On July 2, Beijing time, the 2024 Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships is underway. The Asian Youth Championships is a confrontation between the new generation of young players in various associations, and it is also a platform for national table tennis to select and discover talents. In this year's Asian Youth Championships U15 men's team, the national table tennis suffered a big upset, and the national table tennis lost to Japan with a total score of 2:3 in the semifinals.
In the 1/4 finals of the U15 men's team, Hong Kong, China played against the national table tennis. In the first set, Luo Jiajie of Hong Kong, China lost 0:3 to national table tennis player Tang Yiren. In the second set, Liu Qichen also lost three games in a row and lost to Li Hechen 0:3. In the third set of the game, Hong Kong, China's Li Qihao fought fiercely in four games, and lost to Wang Zining with a total score of 1:3, in this case, Hong Kong, China 0:3 national table tennis.
In other competitions, in the U15 men's team 1/4 finals, the Japanese men's team eliminated Chinese Taipei with a total score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the top four list. The Iranian men's team fought fiercely in four sets and eliminated Thailand with a total score of 3:1. In the last U15 men's team 1/4 finals, India played against South Korea, and the South Korean players were obviously superior, and finally South Korea eliminated the Indian players with a total score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the top four list.
Next, the U15 men's team semi-finals continued. The national table tennis team played against Japan, and the two sides are also old rivals and are very familiar with each other. In the first set of the game, the Japanese men's singles teenager Kawakami Meteor lost to the national table tennis player Tang Yiren with a total score of 1:3, and the national table tennis men's singles won a good start, leading 1:0. In the second set, Japanese men's singles player Iwaida Junto also lost 1:3 to national table tennis player Li Hechen, and the national table tennis led 2:0.
In the third set, Japan's Yoshida Aoi played five games and eliminated national table tennis player Wang Zining with a total score of 3:2. In the fourth set, Kawakami Meteor also fought fiercely for five games, and finally eliminated Li Hechen 3:2. The game entered the fifth set, and the momentum of the Japanese players rose, and the Japanese men's singles Iwaida Jundou was full of firepower, winning three games in a row, and the total score was 3:0 to clean up the national table tennis player Tang Yiren, and won a big victory.
In this way, the national table tennis team suffered a big upset, and the national table tennis men's team lost to Japan with a total score of 2:3 and missed the final. The national table tennis men's team lost three games in a row with a big score of 2:0 lead, which is really a pity that the youngster did not keep the advantage, which eventually led to a collapse of mentality. In the other men's team semifinals, the Iranian men's team also broke out, easily eliminating the South Korean men's team with a total score of 3:0, so that Japan and Iran will compete for the championship next.