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on september 19, beijing time, the first day of the 2024 wtt feeder tournament halmstad station ended. the chinese table tennis team suffered a series of upsets, losing three foreign matches in the first round of the men's singles, including zhao zihao's 1-3 loss to ursu, who has been eliminated in the first round for two consecutive tournaments. in addition, sun wen, who had defeated zhang benzhihe, was eliminated 2-3, and hu dongshen lost three games in a row and was eliminated. the chinese women's table tennis team maintained a perfect record in the first round, and the three doubles events also performed well.

the feeder tournaments are mainly played by young players and second-tier players. the chinese men's table tennis team has continuously sent a large lineup to participate in the competition, which is also to help young players gain experience and earn points in the process. at the halmstad station in sweden, the performance of the chinese men's table tennis team was not satisfactory. the opponents in the first round of the main competition were average, but three players of the chinese men's table tennis team were unexpectedly eliminated and suffered a one-round tour in a low-level event.

zhao zihao lost 1-3 to vladislav ursu. not only did he suffer a first-round exit in sweden, but he was also eliminated in the first round of the men's singles for two consecutive tournaments, wasting his chance to compete. zhao zihao is not young anymore. if he still fails to seize the opportunity, he may be eliminated by the young players behind him. in addition, sun wen lost 2-3 to li yanjun, a player from chinese taipei. sun wen once defeated zhang benzhihe, but he no longer has the spirit of the past and suffered a first-round exit again this time.

in addition, hu dongshen's 0-3 defeat to dimitrij levajac was shocking. xu haidong and niu guankai successfully passed the first round, and the top 32 men's singles players were all born. the specific matchups in the 1/16 finals are as follows: feng yixin vs anders ericsson, yokotani masaru vs andre bertelsmayer, xue fei vs li yanjun, adam sudi vs lilian bader, matthias falk vs miguel vilchez, maciej kolodziek vs flavian cotton, borga hauge vs erwin bertrand, dimitrij levajac vs huang youzheng, andreas levenko vs chaba andras, vladislav ursu vs zeng beixun, bastien rembert vs xu haidong, daniel pinto vs ruben firus, rogerio castro vs hamada kazuki, andre putontica vs zhang youan, zhou kai vs leo de nordrest, niu guankai vs anders lind.

in the first round of women's singles, zong geman, wang xiaotong, zhu sibing and others all passed the test smoothly. the specific matchups for the women's singles 1/16 finals are: jian tongjuan vs huang yuqiao, andrea todorovic vs zhang xuan, katarzyna wegershen vs zhu sibing, anna hochart vs charlotte lutz, liu xinyin vs zheng puxuan, isa sak vs han fei'er, xu yi vs lucia cordero, wang xiaotong vs ivana malobabik, yang yiyun vs okada kotuna, zong geman vs fan shuhan, uezawa anone vs paulina krzyszk, sofia klee vs christina carlberg, ivana singerzan vs akjiang xiaxing, leah tveit vs rachel moret, camille lutz vs anna bryska, philippa bogarde vs linda bergstrom.

in the three doubles events, only yang yiyun/zhu sibing lost 0-3 to zong geman/xu yi in the derby, and all other pairs made it through. in the end, four pairs of chinese table tennis advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals, two pairs advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals, and three pairs advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals. the quarterfinals matchups are as follows:

men's doubles: xue fei/huang youzheng vs bergenbrock/alfredsson, zeng beixun/zhou kai vs sun wen/xu haidong, chambevel/suzuki sa vs miki hayabusa/yokotani masaru, niu guankai/quan kaiyuan vs li yanjun/zhang youan

women's doubles: bergstrom/karlberg vs wang xiaotong/han feier, guo zheng/hochart vs vergos/buriska, zong geman/xu yi vs liu xinyin/jian tongjuan, schulz/puni vs wegershen/krzyszk

mixed doubles: xue fei/han feier vs huang youzheng/zong geman, cotton/hochart vs bjorkred/basang, xu haidong/fan shuhan vs zhang youan/zheng puxuan, frith/bogard vs falk/bergstrom