The table tennis WTT Nagoya Women's Finals is in full swing, and on the evening of December 16, Beijing time, a key battle was ushered in, South Korea's world No. 1 women's doubles pair Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin appeared on the court, facing Japan's former world No. 1 women's doubles pair Kihara Miyu/Nagasaki Miyu, as the top seeds, Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin lost 2-3 and stopped in the quarterfinals.
So far, the Korean team has been out of the women's singles and women's doubles events, ending the finals ahead of schedule. Interestingly, this time Tian Zhixi attracted the attention of many fans because of his rare hairstyle, which became another highlight of the game.
See below for a detailed breakdown of the battle.
Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin is the women's doubles combination that has risen rapidly this year, and swept Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu 3-0 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban to advance to the final, and finally lost to Chen Meng/Wang Yidi to win the runner-up.
Kihara Miyu / Nagasaki Miyu have been famous for a long time, and they won Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu a few years ago and ranked first in the world, but then they did not cooperate much, and this year they won the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships again, so this Japan-South Korea battle is very interesting.
After the start of the game, the Japanese combination took the lead and suppressed Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin in terms of speed - in terms of the quality of the board, Kihara Miyu, Nagasaki Miyu, and Shen Yubin all have a strong impact, Tian Zhixi mainly played the connection, if he could not get an advantage in the landing point and the line, he still suffered a little bit in the hard match, and then lost a game with Shen Yubin 6-11.
In the second game, Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin started relatively faster, but they were soon bitten again, and the two called a timeout to adjust at the critical moment, and then suppressed the opponent again, 11-7 to pull back a city, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the third game, Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin played the world's No. 1 level, and constantly suppressed the opponent when they came up, and then led 10-2 to get as many as 8 game points, and finally won 11-2, successfully forcing the opponent into a desperate situation, and the entire Japanese team was forced into a desperate situation.
In the fourth game, Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin came up and lost 5 points in a row, and Miyu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki played very aggressively and dragged the game into the deciding game 11-7. In the fifth game, the Japanese pair continued to take the lead, and finally ended the battle 11-3, thus eliminating the world No. 1 Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin with a big score of 3-2 and advancing to the women's doubles semifinals.
Next up is Miyu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki will face Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing/Li Yuzhen, so let's wait and see what happens!