wtt china grand slam singles top 16 produces young player with full weight
2024-10-04
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as malone won the second game relatively easily with 11:6, reporters in the media stands got up and went to the mixed interview area, trying to seize a favorable position to interview malone as soon as possible. at that time, many people thought that the game was about to end 3:0... this happened on the evening of october 2, in the second round of the men's singles match of the 2024 world table tennis professional league (wtt) china grand slam. scene.
ma long (right) and zeng beixun competed in the second round of men's singles. image source: wtt world table tennis federation
however, as the opponent of the "dragon team", zeng beixun, a young national table tennis player born in 2003, first fought back tenaciously, then took the lead in winning the game point in the fourth game, and almost dragged the game into the deciding game. but in the end, zeng beixun missed the opportunity on key points, and malone won the fourth game at 12:10 to win the game.
malone post-game interview↑
after the game, many reporters were asking malone for his evaluation of the young player. ma long said that zeng beixun has made great progress and also caused great difficulties for himself in the competition. "i think the reason why the chinese table tennis team has been able to maintain the highest level is because groups of young athletes continue to appear in front of everyone. ”
during the interview, ma long also mentioned two young players, lin shidong and xiang peng, who have performed well recently. in this china grand slam, these two national table tennis players also successfully advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles. moreover, with the elimination of no. 1 seed wang chuqin, these two young players became the only two chinese players remaining in the top half of the men's singles. the top half of the men's singles includes many players including french player felix le brun, swedish player moregard, japanese player tomokazu harimoto, etc. it is worth looking forward to whether the two can break out of the encirclement in the first half.
xiang peng picture source: wtt world table tennis federation
in the women's singles arena, half of the top 16 are players born in the 2000s. six of the 10 chinese players who advanced to the top 16 made it all the way through the qualifying rounds. it is worth mentioning that two young players, zong geman and qin yuxuan, who were born in 2006, entered the third round of women's singles in their first grand slam singles main draw.
qin yuxuan picture source: wtt world table tennis federation
qin yuxuan will face wang manyu in the 16-8 singles match. when looking forward to this game, the latter also said that he would be prepared to be impacted by young athletes and go all out to win every point.(worker daily client reporter qu xinyue)
