Taiyuan tournament report: Guoping Bang 11-0, Zhang Benmei and a disastrous round of tour, Wang Yidi won 3-0

On May 23, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Taiyuan Regular Challenge ushered in its first race day. Today's schedule is very intensive. The first round of various competitions will be held. As the host, Guoping sent some main players, some junior players and non main players to participate.

Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi got together again. Last year, they cooperated intermittently and won the mixed doubles championship of the Asian Championships. Today's game was relatively easy. They defeated Yao Juntao/Wu Yonglin, a Chinese Hong Kong team, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6. They had obvious advantages in the first three boards. The whole match was also dominated and won the game steadily.

Xue Fei/Shi Xunyao defeated the American team Shuoyer/Ke Xinyi 3-1. The first game did not enter the state, and there were many mistakes. They lost 7-11. The second game stabilized in the stalemate stage, and recovered 11-8. The third game basically controlled the game. After winning one more game on 11-6, the fourth game was completely one-sided, with 11-0.

Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin, a famous player from Hong Kong, China, defeated Zhong Ziyi/Keren of Malaysia 3-1. Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin has recovered recently and has been qualified to participate in mixed doubles at the Paris Olympic Games through the qualification contest.

In a focus game, Chen Xingtong, the partner of Yuan Lichen, known as the handsome boy, played against the young Japanese player Matsushima Huikong/Zhang Benmeihe. This time, a lot of new partners appeared in the doubles combination of Guoping, which gave the players more opportunities to play. Yuan Lichen's own doubles ability was good, and the convergence and speed were relatively fast. Chen Xingtong played comprehensively, and had participated in fewer doubles before.

Both Zhang Benmei and Matsushima Huikong are the most outstanding new stars that emerged in Japan last year, and they have also become the main force of Japan. In addition, Zhang Benmei and also won the team seats in the Paris Olympic Games. Japan may intend to create their young group to prepare for the next Olympic cycle.

In the first game, the national table tennis team started relatively fast, and Matsushima Huikong played a bit listless, even indifferent. Zhang Benmei and gave play to the attack speed. Yuan Lichen/Chen Xingtong won the game 11-7 first, and still controlled the game in the second game, basically similar to the first game. Matsushima Huikong played very indifferent, Zhang Benmei and really speechless, and Yuan Lichen/Chen Xingtong won another game 11-7.

Yuan Lichen's mistakes in the third game increased significantly, and he was soon pulled back by the Japanese team 11-6. The third game was very fierce. Matsushima Huikong was always in that state, dragging Zhang Benmei and his hind legs. Yuan Lichen/Chen Xingtong played relatively smoothly and reduced mistakes. Finally, they won the game in a thrilling 11-9, and eliminated Matsushima Huikong/Zhang Benmei and his hind legs with a big score of 3-1.

In this competition, women players played better than men. Of course, Yuan Lichen must be better than Matsushima Huikong. He worked hard to fight for every point. After all, Chen Xingtong has more experience, which has driven Yuan Lichen.