DURBAN, South Africa, May 23 (Xinhua) — The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) Finals noticed continued dominance from China, with 5 gamers advancing to the final 32 in singles occasions and 5 pairs continuing to the doubles quarterfinals right here on Tuesday.
Men’s singles second seed Wang Chuqin spearheaded the Chinese effort on the competitors’s fourth day, securing a 4-1 victory over world No. 48 Shunsuke Togami of Japan.
After fast exchanges, Wang notched up 11-3 victories within the preliminary three video games. Togami, the back-to-back All Japan Table Tennis Championships winner, managed to assert the fourth sport 11-6, however Wang emerged victorious with an 11-6 win within the fifth sport.
“I didn’t dwell on the score or my advantage during the match. I was prepared for a trailing position or a full game scenario,” admitted Wang. Participating in three classes in Durban, Wang remarked that his efficiency had improved because the matches progressed, however he endeavored to method every match with a contemporary mindset.
Wang’s compatriot Lin Gaoyuan convincingly defeated Daniel Habesohn of Austria with the scores of 11-3, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4.
“He showcased quality strikes and character, so my strategy was to keep him in check and gain the upper hand with my speed,” Lin elaborated.
China’s Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Liang Jingkun secured their males’s singles last-32 spots on Monday.
In the ladies’s singles, three Chinese gamers, consistent with their world rankings, superior to the third spherical of the occasion.
Fourth seed Wang Yidi overcame Maria Xiao of Spain with a rating of 4-0, whereas defending champion Wang Manyu additionally dispatched Hana Matelova of the Czech Republic in straight video games.
Wang Yidi confided that, having by no means confronted Xiao earlier than, she studied her teammate Shi Xunyao’s sport in opposition to Xiao from final 12 months’s World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Muscat.
“I was prepared for a challenging game given her capabilities,” Wang remarked.
Chen Xingtong maintained her successful streak in opposition to Lee Zi-on, whom she had bested on the Asian WTTC Continental Stage earlier this 12 months, triumphing 4-1.
“We know each other’s game quite well and got into the rhythm quickly,” Chen stated. “All five games were intense, and I was mentally ready for a decider today.”
Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, and Chen joined world No. 1 Sun Yingsha and Olympic gold medalist Chen Meng within the girls’s final 32.
On the doubles entrance, Chinese pairs have stored their unblemished file intact.
World No. 1 pair Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin confronted stiff resistance from French younger duo Alexis and Felix Lebrun, narrowly escaping a full-game thriller to advance to the lads’s doubles quarterfinals.
“Victory is the priority. There may be ups and downs in this process, but I am content with it,” Fan acknowledged.
Fan and Wang had been accompanied into the quarterfinals by Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, who triumphed over Darko Jorgic of Slovenia and Tomas Polansky of the Czech Republic 3-0.
Wang, together with Sun Yingsha, additionally sailed into the combined doubles quarterfinals after dispatching Austrian pair Robert Gardos/Sofia Polcanova 3-0. Young Chinese pair Lin Shidong and Kuai Man clinched their spots within the subsequent spherical by overcoming South Korean duo Cho Dae-seong/Kim Na-yeong 3-0.
Women’s doubles defending champions Sun and Wang Manyu outperformed Doo Hoi Kem/Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong, China 3-0.
Other noteworthy figures advancing by way of males’s singles matches on Tuesday embrace fourth-ranked Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan, and Top 10 seeds Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei and Germany’s Qiu Dang. Nigerian Quadri Aruna, presently the highest-ranked African participant at world No. 16, noticed his Durban marketing campaign come to an finish following a full-game defeat to Alvaro Robles of Spain.
Japan’s sixth seed Mima Ito and No. 7 seed Hina Hayata have certified for the ladies’s singles third spherical.