Yokohama Championship: Moregaard 4-1 Korean table tennis player, advance to the semi-finals, and fights Wang Chuqin again in the semi-finals

The men's singles quarter-finals of the 2025 WTT Yokohama Championship ushered in its last game, with Swedish player Moregaard against South Korean player Ahn Jae-hyun.

Moregard, who has won the men's singles runner-up in both the Olympics and the World Table Tennis Championships, has maintained a very high competitive state for a long time and ranks 7th in the world. He swept the African No. 1 Aruna 3-0, defeated Japanese table tennis player Matsushima Hirokazuki 3-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals strongly. The 25-year-old Ahn Jae-hyun's performance is not very stable and he is only ranked 18th in the men's singles world rankings. He is a competition-type player, and he can perform at a very high level when he is in good condition. In this match, Ahn Jae-hyun swept Puka 3-0 and defeated Felix Lebron 3-2.

In this game, Moregaard performed well, defeated Ahn Jae-hyun 4-1 and advanced to the men's singles semi-finals. In the first game, Moregaard took a 5:3 lead. Ahn Jae-hyun scored 2 points in a row to tie the score. At 6, Ahn Jae-hyun made consecutive mistakes, and Moregaard scored 4 points in a row and got the game point. Ahn Jae-hyun started a performance on the mid-range stage, and Moregaard lost 2 points in a row when he made a mistake. Moregaard scored a strong attack and won the first game 11:8.

The second round. An Jae-hyun fought against Moregaard and tied at 7. Moregaard scored 3 points in a row and won the game point. Ahn Jae-hyun chased for 2 points. Moregaard scored a goal with a big right corner and won another game with 11:9. The two of them have super strong offensive capabilities in the China-Far-Taiwan and play very well. The audience burst into warm applause many times. In the third game, the two fell into a stalemate again and tied at 5. Moregaard scored 2 points in a row to take the lead. Moregaard won the game point 10:7. After Ahn Jae-hyun chased for 1 point, he made another mistake. Moregaard won the game 11:8. Ahn Jae-hyun likes to step down from Taiwan so much that he gives Moregaard a chance. Otherwise he wouldn't have beaten so passively.

In the fourth game, Ahn Jae-hyun got a 4:1 start. Moregaard took the serve and Ahn Jae-hyun opened the gap 7:2. Moregaard chased for 3 points in a row. Moregaard continued to make efforts and pulled the score to 7:8, only one point behind. Ahn Jae-hyun beat too much and made many mistakes. He called a pause, trying to disrupt Moregard's rhythm. Ahn Jae-hyun found a way to drag the game into the Zhongyuan Taiwan offense. This is his favorite way of playing. Ahn Jae-hyun scored 2 points in a row and won the game 11:8. In the fifth game, Moregaard took a 9:1 lead. Ahn Jae-hyun collapsed for no reason. The two of them started an exhibition match. Moregaard won the fifth game 11:4.

In the end, Moregaard defeated Ahn Jae-hyun 4-1 and advanced to the men's singles semi-finals.

The men's singles semi-finals were Wang Chuqin, Karnak Jaha, Zhang Benzhihe and Moregad. Only Wang Chuqin, the national table tennis team, advanced to the semi-finals of men's singles. The advantage of the national table tennis men's line has become weaker.

The men's singles semi-finals are as follows: Karnakjaha vs. Zhang Benzhihe, Wang Chuqin vs. Moregaard.

At the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin lost to Moregaard unexpectedly, and stopped in the round of 32. The two met again, and I believe that Wang Chuqin will do his best to compete and strive to defeat his opponent.