On September 11, the 2024 WTT Macau Championship concluded the first round of singles and five 1/8 finals. Liang Jingkun and Moregard took the lead in advancing to the top 8 of men's singles, and Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Zhang Benmeihe successively advanced to the top 8 of women's singles.
Men's singles
In the men's singles to enter the 1/8 finals, the strength of the players is quite close, and it is difficult for the winner to keep a clean sheet against the opponent. In the two games that have ended, Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Simon · Goetz 3-2, and fell behind 2-7 in the deciding game to achieve a difficult reversal. Moregard beat Pitchford 3-1 and also won the first game 3-11.
Women's singles
In the women's singles to enter the 1/8 finals, the gap in the level of players is still very obvious, and the top ten in the world are unique compared to other players. It will be quite difficult for the players at the bottom of the rankings to upset the top 10 players in the world.
Sun Yingsha has been participating in various activities since returning from the Paris Olympics, and the systematic training is insufficient, which is the best opportunity for the opponent to impact her, and Jin Naying did just that, once made a good start of 4-1 in the first game, but was soon overtaken 6-5. As long as Sun Yingsha recovers to a certain state, it will be difficult for the opponent to win a game against her. The result was no surprise, Sun Yingsha won the game in three straight games. Wang Manyu and Zhang Benmei also advanced 3-0, and the average score conceded per game did not exceed 5 points, which shows how different the level is.
September 12 is the fourth match day of the tournament, and the remaining 6 men's singles 1/8 finals and 5 women's singles 1/8 finals will be played. Six players from the national table tennis will play in five of the matches, including the "civil war" between Wang Chuqin and Xu Yingbin.
The detailed schedule is as follows:
12:30 Zheng Yijing vs Olawan · Paranam
13:05 Anton · Carlberg VS Lin Yunru
13:40 A·迪亚兹VS木原美悠
14:15 Lin Gaoyuan VS Gao Chengrui
Gao Chengrui has a certain amount of momentum and toughness, and Lin Gaoyuan needs to make enough difficult preparations, don't accidentally overturn.
14:50 Chen Xingtong vs Linda · Bergstrom
Sweden's chipper Bergström met Chen Meng in the second round of the women's singles at the Paris Olympics, when she won the first game 11-8, and then was reversed by Chen Meng in four consecutive games. Chen Xingtong must learn a lesson, avoid the problem of Chen Meng's slow opening, and don't fall into the opponent's rhythm of the game.
15:25 Lin Shidong VS Tomokazu Zhangmoto
In the perception of many fans, Tomokazu Zhang is a talented teenager who continues to set new records for the youngest player in all competitions, but he is also 21 years old this year, and he is also facing the impact of younger players.
19-year-old Lin Shidong was sent to a "round tour" by Tomokazu Zhang in the Macau Championship last year, and he lost 2-3. This time he came with his best condition, but he didn't expect the signing to be so good, so that they would be drawn to the same district again, it should be the time for Lin Shidong to turn over.
Previously, many fans questioned the problem of cultivating national table tennis talents, believing that young players in national table tennis were not as good as players of the same age in foreign associations. If Lin Shidong can break through Zhang Benzhihe and Lin Yunru, the main competitors of the national table tennis men's team, it will prove that the young players of national table tennis have come to the top, and the talent training of national table tennis is successful.
18:30 邱党VS法尔克
19:05 Zhu Qianxi VS Misei Ito
19:40 Wang Chuqin VS Xu Yingbin
Wang Chuqin, as the world's No. 1 and the top seed in the men's singles of the competition, this is the first event he participated in in the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, and he must hope to get off to a "good start". After all, the men's singles stopped in the top 32 at the Paris Olympics, which was questioned by some people, and this time there were only singles in the Macau Championships, and Wang Chuqin only had the true strength to prove with his results.
Xu Yingbin is only one year younger than Wang Chuqin and has certain strength, but his overall performance is not stable. With a wild card and this is the first time to participate in a high-level event like the Championship, I definitely hope to go further so that I can have more opportunities to participate in the future.
Both of them have reasons to win, if it is the final, it is fine, and if they lose, they are also runners-up, but they met early in the second round. Xu Yingbin defeated Wang Chuqin in the first round of the men's singles at the WTT Regular Challenge Taiyuan last year, can he continue to cause upsets this time?
20:15 Wang Yidi VS · Bruner Takahashi
Wang Yidi is ranked fourth in the world, and · Bruner Takahashi is only ranked 25th, and the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and the result of the match is not suspenseful.
20:50 Zhao Dacheng VS Francesca
Do you think that all the national table tennis players can advance to the top 8?