Beijing time, on September 10, the second day of the 2025 WTT Macau Championship, three major unpopularities in the men's singles arena! After Li Shangzhu, the third place winner of the World Table Tennis Championships, was swept 0-3 by French young player Borett, in the two men's singles first round competitions that ended in the evening, the two top 8 seeds Xiang Peng and Yochick both lost the game in an upset. In other words, on the same day, the top 8 seeds of the men's singles + third place in the World Table Tennis Championships were eliminated!
The Korean star Lee Sang-soo, who won the third place in the World Table Tennis Championships, made too many mistakes in the first round of men's singles against French player Borett, especially in key points, which was very hurting his morale! For example, in the first game, Lee Sang-soo led 10-8, both of the two game points were directly lost by the snatch mistakes from receiving the serve. In the second game, Lee Sang-soo made another fatal mistake at the end of the game and the opponent's game points. The situation in the third game was similar. Lee Sang-soo directly used a snatch to get the opponent to cash in on the match point. Boret won with key points in three consecutive games, and swept Lee Sang-soo straight down 12-10, 11-9, and 11-9 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The two men's singles first round games played in the evening were also unstoppable! The 6th seed Xiang Peng and the 7th seed Yochik lost the game one after another and suffered a tragic match. Xiang Peng lost to Francesca in five games 2-3 (12-10, 9-11, 9-11, 11-1, 10-12), becoming the second person to stop in the first round after Huang Youzheng, the national table tennis team men's singles, and was also the first person to be eliminated in the top 8 seeds in this Macau Championship. Slovenian star Jochick lost three games in a row with the first win, and was reversed by Danish player Anders Lind with a big score of 1-3 (11-7, 4-11, 12-14, 9-11).
The rest of the men's singles first round ending on the second match day: Grote 3-1 Yuzuka Dadou, Wu Shicheng 3-2 Huo Shisuke, and Qiu Dang 3-0 Karnakjaha. Grote, Wu Shicheng, Qiu Dang, Boret, Francesca, Anders Linde, who advanced today, plus Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Hugo, Duda, Lin Yunru, Simon Gotts and Aruna who advanced yesterday, 13 players have entered the top 16 men's singles in this Macau Championship. There are only three men's singles in the top 16. Only three men's singles in the top 16 are to be determined, namely Zhang Benzhi and Xue Fei, Zhang Yuzhen vs Anton Karlberg, Chen Yuanyu vs Assal.
