China News Service, Beijing, March 31. On the 30th, the 2024 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Incheon Championship ended with two rounds of quarter-finals and semi-finals. The top seed in men's singles, Chinese player Fan Zhendong, lost 2:4 to Brazilian star Hugo Calderano, who will compete with Chinese player Liang Jingkun for the men's singles championship. In women's singles, top seed Sun Yingsha and teammate Wang Manyu met in the final, and the Chinese team secured the women's singles championship and runner-up in advance.
In this Incheon Championship, Hugo Calderano successively defeated the French players Le Brun brothers who have been gaining momentum recently on the way to promotion. In the semifinals, the Brazilian relied on his excellent return to win three consecutive games, forcing Fan Zhendong into a desperate situation. Fan Zhendong, who had no retreat, tried his best to recover two games, but in the sixth game Hugo Calderano regained control of the situation and sealed the victory with 11:5.
Another men's singles semi-final staged the "Chinese Derby". After seven hard-fought games, Liang Jingkun eliminated the famous Ma Long 4:3, winning his first win against the latter in an international competition.
In the quarter-finals of the matinee, Liang Jingkun won three consecutive games after losing two games first, and reversed and eliminated French player Simon Gauz 3:2. In the evening semi-finals, Liang Jingkun lost three games in a row after winning two games first, and was almost reversed by Malone (the semi-finals were best-of-seven games). Fortunately, he stabilized his position in the sixth game and finally won 4:3. Defeat your teammates to advance to the finals.
In the two women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Yidi 4:0, and Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng 4:2. (over)