On March 28, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Incheon Championships ended the second day of competition, and all 16 men's and women's singles were released. The 7 players of the Chinese team all passed the first round, except for Liang Jingkun who fought hard for five games on the first day, the other teammates won relatively easily, and Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu, who appeared on the 28th, were all 3-0 clean opponents.

The most embarrassing should be the South Korean team playing at home, to be exact, the Korean women's team. In this event, the South Korean team played at home and also won the most places - 5 men and 5 women. At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam in early March, South Korea's men's singles all stopped in the round of 32, while Shin Yubin played well in the women's singles and broke into the quarterfinals. Turning around and returning to the home court, in addition to Ahn Jae-hyun, who was out of the "civil war", the remaining 4 Zhang Yuzhen, Lin Zhongxun, Wu Huicheng, and Lee Sang-so all successfully advanced to the second round. The South Korean women's team, which was given high hopes by the home fans, Tian Zhixi, who played in the opening game, narrowly won 3-2, originally thought it was a good start for the team, but he didn't expect it to be the only glory, and the four people who came out behind: Shen Yubin's 2-0 lead was reversed, Li Shiwen won a game first and was reversed, Kim Naying was 3-0 clean sheet, and Zhu Qianxi was also reversed after leading 1-0. Tian Zhixi, who stumbled, suddenly became the "only seedling" of the Korean women's team.

The Japanese women's team also had 4 participants, Miu Hirano met Sun Yingsha in the first round, Sun Yingsha did not hesitate and won 3-0 directly, avenging the "revenge" of last year's loss. The remaining three people, Hina Hayata, Misei Ito, and Miwa Zhangmoto, all encountered a lot of challenges in the first round before they were able to advance. The Japanese men's team Hayasuke Togami and Teruma Matsushima were eliminated in the first round, leaving only Tomokazu Haramoto.

The French men's team performed well, with the Lebrun brothers and Simon Goetz, all three of whom qualified. In particular, Simon Goetz turned the tables in the crucial third game after falling behind 1-7 and finally defeated Qiu Dang 3-1 to get a place in the round of 16. Germany's men's Ocharov and Francesca made the cut.

Men's singles round of 16 matchups

Women's Singles round of 16 against the situation

On March 29, the third day of the Incheon Championships, the singles quarterfinals will be held, where the men's singles and women's singles quarterfinals will be decided. All 7 players of the national table tennis will appear.

March 29 national table tennis players schedule

11:45 Liang Jingkun vs Darko Joczyk

The two have won and lost each other before, but Liang Jingkun has improved recently, so he has a better chance of winning, but he has recently won the match after five games, and he hopes that this one will be a quick one.

12:20 Yingsha Sun VS Linda Bergstrom

Sun Yingsha's singles are of high quality and fast connection, which is more than enough to deal with chippers, not to mention Bergstrom, Han Ying, who is the strongest chipper, has lost several times, and Bergstrom is good if he can score an average of 5 points per game.

13:30 Wang Yidi VS Elisabetta Samara

Romanian veteran Samara is experienced and likes to "win by skill", and Chen Meng was entangled by her at the 2023 Singapore Grand Slam, which eventually led to a 2-3 upset loss. Wang Yidi should like this kind of opponent, as long as he crushes it with the quality and speed of the veneer he is best at.

15:15 Fan Zhendong VS Patrick Francesca

Fan Zhendong faced Matsushima Terukong in the first round and beat his opponent without the power to parry. Francesca can play some good balls, but it is difficult to make a difference against Fan Zhendong, who is in good form.

19:10 Set VS Miwa Zhangmoto

Chen Meng and Wang Yidi both want to compete for a place in the "third person" of the Olympic team competition, which depends on the results of foreign wars, especially against the main opponent Japanese women's team. In the women's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan last month, Chen Meng lost to Hina Hayata, and Wang Yidi lost to Miyu Hirano, and both of them were unsatisfactory with their performances.

Zhang Benmeihe has confirmed that she will represent the Japanese women's team in the Paris Olympics, and she is also the only one of the three Japanese women's team who has failed to defeat the main players of the national table tennis so far. In the deciding set of the women's team final at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benmei won one game first, but was reversed by Chen Meng.

If Chen Meng wants to get a place in the Olympic team event, he must not lose to the Japanese players. Personally, I feel that even if she won 3-0 in the first round of the Incheon Championship, her overall performance was average, and she needed to move well again to win Zhang Ben Miwa in the second round.

20:20 王曼昱VS郑怡静

Zheng Yijing faced the main force of national table tennis, and it was difficult to find a victory. If you take advantage of Wang Manyu's unpreparedness, you can steal a game at most, but if you want to win the game, don't think about it. What's more, Wang Manyu has been in great form recently, having just won the women's singles and women's doubles championships at the Singapore Grand Slam.

20:55 马龙VS林钟勋

South Korea's "three singles" Lee Sang-so won against Ma Long, but it was difficult for Lim Zhongxun and Jang Woo-jin, who are ranked higher in the world, to do so. Lee Sang-so's singles are of high quality, coupled with a fight-style style of play, and once he plays well, it will be difficult for Ma Long to completely restrict. However, Lin Zhongxun and Zhang Yuzhen both have obvious technical loopholes, Zhang Yuzhen has a strong forehand and a weak backhand, and Lin Zhongxun is just the opposite; Ma Long has a comprehensive technique, and can "use his own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings", grasp the opponent's weaknesses, infinitely magnify, and then dominate the game.

In addition, each of the nine matchups between players from the foreign association is also very exciting, especially the South Korean women's team's "lone seedling" Tian Zhixi, who has to face Misei Ito, can he withstand it? I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

Do you think that the seven members of the national table tennis can "win all seven battles"? Who has encountered the greatest challenge?