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on september 13, beijing time, the wtt macau championship entered the fifth day of competition, and the quarter-finals were held on this day.

the macau championships is the first heavyweight event after the paris olympics. the macau championships only has singles competitions, with 32 players participating in each of the men's and women's singles. as the paris olympics ended not long ago, the three main players of the national table tennis team, ma long, fan zhendong, and chen meng, withdrew from this competition. a total of 9 players from the national table tennis team participated in the competition. men's singles: wang chuqin, liang jingkun, lin gaoyuan, lin shidong, xu yingbin, among whom xu yingbin participated as a wild card of the organizer. women's singles: sun yingsha, wang manyu, wang yidi, chen xingtong.

in addition to the absence of the three main players of the national table tennis team, many seeded players from foreign associations also withdrew from the competition. japan's top player hina hayata, south korean star shin yubin, brazilian star hugo calderano, who is ranked third in the world in men's singles, and france's le brun brothers also chose to withdraw.

all nine players of the national table tennis team won the first round and advanced. in the 1/8 finals, lin gaoyuan lost 1-3 to the young player gao chengrui from chinese taipei, and xu yingbin lost 0-3 to his teammate wang chuqin. lin gaoyuan and xu yingbin were eliminated in the second round, and the other seven players of the national table tennis team all advanced to the quarterfinals. in the quarterfinals, for the men's team: lin shidong swept the fifth seed, the famous player lin yunru from chinese taipei 3-0, and liang jingkun was overturned by the german player qiu dang 2-3. for the women's team: wang manyu defeated the chinese taipei player zheng yijing 3-1, wang yidi swept the japanese player kihara miyu 3-0, and chen xingtong lost 1-3 to the japanese player zhang ben miwa. the five players of the national table tennis team who played in the quarterfinals also achieved 3 wins and 2 losses. lin shidong, wang manyu, and wang yidi advanced to the men's and women's singles semifinals, while liang jingkun and chen xingtong were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

the quarter-finals between the top seeds wang chuqin and sun yingsha are scheduled for the last two matches of this match day. here is a summary of the two quarter-finals between sun yingsha and wang chuqin:

sun yingsha 3-1 zhu qianxi (south korea)

sun yingsha is ranked first in the world and is currently the leader of the chinese women's table tennis team. she won two gold medals in the mixed doubles and women's team at the paris olympics, but lost 2-4 to her teammate chen meng in the final and finished second in the women's singles. sun yingsha will undoubtedly continue to carry the banner of the chinese women's table tennis team in the new cycle. sun yingsha swept south korean player tian zhixi 3-0 in the first round of this macau championship, and easily defeated south korean player kim na-young 3-0 in the second round. this game is sun yingsha's third consecutive game against a south korean player.

the 22-year-old korean player zhu qianxi is ranked 23rd in the world. she swept her teammate xu xiaoyuan 3-0 in the first round and defeated the japanese star ito mima 3-0 in the second round. zhu qianxi is in hot form and has become the only korean women's team to qualify for the macau championships. sun yingsha and zhu qianxi had played against each other once before. sun yingsha fought hard for seven games and narrowly defeated zhu qianxi 4-3.

in the first game, sun yingsha scored 3 points in a row at the beginning. in the first game, sun yingsha firmly occupied the upper hand on both offense and defense, while zhu qianxi played more tightly and made more unnecessary mistakes. sun yingsha won the first game 11-6. in the second game, zhu qianxi's state warmed up and began to strengthen the fight. she led 6-1 at the beginning. zhu qianxi fought harder and harder and won a game 11-3. in the third game, sun yingsha led 3-1 at the beginning by continuously changing the landing point in the serving round. zhu qianxi was not at a disadvantage in the stalemate and scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score. after that, the two started a tug-of-war. in the second half, sun yingsha gradually gained the upper hand and won the third game 11-6. in the fourth game, sun yingsha won 6 points in a row at the beginning. sun yingsha firmly restricted her opponent in the serving round. zhu qianxi made frequent mistakes and the game became one-sided. sun yingsha opened fire and easily won the fourth game 11-3.

in the end, sun yingsha defeated korean player zhu qianxi 3-1. sun yingsha advanced to the semi-finals and will face japanese player zhang ben miwa in the semi-finals.

wang chuqin 3-0 zhao dacheng (south korea)

wang chuqin ranks first in the world. in the paris olympics, wang chuqin won two gold medals for the national table tennis team in the mixed doubles and men's team. however, he lost to swedish player moregaard in the second round of the men's singles. wang chuqin was eliminated in the top 32 of the men's singles in the paris olympics. with ma long's aging and fan zhendong's intention to retire, wang chuqin will take up the banner of the national table tennis men's team in the new cycle. in this macau championship, wang chuqin defeated hong kong player huang zhenting 3-0 in the first round and swept xu yingbin 3-0 in the second round. it is worth mentioning that wang chuqin has won the men's singles championship of the previous two macau championships in a row, and he is also aiming to complete three consecutive championships in this event.

south korean player cho dae-sung is ranked 21st in the world. he defeated slovenian player darko joczyk 3-1 in the first round and narrowly defeated german star francesca 3-2 in the second round. it is worth mentioning that cho dae-sung is the korean team's men's singles player who made it to the quarterfinals of this year's macau championships.

in the first game, both players scored in their serving rounds. in the middle, wang chuqin gradually gained the upper hand and led 8-5. zhao dacheng was not to be outdone and tied the score. after the score was tied at 9-9, wang chuqin scored two points in a row and won the first game 11-9. in the second game, the two players were tied and the score was always close. after the score reached 7-7, wang chuqin began to exert his strength and won another game 11-8 with a continuous forehand attack. in the third game, wang chuqin played better and better and led 3-1 at the start. zhao dacheng gave it a try and overtook the score 9-8 in the second half. wang chuqin withstood the pressure and got the match point 10-9. wang chuqin won the third game 12-10. in the end, wang chuqin swept the korean player zhao dacheng 3-0 and successfully advanced to the men's singles semi-finals. the korean table tennis team was completely wiped out in this macau championship.

the chinese table tennis team also achieved 5 wins and 2 losses on this day. wang chuqin and lin shidong of the men's team advanced to the semifinals. they will meet in advance in the semifinals; sun yingsha, wang manyu and wang yidi of the women's team advanced to the semifinals. the top four men's and women's singles of this macau championships have all been announced. the chinese table tennis team will have a civil war in each of the men's and women's singles semifinals. the specific matchups in the semifinals are as follows:

women's singles semifinals

sun yingsha vs zhang benmihe (japan)

wang yidi vs wang manyu

men's singles semifinals

wang chuqin vs lin shidong

qiu dang (germany) vs gao chengrui (chinese taipei)