On September 12, Beijing time, the Table Tennis WTT Macau Championship entered its fourth match day. On this day, the singles will be given a quarter-finals. A total of 11 games will be held throughout the day. Eight national table tennis players will strive for the quarter-finals. As the game progresses, the competition process will become more and more exciting. The following is a detailed information.
September 12th full-day schedule
As of the time of publication, half of the men's and women's singles quarter-finals were born! First, let’s look at the women’s singles arena. The four people who have advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals are Chinese table tennis player Chen Xingtong, Japanese player Satsuki Otori, Puerto Rican star Adriana Diaz, and Chinese Macau player Zhu Yuling. The above players’ path to promotion is:
Women's Singles Final Eight (4 games have appeared)
Chen Xingtong defeated American player Zhang An 3-0 in the first game and defeated Hong Kong star Du Kai-chan 3-0 in the 1/8 finals;
Japanese player Otoshi Satsuki reversed South Korean player Shin Yubin 3-2 in the first round; 3-1 in the 1/8 finals;
Puerto Rican player Adriana Diaz, reversed Austrian star Polkanova 3-2 in the first round; defeated Wang Yidi, a 5-year-old women's singles 5 luxury seed national table tennis player in the 1/8 finals;
Chinese Macau player Zhu Yuling defeated Indian player Akula 3-0 in the first game; and defeated Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna 3-0 in the 1/8 final.
This is a bit beyond fans' expectations for Chinese table tennis player Wang Yidi missed the women's singles quarterfinals. Facing Puerto Rican player Diaz in the 1/8 final, Wang Yidi led 1-0 and 2-1 in the big score, and took the initiative in the decisive game 9-7, and was eventually reversed by his opponent, losing only 2 points in the decisive game 10-12.
Next to introduce the men's singles battle situation! The four people who have advanced to the top 8 men's singles are national table tennis player Wang Chuqin, Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru, German star Duda and Francesca. The path to promotion for the above four people is:
Men's Singles Final Eight (4 games have appeared)
Wang Chuqin defeated the 18-year-old Japanese table tennis star Matsushima Hirokazuki in the first round 3-1; reversed Danish player Grote 3-1 in the 1/8 final;
Chinese famous Taipei star Lin Yunru defeated French star Alex Lebron 3-0 in the first round of men's singles, and reversed another famous French star Simon Gotts 3-1 in the 1/8 final;
German Duda defeated Croatian player Puka 3-1 in the first round of men's singles; reversed 21-year-old French star Poret 3-1 in the 1/8 final;
Another German player Francesca defeated national table tennis player Xiang Peng 3-2 in the first round of men's singles, and defeated Nigerian star Aruna 3-1 in the 1/8 final.
According to the schedule, the next men's singles 1/8 final has attracted high attention from fans, with the 20-year-old Chinese table tennis star Chen Yuanyu against the big dark horse Danish player Lin De. Chen Yuanyu is 20 years old and ranked 21st in the world. The most outstanding result he has achieved this year is the men's singles championship in the WTT Muscat regular challenge that he won in mid-January!
Chen Yuanyu's winning of the championship was still valuable at that time! In the first round of men's singles (1/16 final), defeated Portuguese player Apollonia 3-1; defeated German star Ocharov 3-1 in the 1/8 final; defeated Indian player Manash Sha 3-0 in the 1/4 final; defeated Chinese Taipei player Guo Guanhong 3-0 in the semi-final; reversed the Japanese men's singles absolute core Zhang Benzhihe in the final, and won the men's singles championship with strong strength!
It is also this men's singles champion that the young Chen Yuanyu gradually received attention from the national table tennis coaching team, but Chen Yuanyu's subsequent game stability was poor and he did not achieve more outstanding results.
In the WTT Zagreb regular challenge held at the end of June, although Chen Yuanyu defeated German star Duda and South Korean star Ahn advanced to the men's singles final, he lost 0-4 to Jang Benzhiwa in the final.
The last time Chen Yuanyu participated in an international event was the WTT Swedish Grand Slam held late last month. At that time, Chen Yuanyu lost to South Korean player Wu Shicheng 1-3 and missed the men's singles quarterfinals.
