On the evening of December 6th, Beijing time, the Chengdu Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup ended the first day of the round robin tournament. At present, four teams have ushered in new victories, and their China Table Tennis 8-1 reversed Slovakia. Although it encountered some difficulties at first, the main players did not lose the game by surprise the day before, which deserves everyone’s recognition.
In addition, the third seed Japan swept the China Taipei team 8-0, and the fourth seed South Korea reversed France 8-5, but the second seed Germany collapsed in the absence of the six main players and lost to Sweden 4-8, becoming the first team among the four major seeds to suffer the total score defeat.
Please see below for the detailed situation.
On the first day of the World Cup quarter-finals, only four matchups were arranged, and the opponent it met in China Table Tennis was not strong, that is, the Slovak team with average strength, but the mixed doubles in the first set were more intense than many fans imagined. The Asian champion combination Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi came up 0-1 behind Zelinka/Kukulova, but then it was reversed by pulling two games in a row and refused to be upset.
Subsequently, China won the women’s singles and men’s singles. Manyu Wang, who lost to Puerto Rican player Diaz, swept Barazova 3-0, and Fan Zhendong also beat Wang Yang 3-0. As a result, the total score of Guoping was reversed by 8-1, which ushered in a good start in the quarter-finals.
Japan’s opponent this time was the China Taipei team without Lin Yunru, Chuan Chih Yuan and Zheng Yijing, and the game soon became "one-sided". Zhang Benzhihe/Hayata Hina, Hirano Miwoo and Yoshiyama Liao slammed 8-0, but the opposite side didn’t even send Chen Siyu, the only core main force, to participate in the war. It seems that they basically gave up their resistance. After all, it is already earned that they can enter the quarterfinals this time.
The battle between South Korea and France was fierce. Lin Zhongxun/Shen Yubin, two world runners-up, lost to Felix/Pavard 0-3 in the first set of mixed doubles, and then Tian Zhixi and Ahn Jae hyun both beat Yuan Jianan and Alex 2-1. At this time, South Korea still fell behind 4-5 in the overall score.
At the crucial moment, the Korean doubles came to the rescue, Lin Zhongxun/Ahn Jae hyun swept the lebrun brothers 3-0, Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin beat Pawad/Luz 1-0, and the total score was 8-5. Relatively speaking, the French team was still relatively inferior, and it was not unexpected to lose.
As for the German team, due to the lack of six main players (Ochalov, Qiu Dang, Francesca, Bohr, Han Ying and Mittham), its strength can’t match the identity of the second seed. Although there are two main players (falk and Moregord) in Sweden, Carlson and A. Carlberg are obviously better than other German male players, with obvious advantages.
After the start of the game, Germany’s Mensell/Wanyuan’s opening lead was reversed, and finally lost 1-2 to Sweden’s Carlsson/C Carlberg. In the second set, Germany’s Winter also lost 1-2 to Sweden’s Berg Sterlon. In the third set, Walter was swept away by A. Carlberg, and in the fourth set, Walter/Stamp lost 4-11, 8-11 and 12-14.
At present, all three teams of China, Japan and South Korea have scored 4 points, leading the quarterfinals; Sweden and Germany followed closely, with 3 points; French, Slovakian, China and Taipei are all at the bottom of 2 points-the game is still going on, let’s wait for the new war to start!
