China News Service, Seoul, March 28th, Incheon News: On the 27th, the 2024 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Championship kicked off in Incheon, South Korea. On the first day of competition, Chinese players Wang Yidi, Liang Jingkun and Ma Long all defeated their opponents and advanced to the top 16.
In the women's singles, Wang Yidi, as the first national table tennis player to play in this tournament, defeated Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin with a big score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the top 16. After the game, Wang Yidi said that his grasp of the rhythm at the beginning was not perfect and the game situation was relatively stalemate, but in the later stage he was able to smoothly adjust his state and win the game.
In the men's singles, Liang Jingkun won the first two games, but was chased by Swedish player Karlberg for 2 points. He finally won the deciding game 11-9 and advanced to the top 16. Liang Jingkun said after the game that with a 2-0 lead, there was a sense of luck in the third and fourth games. After that, unnecessary mistakes were reduced in the fifth game to win the game. "Winning depends on adjusting the mentality and decisive shots."
Malone, who then played, defeated the Swedish star Moregard with a big score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the top 16. Malone said that this was a tough game. Although the final score was 3:0, he fell behind in the first two games. After that, he relied on hard work and key ball handling to eventually turn defeat into victory. Malone also said that he will summarize today's game in time and give it a try in subsequent games.
According to the schedule, Chinese players Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will appear on the 28th. (over)