On October 13, Beijing time, the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships is underway. At present, the list of the top eight singles has been released. In men's singles, national table tennis was mixed, world champions Liang Jingkun, Xiang Peng, and Xu Yingbin were all eliminated, leaving only Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong to successfully advance, next, Wang Chuqin against Korea's Wu Huicheng, and Lin Shidong against Japan's Hayasuke Togami.
In the women's singles 1/8 finals, the national table tennis world champion Wang Yidi faced North Korean player Kim Qinying. Jin Qinying is the runner-up of the mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, and in the team competition of this Asian Championships, Jin Qinying defeated the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in the national table tennis women's singles. And Wang Yidi doesn't know Jin Qinying, so Wang Yidi should be prepared for difficulties before the game.
In the first game, Wang Yidi played very passively and was completely suppressed by the opponent, Jin Qinying dared to fight and won the opening 12:10. In the second game, Kim Qinying chased after the victory and won another game 12:10. Jin Qinying was very daring to shoot in the key points, played very firmly, Wang Yidi made many mistakes, a little impatient, in the third game, Jin Qinying easily locked the victory 11:5, and won the total score of 3:0 to advance to the next round.
In this way, the women's singles was a big upset, and the national table tennis world champion Wang Yidi lost to North Korean player Kim Qinying with a total score of 0:3 and missed the top eight list. Wang Yidi's form at the Asian Championships was sluggish, and he also lost to Japan's Miwa Zhang in the team competition. In the other women's singles 1/8 final, Korea chipper Xu Hyo-won easily eliminated Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu in three straight games, 11:3, 11:8, 11:5, and a total score of 3:0.
Another Korea player, Lee Eun-hye, also lost three straight games, eliminating Chinese Taipei veteran Huang Yihua with a total score of 3:0. In the next game, the national table tennis world champion Chen Xingtong appeared against Hong Kong, China's Wu Yonglin. Chen Xingtong was not originally eligible for this Asian Championships, because the coaching staff gave the qualification to the youngsters Shi Xunyao and Kuo Man, but because Wang Manyu withdrew, Chen Xingtong came to replace him temporarily.
Unexpectedly, Chen Xingtong was very competitive, and at the beginning of the game, Chen Xingtong won two games in a row 11:3 and 11:7. In the third game, the opponent pulled back a game, and in the fourth game, Chen Xingtong locked the victory with 11:8, and advanced with a total score of 3:1. At present, only Chen Xing and the same person in the national table tennis women's singles have advanced to the quarterfinals, Chen Xingtong has become the only seedling of national table tennis from a substitute, and other players Shi Xunyao, Kuo Man, and Wang Yidi have all been eliminated.