2022 ITTF World Cup Finals began to compete for the men's and women's singles quarter-finals. In the first men's singles eight-to-four competition, the strongest rival of the Chinese table tennis team, the Japanese player Zhang Benzhihe performed bravely. In the match against world champion Boer , Zhang Benzhihe opened fire with all his energy. He swept the three-time World Cup champion Boer 3:0 in three straight games, and advanced to the men's singles semi-finals first. In another men's singles game, the top seed of the Chinese table tennis team, Fan Zhendong, , was in a sluggish state and was in poor form against world champion Ocharov. He was defeated by his opponent in a row with two consecutive wins. Although he stubbornly tied the score in the fourth game, he fell behind in the finals as soon as the decisive game started, and finally lost the fifth game 6:11, and was eliminated in the total score 2:3. Since Fan Zhendong advanced to the quarterfinals bye bye in the first round, this game was the first game for Fan Zhendong. He did not expect to be eliminated in the first game and staged a "one round tour".
men's singles eight-point four first matches were made by the No. 4 seed of the tournament, Japanese star Tomokazu Kazuka faced German world champion Boer. The latter defeated the Chinese table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan 2 in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals without any danger. Zhang Benzhihe was in a state of courage in the first round. He defeated German strong player Francesca 3-0 in three straight games and advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles. Zhang Benzhihe's game with Boer has attracted much attention. In the first game, Zhang Benzhihe started to get into the state quickly. He scored three-pointers in a row and led 3:0. Then Zhang Benzhihe firmly took the initiative and got the game point 10:5. Boer chased the points continuously and pushed the score to 8:10. Zhang Benzhihe withstands the pressure and won the first place with 11:8.
The second game, Zhang Benzhihe was fully fired, while Boer was in a downturn. Zhang Benzhihe scored in a row and quickly opened the score and got eight innings 10:2. After Boer recovered two points, Zhang Benzhihe scored and won another game with 11:4, leading 2:0. Boer, who was in a desperate match in the third game, took a 4:2 lead at the start. The lagging backward Zhang Benzhihe stubbornly chased the score to 7:7. The unstoppable Zhang Benzhihe scored 10:8 to get the match point. Boer saved the match point and chased the score to 10. Boer withstood the pressure and scored two points in a row to win 12:10. He defeated the world champion Boer 3:0 and advanced to the men's singles semi-finals. He swept his opponent with a big score in two consecutive rounds of games. Zhang Benzhihe returned to the peak.
The top seed of the tournament, defending champion of the tournament, and world champion of the national table tennis team Fan Zhendong faced German world champion Ocharov. The two had a win or defeat before. Fan Zhendong advanced to the quarterfinals directly in the first round of the game, while Ocharov defeated China Taipei through five games in the first round of the game and advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles through five games. In the first game, Ocharov got into the state slowly. Fan Zhendong took the initiative at the beginning and gradually widened the score in the middle stage, and finally won the first place with a huge gap of 11:4. In the second game, Fan Zhendong dropped the stage, while Ocharov returned to normal. Fan Zhendong lost consecutive points at the beginning and trailed 3:7. Ocharov, who was leading the big score, firmly took the initiative and won a goal with 11:6. The two sides tied 1:1 in the first two games.
First game Fan Zhendong was behind again at the beginning, but he quickly tied the score at 5:5. Ocharov scored two points in a row to open the score. Fan Zhendong was not willing to be outdone and scored three-pointers in a row to overtake his opponent 8:7. Unfortunately, Fan Zhendong made another unnecessary mistake at the end of the game. Ocharov scored four points in a row to win the third game 11:8, and overtook Fan Zhendong 2:1 with a big score. In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong, who had no way out, gave a try and scored 6:2 in a row at the beginning. Ocharov, who was behind, gradually approached the score to 5:8. Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure at the end of the game and won 11:7, tied the score 2:2, and the game entered the decisive game. In the fifth game, Fan Zhendong was unable to take advantage of the victory and fell behind 1:5 at the beginning. In the middle game, Fan Zhendong stubbornly approached the score to 6:7. Ocharov once again used the killer weapon of squatting serving. Fan Zhendong lost four points in a row and lost the fifth game 6:11. The total score was 2:3 and lost to Ocharov, missing the men's singles semi-finals. This game was tragically defeated by the "one round".
