2022 ITTF World Cup Finals continued. In the first round of men's singles, the Chinese table tennis players performed well and sadly, Fan Zhendong won without a fight in the first round and directly advanced, Wang Chuqin and Grand Slam Ma Long both won three consecutive games when they lost one game first, and eliminated Chinese star Qiu Dang and European star Dako Yochik respectively, locking in two quarter-finals. Lin Gaoyuan habitually collapsed. In the game against world champion Boer, Lin Gaoyuan tried his best but still lost to his opponent 2:3, and suffered a tragic round of games. Two German world champions Boer and Ocharov defeated Lin Gaoyuan and Zhuang Zhiyuan respectively, and advanced to the second round. In addition, Chinese Taipei young player Lin Yunru , Japanese famous Zhang Benzhihe and Swedish young player Moregaard defeated Aruna , Francesca and Hugo Calderano respectively and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The opponent of Wang Chuqin in the first round of the game has been Qiu Dang. Wang Chuqin defeated five top ten players in the world in a row in the Macau Championship last week and won the men's singles championship with strong strength. After coming to the World Cup finals, Wang Chuqin became one of the biggest favorites to win the championship. The opponent Qiu Dang is very strong, currently ranked tenth in the world and has quite strong strength. Wang Chuqin was slow to get into the state in the first game. Qiu Dang scored six points in a row and led by 6:0. Wang Chuqin, who was lagging behind in a big score, woke up as if he was in a dream. He scored consecutively to close the score to 9:10. Qiu Dang withstood the pressure and narrowly defeated the game 12:10 and won the first place. In the second game, the two sides fought fiercely. The two kept biting the score in the first half. When the match was 7:7, Wang Chuqin suddenly scored two points in a row and exceeded the score and finally won a game with 11:8. The two sides tied 1:1 in the first two games.
The third game Wang Chuqin took the lead 3:1 at the beginning, Qiu Dang scored consecutively to tie the score, and then both sides tied the score until 7:7. Wang Chuqin scored two points in a row to exceed the score. After Qiu Dang recovered one point, Wang Chuqin chose to suspend. After the timeout came back, Wang Chuqin scored two points in a row and won another game with 11:8, and overtaken 2:1 with a big score. In the fourth game, both sides played fiercely in the first few points. After the game was tied 4:4, Wang Chuqin scored five points in a row to widen the score and won 11:5. He reversed the score 3:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles in the World Cup finals. Judging from this game, Wang Chuqin continued the hot touch of the last week's game. If this trend continues, the probability of Wang Chuqin reaching the final again is very high.
The No. 3 seed and Swedish star Moregaard faced Brazilian star Hugo Calderano. The world rankings of both sides were very close. Moregaard was third in the world and Hugo Calderano ranked sixth in the world. The first game of the game, both sides started to draw 4:4. Moregaard scored six points in a row and got the game point with 10:4. After Hugo recovered one point, Moregaard took the lead with 11:5. Moregaard started with a 4:2 lead. Then he gradually widened the score and won another game with 11:6. Hugo Calderano was in a lagging situation in the first half of the game. At the end of the game, Hugo suddenly scored consecutively and scored 12:10 and struggled to win a game 1:2. In the fourth game, the two sides were hard to solve. At the end of the game, Moregaard seized the opportunity and narrowly won with 11:9. He defeated Hugo Calderano with a total score of 3:1 and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Later, Hugo Calderano was eliminated in the first round of two consecutive matches.
In other men's singles competitions, the Chinese table tennis Grand Slam Ma Long and world champion Lin Gaoyuan performed very differently. Lin Gaoyuan led the way many times and missed the opportunity. In the end, he lost 2:3 to 41-year-old German veteran Bohr, and was eliminated in the first round of two consecutive games. Grand Slam champion Malone defeated the strong European star Dako Yochick 3:1 under the severe situation, and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. The performance of veteran Malone is worth learning from.Japanese star Tomokazu Kazuma was in full swing. He swept German strong player Francesca 3:0 in three straight games and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Another German world champion Ocharov, another world champion, fought with Chinese Taipei star Zhuang Zhiyuan, and narrowly defeated his opponent 3:2 after five games, and advanced to the quarterfinals without any danger. Chinese Taipei young player Lin Yunju faced "Africa No. 1" Aruna. Although Lin Yunju was reversed and lost by his opponent when he led the third game, he finally defeated his opponent 3:1 and locked in a men's singles quarterfinals.
In this way, all the men's singles quarterfinals in the World Cup finals will be produced. They are the top seed Fan Zhendong, the second seed Malone, the third seed Moregard, the fourth seed Zhang Benzhihe, the two world champions of Germany, Boer, Ocharov, and Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru and Swedish star Moregard. In the quarter-finals competition, Fan Zhendong faced Ocharov, Zhang Benzhi fought against world champion Boer, Marlon in the second half against Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru, and Wang Chuqin will face young player Moregaard again. The two just fought last week, and Wang Chuqin won his opponent to advance to the finals.
