top seeds in the men's doubles of this finals and the defending men's doubles champions of the WTT annual finals. Singapore's Feng Yaoyan/Guo Yong are not outstanding in the singles, but they are also brave and should not be underestimated in the doubles.
In the first game, the Singapore combination led 4-1 at the beginning, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen played more tightly in the first game, made more mistakes, and soon fell into passivity at 3-8, and at the end of the game, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen chased three points in a row, but the front score difference was too big or lost the first game 6-11. In the second game, after a short stalemate at the beginning, the Singapore pair became more and more brave to lead 6-2, and the Singapore pair firmly took the initiative on the court, and Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen lost the second game 6-11.
In the third game, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen quickly adjusted, more active, Yuan Licen scored with a continuous backhand, leading 6-0 at the beginning, the Singapore combination was not to be outdone, and chased three points in a row, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen made more unnecessary mistakes in the middle game, and was chased to 6-7 by the opponent, Xiang Peng/Yuan Li asked for a timeout, and the two sides started a tug-of-war after the pause, and the score once came to a 9-9 draw, and the Singapore combination got the key points in the multi-shot hold to get the match point at 10-9, Yuan Licen returned the ball out of bounds, and Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen lost the third game 9-11.
In the end, Men's Doubles No. 1 seeds Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen lost 0-3 to Singapore's Feng Yaoen/Guo Yong and suffered a first-round tour.