MACAO, April 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese star paddlers Ma Long and Chen Meng put their names into the lads’s and ladies’s singles quarterfinals on the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao on Wednesday, the third day of the weeklong event.
In the lads’s singles spherical of 16, Ma Long noticed off Britain’s Liam Pitchford 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4) regardless of having to combat a bitter first recreation and shedding the second.
“Pitchford could strike several good ones in a row. I told myself not to give up and fight for each point. He struck high quality backhand balls at fast pace, which put high pressure on me,” Ma mentioned after the match.
Third seed Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan beat Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong, China, 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3).
Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei withdrew as a result of harm, giving his opponent France’s Alexis Lebrun a spot within the quarterfinals.
In the ladies’s singles, world No. 20 Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei pulled off a 3-1 (11-4, Sept. 11, 11-1, 11-6) win over sixth seed Mima Ito of Japan.
With the scores locked at one recreation apiece, Cheng responded to a 0-1 deficit within the third recreation by selecting up 11 factors in a row.
Olympic champion Chen Meng overwhelmed Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5), whereas one other Japanese participant Hina Hayata thrashed Jeon Jihee of South Korea in straight video games 11-2, 11-9, 11-6.
In the lads’s singles spherical of 32 matches held earlier within the day, world No. 1 Fan Zhendong of China tamed world No. 16 Patrick Franziska of Germany 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5). Having dropped the opening recreation, Fan led from then on and took the subsequent three video games in fast succession.
China’s Liang Jingkun was in demolition mode as he took down Marcos Freitas of Portugal 11-4, 11-3, 11-3.
In the ladies’s singles spherical of 32, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha of China received off to an ideal begin, making quick work of Czech Republic’s Hana Matelova 11-7, 11-1, 11-2.
World No. 3 Wang Yidi of China defeated Germany’s Shan Xiaona 3-0 (11-8, 18-16, 11-8).
Wang was put to check early within the match by Shan’s high-frequency assaults, however Wang mirrored on her poise beneath strain and locked in an 18-16 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead.