Durban, May 5 (ZXS) -- As the defending champion of the women's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu, the famous player of the Chinese team, finally appeared in the women's singles competition of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships on the 23rd after experiencing the first three match days.
Facing Czech Hana Matrova, Wang Manyu had a clear advantage in strength, hardly giving his opponent any chance, and swept in straight sets to easily advance to the next round.
After the match, Wang Manyu told reporters that because he had no singles competition tasks in the previous three days, he still looked for more match status, so his desire to fight was very strong. She said frankly that perhaps because of "holding back for a few days", she was more excited in the first women's singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, and she was full of expectations for the competition, so the beginning of the competition was very fast, whether it was the transfer of rhythm or the adjustment of personal state.
Later teammate Chen Heung-dong defeated his old rival, South Korea's Lee Si-wen, 4-1. In another women's singles match that ended earlier, Wang Yidi defeated Spain's Xiao Yaoqian 4-0 to advance to the round of 32 of women's singles.
In the men's singles, China's main player Wang Chuqin faced Japan's Hayasuke Togami, who has recently gained significant momentum and defeated Tomokazu Zhang this year to become the men's singles champion of the Shinco All Japan Championship. Slightly surprisingly, except for the fluctuation of his state in the fourth game and losing a game, Wang Chuqin basically did not give his opponent too many chances in the other games, and easily won the match 4:1 and advanced to the third round.
Wang Chuqin told reporters after the game that the key to winning this game is that he will not think too much, whether he is leading or behind, he is ready to deal with difficult situations. Even if there was a power outage at the venue at the beginning of the game, his state was not affected. He admits that he has always been in awe of the game, and for any opponent, he needs to have a new state to face.
In the other matchup, Lin Gaoyuan faced Austria's Daniel Habeson, who won four straight sets to reach the men's singles round of 32.
In the doubles competition, Wang Manyu of the "One Day Doubles" and Sun Yingsha competed in the women's doubles match, and the two defeated a Hong Kong pair 3:0 to advance to the quarterfinals; Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong defeated a pair of multinational pairs in the men's doubles competition to easily advance; In the other men's doubles match, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin encountered stubborn resistance, but fortunately the two withstood the pressure at the last minute and defeated the French Lebrun brothers 3:2 to advance.
In the mixed doubles competition, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha swept Austria's Robert Gados and Sofia Polkanova 3:0; Lin Shidong and Ku Man beat the South Korean pair Cho Dae-sung and Kim Na-young 3:0. (End)