1, Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong 4-0 Chuan Zhiyuan: It was easy to beat Guo Ping in this game. Although Chuan Zhiyuan broke through Guo Ping's defensive line in men's doubles, and had beaten famous players many times before, he was a 42-year-old veteran after all, and had no advantage when he met Fan Zhendong, the world's number one. Not only did the big score sweep 0-4, but he only scored 1 in the third game, which was really a terrible loss.
2. Wang
Wang 4-0 Lin Zhongxun: Lin Zhongxun defeated Wang in the 2022 Asian Cup, and the men's team in the 2023 Asian Games also posed a certain threat to Wang Gou, so everyone thought that a fierce battle would break out in this game. As a result, Lin Zhongxun lost very simply, and was swept out of the house without winning a game-although he suffered a defeat in the men's singles in the Asian Championships, Wang is getting better and better now, and there is every hope to hit the champion!
3. Zhang Yuzhen
Zhang Yuzhen 4-3 Ben Zhihe: This game is very dramatic. After Zhang Yuzhen came up, he played very passively. Soon, he lost three games in a row and was cornered by Zhang Benzhihe. After Zhang Yuzhen struggled to win the fourth game, she hardly won the fifth game. As a result, Zhang Benzhihe was suddenly injured. Although she insisted on fighting, the situation was reversed. In the end, Zhang Yuzhen advanced with a 4-3 reversal. It really looks like a tiger!
4. Huang Zhen Hall
Huang Zhenting 4-3 Lin Yunru: Lin Yunru is the fourth seed in this competition, and her performance has always been better than Huang Zhenting. However, this time, she lost a game first, but then quickly reversed by taking advantage of the left hand crossing to the right hand crossing, but was tied again, and it was not until the deciding game that the outcome was decided. In the end, it was quite thrilling to pass 4-3 to advance to the semi-finals and face Wang.
The Significance of Table Tennis in the Asian Games
Although the Asian Games is a regional competition, the level of table tennis in this continent is very high, so the competition is not inferior to many international competitions. For Chinese and Japanese table tennis players, the significance of the Hangzhou Asian Games is even more extraordinary, because the table tennis associations of both countries have determined that the results of this competition will provide extra points for their respective teams' Olympic selection.
Take Guo Ping as an example, the singles champion of the Asian Games can get as many as 3,000 Olympic points, which is second only to the World Championships and equal to the World Cup and the WTT Grand Slam, while the team events also get 1/8 points from the finals, which is really important.