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on september 13, beijing time, the table tennis wtt macau championship is about to usher in the fifth day of competition. in the previous duels, seven chinese table tennis players wang chuqin, liang jingkun, lin shidong, sun yingsha, wang manyu, wang yidi, and chen xingtong passed smoothly. xu yingbin lost to his teammate wang chuqin, and lin gaoyuan lost to chinese taipei player gao chengrui, thus becoming the first main athlete of the chinese table tennis team to lose a foreign war in the los angeles olympic cycle.

according to the arrangement, the complete list of men's and women's singles semi-finals will be announced on september 13. the national table tennis team will face seven foreign battles. among them, chen xingtong and wang yidi will face zhang ben miwa and kihara miyu respectively, sun yingsha will encounter zhu qianxi, lin shidong will block lin yunru, liang jingkun will face qiu dang, wang chuqin and wang manyu will fight with zhao dacheng and zheng yijing respectively. for more details, please see below.

although china's three olympic champions fan zhendong, ma long and chen meng withdrew from this competition, there are still seven world champions participating in the competition, plus two young stars lin shidong and xu yingbin. the lineup is still very luxurious. as for strong opponents from foreign associations such as the lebrun brothers, hugo, hayata hina, shin yubin and others, they were all absent. therefore, it is generally believed that china's table tennis team is not under much pressure to win the championship, but what is unexpected is that the first foreign battle defeat was not against the opponent that they usually focused on preparing for.

in the men's singles 1/8 finals, lin gaoyuan was in poor form and was defeated by the 19-year-old chinese taipei teenager gao chengrui in two games, forcing him into a desperate situation. although he fought hard to win one game, he was eventually eliminated 1-3, which was surprising. as for xu yingbin, he lost 0-3 in the contest with his teammate wang chuqin and also failed to advance.

in addition to wang chuqin, the other six chinese table tennis players who advanced to the round of 16 have the following results: liang jingkun defeated simon (france) 3-2, lin shidong defeated zhang benzhihe (japan) 3-2, sun yingsha defeated kim nayoung (south korea) 3-0, wang manyu defeated zhu yuling (macau, china) 3-0, wang yidi defeated bruna (brazil) 3-0, and chen xingtong defeated bergstrom (sweden) 3-1.

as mentioned earlier, on september 13, the chinese national table tennis team will face off against japan in two matches, namely wang yidi vs. kihara miyu at 13:40 and chen xingtong vs. zhang ben miwa at 18:30. both matches are difficult to play: wang yidi's overall strength is above kihara miyu, but she had previously suffered a 0-3 defeat to the opponent, so she still faces a test this time; although chen xingtong's record against japanese players is better than wang yidi, her opponent zhang ben miwa is obviously more threatening than kihara miyu, and naturally more difficult to deal with.

on the fifth day, the chinese team will face three more difficult opponents, namely lin yunru (chinese taipei) who will face lin shidong at 13:05, qiu dang (germany) who will face liang jingkun at 14:15, and zhu qianxi (south korea) who will challenge sun yingsha at 19:40. as for the matches between wang manyu and zheng yijing (chinese taipei) at 12:30 and wang chuqin and zhao dacheng (south korea) at 20:15, the pressure on the chinese team is relatively less, as the two main players have obvious advantages. however, wang chuqin still has to be wary of zhao dacheng's fight, after all, the latter is also a dark horse who once upset fan zhendong.

the only quarterfinal match without the participation of the chinese national table tennis team is at 19:05 moregard (sweden) vs gao chengrui (chinese taipei). the former is the only athlete who broke through the chinese national table tennis team's defense line at the paris olympics not long ago, and the latter is the only foreign association player who has done this so far in this tournament. however, it is generally believed that the new olympic men's singles and men's team runner-up moregard has a greater chance of winning.

so what do you think will be the outcome of the eight games on september 13? feel free to leave your predictions in the comments!