The Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup is over, let's sum it up.
The most difficult battle: national table tennis 8-5 Japan
Throughout this competition, the most difficult battle of national table tennis is against Japan. During the showdown between China and Japan, the Chinese team suffered some hardships in the face of the Zhang brothers and sisters. Zhang Benmeihe played in two doubles, and during the Asian Games, Deng Yaping once reminded that Zhang Benmeihe's potential was more than her brother's. In just a few months, Zhang's sister has grown into the main force of the Japanese team, partnering Hayasuke Togami to defeat the national table tennis ace pair Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 2-1, women's doubles Zhang Benmei and partner Kihara Miyu, Wang Manyu/Chen Meng won 2-1 after a hard battle. Zhang Benmeihe's brother Tomokazu Zhang Ben's performance in the men's singles was also eye-catching, and world No. 1 Fan Zhendong was extremely slow to get into form, losing two points 3-11, 6-11, 11-7. Like Shatou, this is also the only time Fan Zhendong has lost 2 points in this competition.
Fortunately, the Chinese team has Wang Manyu. Who is the number one contributor to the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup national table tennis? In the case of women's singles world No. 1 Sun Yingsha being fixed in the mixed doubles position, Wang Manyu stood out in the competition with Chen Meng and gained absolute trust, and Wang Manyu was the absolute main force in the two key matches against Japan and South Korea, and her report card was perfect! Against Japan's Hina Hayata, against South Korea's Kim Naying, Wang Manyu understands that she has a heavy responsibility. As a result, Wang Manyu won by 3 points and did not lose 1 point. Such a perfect performance can make Wang Manyu infinitely close to the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics.
National table tennis 8-1 South Korea, easily won the championship
The mixed doubles national table tennis side is still the combination of Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Shatou faced Ahn Jae-hyun/Shin Yubin with full firepower, changing the ups and downs of the game against the Japanese team, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 to complete the sweep, helping the Chinese team to score 3 points first. The rule of this tournament is a tie-break, so every game is crucial. Women's singles matchup Wang Manyu ushered in Kim Naying, the match was still one-sided, Wang Manyu swept the Japanese team Hayata, and then swept the Korean women's singles 11-2, 11-5, 11-7, and the two key matches handed over a perfect result. When Fan Zhendong played, the national table tennis had already scored 6 points, and Xiaopang faced Li Shangzhu as long as he won 2 games to end the battle in advance, and the world No. 1 in national table tennis did not disappoint, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4 made the game end early in the men's singles, and the Chinese team finally won the championship.
Controversial scene: The award was presented before the competition ended
After winning the championship, there was a controversial scene. At that time, the situation was like this, this competition had two tables, and the game was played at the same time, and the competition system was a tie-break. Because the Chinese team is very strong, they locked up the championship after defeating South Korea 8-1. On the other side, the match between Sweden and Chinese Taipei was more anxious, Sweden was 5-7 behind, and Chinese Taipei only needed to score one more point to end the battle. However, the organizers did not want to wait any longer, and while Sweden and Chinese Taipei were still playing, the venue was closed before the women's doubles players appeared, and the competition was suspended. The scene is all at the moment of the award ceremony. After that, the award ceremony lasted for half an hour. After the awards, the Swedish and Chinese Taipei players returned to the game, and the scene was chaotic at this time, but fortunately, the fans were very powerful and kept cheering for Chinese Taipei, after Chinese Taipei won, the fans on the scene shouted: Chinese Taipei! Welcome home! Netizens complained about such an arrangement, "It's so disrespectful", "It's too rude", "Won't it work if you wait a while?" "Substitute the Swedish and Chinese Taipei players, and feel humiliated." ”
The biggest black shot of this competition
Everything was perfect in this competition, and the only black shot was the match between the Chinese team and the French team, when the national table tennis team won 8-1. In the match between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha and Alex Lebrun/Yuan Jianan, Lebrun complained about Wang Chuqin's service violation, but the referee found that there was no problem. At that time, Lebrun had a service violation and was immediately penalized by the Thai referee on duty. Lebrun was a bit of a nervous break after being punished in a row, and at the beginning of the second game, he did not receive Wang Chuqin's ball, and complained that Wang Chuqin also had a serving violation. For this reason, the referee found that Lebrun's complaint was unjustified and continued to impose a penalty on him. After the match, Wang Chuqin was also a little angry, saying that Lebrun was targeting himself rather than the serve itself!