On September 13, the 2024 WTT Macau Championship ended the singles quarter-finals, with the men's singles and women's singles semi-finals all produced. On this match day, the national table tennis players had mixed feelings, with two wins and one loss in men's singles and three wins and one loss in women's singles. On September 14, there will be four singles semi-finals, and the match will be played in a "best-of-seven system".
Men's singles
Liang Jingkun was dragged into the deciding game again by Qiu Dang when he led 2-0. It's just that this time I was not as lucky as the previous round, and I failed to turn the tables after falling behind in the deciding game, and finally lost three games in a row, suffered a reversal, and missed the semi-finals. The two national table tennis players in the lower half of the men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Gao Chengrui, causing the national table tennis to lose 3/4 of the area, and with Liang Jingkun's exit, it was directly announced that the lower half of the area was lost in advance, and the men's singles final was destined to be a "foreign war".
The 19-year-old Gao Chengrui, who is also in the second half of the region, continued to stage "miracles", winning three opponents ranked higher than him in a row, narrowly defeating Ahn Jae-hyun 3-2 in the first round, Lin Gaoyuan 3-1 in the second round, and defeating Moregard for the first time 3-2 in the third round, successfully entering the semi-finals. Gao Chengrui was once forced by Moregard to shake his head, but even if he was very passive, the guy did not tie his hands, but firm tactics, and he could fight for one point, and as a result, he won by two points at the end of the second and third games. As long as you don't give up, God will give way to you, not to mention that the opponent is just a person. Gao Chengrui will compete with Qiu Dang for a place in the men's singles final, with the match time at 19:15.
The 19-year-old Lin Shidong of national table tennis, after achieving the "Triple Crown" at the WTT Almaty station last week, was unabated this week, defeating Tomokazu Zhang for the first time, and then swept Lin Yunru 3-0 and advanced to the semifinals. These two are the main competitors of national table tennis, but they were handled by Lin Shidong. Before the game, fans felt that Lin Shidong was in the group of death, but he was able to break out of the encirclement and defend the 2/4 area, and gradually had the outline of the main players of national table tennis.
The top seed Wang Chuqin is getting better and better, and in the quarterfinals against Zhao Dacheng, he felt too hot and played many "senior balls", and finally won 3-0 and also advanced to the semifinals. Two national table tennis players will meet in the semifinals of the men's singles upper region, and the national table tennis will lock a place in the final in advance, and the game time will be 20:45.
Women's singles
In addition to Chen Meng's withdrawal, the national table tennis sent the four strongest women's singles players to participate. However, since the Paris Olympics, the team members have not participated in systematic training for a long time, and their physical fitness and competitive condition have declined. Although Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi all won the game, they gave people the feeling that they were very tired. It's like going back to work after a long vacation, switching from "leisure mode" to "work mode", and it takes time for both body and mind to readjust and adapt.
The three of them successfully defended their area, but Chen Xingtong was not so lucky, and met the energetic Zhang Benmeihe, but after winning one game first, he lost three games in a row and suffered a reversal. If the main players of the national table tennis team participated in the Macau Championship to "warm up" for the Chinese Grand Slam at the end of the month, and Zhang Benmeihe participated in the regular challenge of the WTT Almaty station last week to warm up for the Macau Championship this week, although she was reversed out by her teammates in the second round, but it also stimulated her desire to win. finally got his wish in the Macau Championship, and once again broke through a major national table tennis player.
Chen Xingtong is still an "old problem", relying too much on the backhand, too conservative in tactics, and always thinking about defensive counterattacks. Now the development trend of table tennis is "offense", the first strike, the second strike. Relying solely on defense will only gradually lose competitiveness.
In the lower half of the women's singles, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi will meet in the semifinals, and the two will compete for a place in the finals, and the game time is 18:30. In the upper half of the women's singles, Sun Yingsha won three consecutive Korea players in the first three rounds, and faced Zhang Ben Miwa in the semifinals, who had already won Chen Xingtong, and it was impossible to let her go further to avoid the recurrence of the "one string of three" tragedy at the Miu Hirano Asian Championships. The time of this game is 20:00, looking forward to Sun Yingsha's play.
CCTV5 channel will broadcast the four semi-finals live.