On October 1, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT China Grand Slam entered the 6th day of competition, and on this day, the singles 1/16 finals were in full swing, and 9 national table tennis players hit the top 16 of singles, including 5 foreign wars and 2 internal wars (see the chart below for details), each game is very worthy of attention and has received great attention from many fans!
At present, all 7 games are over, the national table tennis has won 4 wins and 1 loss in 5 foreign battles, and the only loss is the men's singles top seed Wang Chuqin and Linde's match, which is beyond everyone's expectations, and the results of the 7 national table tennis games are as follows:
Lin Shidong 3-0 Xue Fei;
Fan Siqi 3-0 Lee Eun-hye (Korea);
Sun Yingsha 3-1 Kuo Man;
Xiang Peng 3-1 Asal (Egypt);
Liu Weishan 3-0 Chen Siyu (Chinese Taipei);
Wang Xiaotong 3-1 Polkanova (Austria)
Wang Chuqin 1-3 Linde (Denmark)
Wang Chuqin is 24 years old, the world No. 1 in men's singles; The 25-year-old, ranked 50th in the world, has previously met once on the international stage, in the men's singles quarterfinals of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, when Wang Chuqin defeated Linde 4-1. Below we review the detailed match information of the two players in this Chinese Grand Slam.
In the first game, the two sides fought to a 4-4 draw, Wang Chuqin scored 1 point, and then Linde scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score 7-5. After that, Wang Chuqin chased to a 7-7 draw, and at the end of the game, Wang Chuqin got a chance to get a game point 10-9, but Linde saved the game point, and finally won the first game 13-11.
In the second game, Linde was in the lead 4-2, Wang Chuqin chased to a 4-4 draw, Linde was in the lead 7-5 in the middle section, Wang Chuqin chased to a 7-7 draw, and then Linde scored 1 point, Wang Chuqin scored 2 points in a row, 9-8 to take the lead, Linde chased to a 9-9 draw, and then Linde asked for a timeout, and the time to test Wang Chuqin came. After the pause, Wang Chuqin withstood the pressure and scored 2 points in a row, winning the crucial second game 11-9 and pulling the big score to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, after the two sides tied 4-4, Lin De scored 5 points in a row, 9-5 to pull the score apart, Wang Chuqin got 1 point, Lin Deyi 10-5 got 5 game points in the third game, Wang Chuqin saved 1 game point, Lin De still won the third game 11-6, and the big score was 2-1 to take the lead again.
In the fourth game, Linde took the lead 3-1, and then Wang Chuqin scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score 4-3, and then Linde scored 3 points in a row to take the lead 6-4, and Wang Chuqin asked for a timeout. After the pause, Linde scored three points in a row to take a 9-4 lead, and the situation at this time was already very unfavorable for Wang Chuqin.
Wang Chuqin chased 2 points in a row, and then Linde got 4 match point opportunities 10-6, Wang Chuqin saved 1 match point, and the score came to 7-10, Linde still seized the opportunity and won the fourth game 11-7, defeating Wang Chuqin, the top seed in men's singles of the tournament, 3-1, and breaking out the biggest upset of this Chinese Grand Slam! Wang Chuqin's loss is indeed too surprising.
In addition to the national table tennis team, the competition between the players of the foreign association on this day was also very exciting, and the specific results are as follows:
Gao Chengrui (Chinese Taipei) 3-1 Hayasuke Togami (Japan);
Carlberg (Sweden) 3-1 Aruna (Nigeria);
Felix Lebrun (France) 3-0 Lu Wei (Australia);
Moregard (Sweden) 3-2 Teruko Matsushima (Japan);
Tomokazu Haramoto (Japan) 3-0 Elberia (Egypt)
Kim Na-young (Korea) 3-2 Miu Hirano (Japan);
Misei Ito (Japan) 3-0 Ni Xialian (Luxembourg);
Mori Sakura (Japan) 3-2 Yuan Jiannan (France);
Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei) 3-0 Illand (Netherlands)
In summary, it is not difficult to see that there are many upsets, Chinese Taipei's 19-year-old Gao Chengrui eliminated Japan's main men's singles player Hayasuke Togami, while Japanese men's singles 17-year-old Matsushima Teruku lost to Sweden's Moregard, in addition, in the first round of the men's singles main draw, Japan men's singles 3 people lost out, namely Shinozuka Daito, Yoshimura Maharu, Tanaka Yutai.
The specific results are: Shinozuka Daden lost 0-3 to national table tennis player Wang Chuqin; Yoshimura Maharu lost 0-3 to Sweden rising star Moregaard; Yutai Tanaka lost 1-3 to national table tennis player Xu Yingbin. So far, in this Chinese Grand Slam, the Japan men's team has a total of 6 players Zhang Ben Tomokazu, Togami Hayasuke, Shinozuka Daito, Matsushima Teruku, Yoshimura Maharu, Tanaka Yuta, currently only Zhang Ben Tomoto and Du Miao, only Zhang Ben Tomokazu advanced to the men's singles round of 16, which is indeed too miserable.
At present, half of the top 16 of men's and women's singles have been born! The 8 players who advanced to the round of 16 in the men's singles will face up in the next men's singles 1/8 finals:
Linde (Denmark) vs Gao Chengrui (Chinese Taipei);
Lin Shidong vs Carlberg (Sweden);
Xiang Peng vs Felix Lebrun (France);
Moregard (Sweden) vs Tomokazu Haramoto (Japan)
In the upper half of the men's singles, with the men's singles top seed Wang Chuqin losing out, the national table tennis players Lin Shidong and Xiang Peng, who are also in the upper half of the region, will be under more pressure, I believe that many fans have pinned all their expectations on the 19-year-old Lin Shidong, hoping that Lin Shidong can withstand the pressure, he has the strength to break through from the upper half of the men's singles!
The 8 players who advanced to the round of 16 in the women's singles will face up in the next women's singles 1/8 finals:
Sun Yingsha VS Liu Weishan;
Kim Na-young (Korea) vs Misei Ito (Japan);
Fan Siqi VS Mori Sakura (Japan);
Wang Xiaotong VS Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei)
As the game progresses, the competition will be more exciting! I look forward to every remaining national table tennis player to have an outstanding performance, defend the honor of national football in our home stadium, and come on national table tennis!