Chen Yuanyu is currently ranked 21st in the world, ranking behind Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and Xiang Peng among the national table tennis men's team, and ranked fifth in the national table tennis men's team. For Chen Yuanyu himself, he can still see the hope of becoming the main team of the national table tennis team, which is also Chen Yuanyu's current goal.
Come to the stage of this WTT Macau Championship, Chen Yuanyu and his teammate Lin Shidong were in the 1/4th zone of men's singles. In the first round of men's singles (1/16 final), they reversed Egyptian player Assal 3-2 and advanced to the top 16 of men's singles, and then faced Danish player Linde.
Lin De is 26 years old, ranking 19th in the world. He became a dark horse player as early as the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships and quietly advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Fans who are familiar with the Chinese table tennis team have the greatest impression of Lin De that they were undoubtedly in the WTT Chinese Grand Slam men's singles 1/16 final held in October last year. Lin De defeated the national table tennis player Wang Chuqin 3-1, and the event was unpopular.
In the first round of the men's singles in this WTT Macau Championship, Linde also performed well, 3-1 backing the world's 10th place, and the No. 7 seed of the men's singles in the tournament, Slovenian star Dako, so this Danish player has certain strength. Chen Yuanyu must be prepared for difficulties in this game. Here are the details of Chen Yuanyu and Lin De's men's singles 1/8 finals.
First game
Chen Yuanyu led 3-1, Lin De chased to 2-3, and Chen Yuanyu scored 2 points in a row to lead 5-2! Lin De chased to 4-5, Chen Yuanyu scored 2 points in a row and led 7-4 to stabilize the situation, and Lin De chased to tie the game 7-7! After that, Chen Yuanyu scored 3 points in a row and scored 3 points in the first game 10-7.
Lin De saved two games points, and the score reached 9-10. At the critical moment, Chen Yuanyu still seized the opportunity and took the lead 11-9! From the process of the first game, Chen Yuanyu was obviously well prepared and did a good job in grasping the key points.
The second game
Lin De led 3-1, Chen Yuanyu chased to 2-3, and then Lin De scored 6 points in a row, quickly widening the score 9-2! Chen Yuanyu chased to 4-9, Lin De scored 1 point, and got 6 points in the second game 10-4. Chen Yuanyu saved one game, and Lin De still won the second game 11-5, chasing the big score to 1-1!
The third game
Chen Yuanyu took the lead 3-1, Lin De chased to 2-3, Chen Yuanyu scored 1 point and 4-2, Lin De chased to 4-4, Chen Yuanyu scored 1 point and 5-4, Lin De chased to 5-5, Chen Yuanyu scored 1 point and 6-5, and Lin De scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score!
Chen Yuanyu chased to 7-8, and Lin De requested a pause. After the timeout, Chen Yuanyu made a mistake in the chance ball. Lin De led 9-7, and Chen Yuanyu chased to 8-9. After that, Lin De scored 2 points in a row, and won the third game 11-8, and overtook Chen Yuanyu 2-1 with a big score.
As the game progressed, Chen Yuanyu's unnecessary mistakes began to increase, and his mentality was indeed not stable enough. With 5 games and 3 wins, Chen Yuanyu has no way out.
Fourth game
Lin De led 4-2, and Chen Yuanyu requested a timeout. Chen Yuanyu was the head coach of the national table tennis men's team, Wang Hao, who served as the off-court coach of this game. After the timeout, Chen Yuanyu scored 4 points in a row and overtook the score 6-4!
Chen Chen Yuanyu led 8-6 in the middle and back section, Lin De scored 4 points in a row, and got 2 match points in the whole game 10-8. Chen Yuanyu saved 2 match points, and the score reached 10-10! After that, Chen Yuanyu saved another match point and the two sides tied 11-11!
At the critical moment, Lin De scored 2 points in a row and won the decisive game 13-11, thus reversing the national table tennis player Chen Yuanyu 3-1 with a big score and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Chen Yuanyu was eliminated regretfully.
Chen Yuanyu also followed Xiang Peng, Huang Youzheng and Wang Yidi, and the national table tennis team was the fourth player to be eliminated in this event. The 6 players in the men's singles of the national table tennis team have failed. We look forward to the remaining national table tennis players having better performance and defending the national ball honors at Macau's home court. Come on, the national table tennis team!
