Almost every 10 years, we see a new batch of players. Lots of excitement with a new era of players, new playing styles and some interesting techniques as well. There was a time when Chinese team stars like Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin retired and future of Chinese table tennis was handed over to the likes of Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fang Bo, Yan An etc and they changed the dominance of Chinese table tennis to a whole new level.

Wang Chuqin, 19 year old sensation from China just defeated Ma Long in R16 and Liang Jingkun in Quater Finals and will face World Rank 2 Fan Zhendong from China.

China’s Liang Jingkun defeated Japan’s Jun Mizutani in an epic battle after being 0-3 down. He won the game at 4-3. Another upset was done by China’s Wang Chuqin who defeated defending champion Ma Long 4-3, saving 2 match points in set 6.