The 2018 Hong Kong Open has concluded the second round of qualifying.
In the men's singles, Zhang Jike , who had a bye in the first round, made his debut today. Facing the Italian Stoyanov, Zhang Jike got into the state quickly and won the lead 11:9. Then the two got into a fight. The two sides won each other and the difference in each game was only two points. After four games, Zhang Jike took a big 3-1 lead. Although Stoyanov recovered one game at 11:5, Zhang Jike was not affected by this and won the 6th game at 12:10, winning 4-2. Zhang Jike's opponent in the third round was teammate Matt, who advanced after a hard-fought 7 games with Chinese Taipei star Chen Jianan in the second round.
Another "Chinese Showdown" is between Zhou Kai and Zhu Linfeng; Zhou Yu will face the challenge of South Korean player Lin Zhongxun in the third round; Zhou Qihao htm was in trouble in the first round l3 faced Kazakhstan rising star Grasmenko today and took a 3-0 lead at the start. Then Grasmenko, who gradually found his form, chased two games in a row. However, Zhou Qihao held firm and won the 6th game 11:7, winning the game 4-2. In the third round, Zhou Qihao's opponent was Japanese player Yuki Hirano.
In women's singles, Zhang Rui, Gu Yuting, Chen Ke, Wang Yidi, He Zhuojia all defeated their opponents to advance to the second round. Muzi and Li Jiayi were left out in the first round. Muzi’s opponent was Russia’s Noskova. Muzi entered the state very quickly at the beginning and won the first game with 11:8. Then Noskova chased 3 consecutive games with 11:6, 11:9, and 12:10. Although Muzi won by 1 He regained a game at 1:5, but was unable to stop his opponent's momentum and lost another game at 9:11, thus losing a big score of 2-4. Li Jiayi also won the first game, but was chased by his opponent for 4 consecutive games, and had no choice but to stop in the first round.
In the second round that just ended, Gu Yuting, Chen Ke, Wang Yidi, Zhang Rui, and He Zhuojia all won and advanced to the main round. Zhang Rui, He Zhuojia and Wang Yidi all defeated Hong Kong's Mai Ziyong, Germany's Solga and Singapore's Zeng Jian 4-0 respectively; Gu Yuting lost one game first and chased for 3 games in a row, and finally defeated Singapore's Yu Mengyu 4-2; Chen Ke defeated Japan's Shibata Saji 4-1, and the two will meet again in the U21 semi-finals. In terms of
U21, Niu Guankai lost to Korean player Zhao Seungmin 1 to 3 and stopped in the top 8. Xu Haidong defeated Chinese Taipei's Yang Hengwei and advanced to the top four. Xu Haidong's opponent in the semi-finals was another Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru . Chen Ke also easily defeated Japanese player Yumono Soma 3-0; Wang Yidi narrowly defeated He Zhuojia by 2 points in each game, and finally won 3-0. In the semifinals, Chen Ke and Wang Yidi faced Shaji Shibata and Hitomi Sato respectively.
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