BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) — Olympic champion Chen Meng of China pulled off a straight-game victory over Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan to advance to the ladies’s singles quarterfinals, whereas China’s legend Ma Long crashed out of the boys’s singles second spherical after falling 3-1 to Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei on the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Xinxiang on Tuesday.
Chen displayed her dominance in an 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 victory over Ishikawa in 32 minutes.
“I just tried to focus on the game and discover my form. I was fully concentrated today and enjoyed the feeling of playing on the court,” commented Chen.
Chen will face one other Japanese paddler Hina Hayata within the quarterfinal. Hayata additionally breezed previous Nina Mittelham of Germany in straight video games.
“I need to make full preparation for the difficulties in every match. Hayata is a strong opponent and has some quality hits, so I need to quickly get into the game,” Chen added.
Chen’s compatriot Wang Manyu eased previous Bruna Takahashi of Brazil 11-3, 11-3, 11-8.
Wang, who had gained a nail-biter over Dina Meshref of Egypt in full video games within the first spherical, was glad along with her changes between the 2 matches.
“Winning an intense match in the previous round helped a lot in getting into shape and keeping my concentration today, and I adjusted well at the start of the game,” mentioned Wang.
After dropping 11-5, 11-9 within the opening two video games, Ma made his response by pulling one sport again 11-6 and recovering from a 5-9 deficit with 5 factors in a row to take one sport level within the fourth, however Lin then steadied himself and pocketed three straight factors to come back by 12-10.
“It was my best match for a period of time. Facing against such a strong opponent like Ma, I just wanted to challenge him,” Lin defined.
Lim Jong-hoon of South Korea noticed off Japanese teenager Tomokazu Harimoto 3-1 to e book his ticket to the quarterfinals.
China’s Chen Xingtong dispatched Miyuu Kihara of Japan 3-0 within the girls’s singles first spherical, whereas world No. 6 Mima Ito of Japan secured her spot within the final 16 with a 3-0 victory over Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut.
Also on Tuesday, Ruwen Filus of Germany and Swede Mattias Falck superior to the boys’s second spherical.
The remaining second-round matches of the match will likely be held on Wednesday.