In the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles, Fan Zhengdong, the golden medal winner in the Tokyo Olympic Games, advance to the 1/4 final to take on Lin Gaoyuan after eliminating Wang Chuqing. Liang Jingkun will face Hugo Calderano in another 1/4 final. In total 3 Chinese players are in the 1/4 final.