On August 7, Beijing time, the table tennis competition of the 2024 Paris Olympics continued, on this match day, the national table tennis men's team swept India 3-0, and Korea defeated Croatia 3-0, so that the men's team competed for the semifinals, China against Korea.
Zhang Yuzhen and Lin Zhongxun are in good shape at present, Zhao Dacheng usually fights less, but it cannot be ignored, it must be a difficult game, and you need to be prepared for difficulties, especially Zhang Yuzhen breaks out from time to time.
In the bottom half of the men's team, two European teams met second seed Germany, who were also runners-up at the last Tokyo Olympics, against Sweden, which has been on the rise in the past two years, and Moregard just won the men's singles silver medal at the Olympics.
Sweden 3-0 Germany
First set: Magnus Carlsen/Carlberg 3-0 Qiu Dang/Bol 12-10, 11-8, 11-8
The Sweden combination has often been paired with doubles in the past two years, and the degree of tacit cooperation is better, Qiu Dang and Bol are temporary partners, and Magnus has also won the World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles championship, and the doubles ability is good.
The first game was very close, Qiu Dang/Bol started with a 5-2 lead, but gradually made mistakes, and entered the strong tie against Sweden faster, attacking more fiercely, being chased to 6-6, and Sweden won the game point 10-8.
The momentum of the second game was all on the side of Sweden, starting with a 4-0 lead, the German pair chased down 4-3, then dropped the line, losing 3-8 in a row, although recovering some scores, but still lost.
The third game started to a stalemate, Sweden led 6-4 in the middle game, the German combination was difficult to chase, and the Sweden combination had a stronger desire to attack and better cooperation.
Second set: Moregard 3-2 Dimitri · Ocharov 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9
Moregard's best is the Olympic men's singles runner-up, the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up, both lost to Fan Zhendong in the final, and the current state is not bad, of course, Sweden also intended to let him focus on playing singles before the game. Ocharov won the men's singles World Cup in 2017, won a bronze medal in singles at two Olympic Games, and was ranked No. 1 in the world, but his form has slipped as he has aged.
The first game was also very close, with many draws, Ocharov led 9-8 and lost 3 points in a row, and Moregard's attack was fierce.
In the second game, Ocharov started with a 7-2 lead, and Moregard made more mistakes to catch up with the score, but fell behind too much.
The third game was still biting at the beginning, and some mistakes by Moregard in the middle game, coupled with Ocharov's backhand violent, were pulled away.
In the fourth game, Morespect took the lead at the beginning and then kept the lead until the end, and in the deciding game Ocharov led 5-1 at the beginning, but unfortunately missed a good situation, Moregard fell very well, plus the change of rotation, and then overtook the score 8-7, Ocharov was too anxious behind.
Third set: Anton · Carlberg 3-1 Bol 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8
The 43-year-old veteran Bol previously officially announced that this Olympics would be his last, and then left the international arena. This year's state looks not bad, defeating Lin Yunru, Zhang Benzhihe and other famous players, showing that his hand is still there, Bol has also won the singles World Cup championship, and has played against players from at least three eras of national table tennis.
Carlberg is a Sweden rookie, and he has improved a lot in the past two years, with strong forehand and backhand attacks, tough ball style, speed and quality.
In the first game, the fight was fierce, until 7-7, and then Carlberg scored 4 points in a row, and the forehand and backhand were very strong. The second game was still very intense, and the score never opened up until 9-9, when Carlberg's serve came out.
In the third game, Bol has been trying to find a way, falling behind by a small score, and overtaking 8-7 at the end of the game, which is more difficult to recover. The fourth game was still very close, Bol missed the opportunity to lead 8-7, as long as Carlberg took the initiative to attack, Bol was difficult to defend.
In this way, Germany lost an upset, even if Sweden is also strong, but Germany has two world champions after all, Bol did not play the previous form, both sets of singles were very close after the defeat, in addition, Qiu Dang's performance in this Olympic Games is not satisfactory, mixed doubles and singles are out early, the team performance is also average, not as good as Francesca, but Qiu Dang's current world ranking is the highest in Germany.
Bol cried after the game, losing is secondary, more mainly to leave the Olympics, leave the international arena, more than 20 years of conquest is more emotional, perhaps as some netizens said, the era of Sweden ended because of Bol's birth, and also because of Bol's retirement and revived.