China News Agency, Henan Xinxiang, October 28 (Kan Li Chenghang) In the first round of the Xinxiang WTT (World Table Tennis Professional League) World Cup final on the 27th, more than 30 international table tennis players went through 15 "fighting" games. Compete for the quarterfinals.

The 9 Chinese contestants, except Lin Gaoyuan who was upset, all entered the quarter-finals.

　　In the first round, Fan Zhendong, ranked No. 1 in the world, had a bye and directly advanced to the quarter-finals. He will play against German star Ocharov in the men's singles quarter-finals.

　　Lin Gaoyuan, who previously won the men's singles runner-up at the WTT Championship in Budapest, ranks 12th in the men's singles world ranking.

Its first-round opponent is world No. 15 German veteran Tim Boll.

　　Following Lin Gaoyuan's victory over Bol in the WTT Championship Budapest in July this year, the two played against each other again.

　　In the first four innings, the two sides continued to stalemate and tied.

In the deciding game, Lin Gaoyuan lost 6 points in a row after a 5-5 draw, and finally lost to Bol with a big score of 2-3.

The latter will compete with Japan's Tomokazu Hiramoto for the semi-finals.

　　In the match against Slovenian Dako Jocic, the five-time Olympic champion Chinese men's singles player Ma Long lost the first game and won the game with three consecutive draws.

Talking about the Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru, he said, "Lin Yunru is one of the highest level (players) in the world, and the two sides have played many times until the last game."

　　That night, Chinese player Wang Chuqin faced off against German player Qiu Dang, which became the focus of the first round.

Wang Chuqin, who won the men's singles championship of the WTT Macau Championship not long ago, lost a game and eliminated Qiu Dang 3-1.

　　In women's singles, Wang Manyu took the lead in winning the first victory for the Chinese team.

After the game, she admitted that the opponent not only played fiercely, but also had a high success rate and hit rate.

In the next game, she will compete with Japanese star Mima Ito for the semi-finals.

　　World champions Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi both swept their opponents 3-0 in the first round and will face Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa and Puerto Rico's Diaz respectively.

　　After Olympic champion Chen Meng eliminated Chinese-French player Yuan Jianan from the competition, he and his teammate Chen Xingtong will stage a "same door" competition in the quarter-finals.

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