In the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, the semifinals of the men's team will be played on October 10, and the Chinese men's team will face the Korea men's team. In the fourth set, Wang Chuqin defeated Ahn Jae-hyun 3-1 and remained unbeaten with 6 wins and 1 draw. So far, the Chinese men's team defeated Korea with an aggregate score of 3-1 and qualified for the final.
First set: Wang Chuqin 3-1 Wu Huicheng [11-5, 10-12, 11-3, 11-4]
Second set: Liang Jingkun 0-3 Ahn Jae-hyun [7-11, 11-13, 1-11]
Third set: Lin Shidong 3-0 Lin Zhongxun [11-4,11-6,11-4]
Wang Chuqin 3-1 Ahn Jae-hyun [8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6]
The two sides have fought 6 times before, and Wang Chuqin has defeated his opponent in the first 5 times, while the 6th duel has not been decided. Because the group stage of the 2024 Macau World Cup adopts a new format, the two sides played 4 games before the end, when the two sides drew 2-2. In this game, Wang Chuqin lost 1 game first, and then won three games in a row, thus maintaining an unbeaten record against Ahn Jae-hyun with 6 wins and 1 draw.
A brief description of the results
Wang Chuqin had a good start, suppressing the opponent with continuous offensive impacts, and quickly took a 4-1 lead; Then Wang Chuqin scored 2 points in a row to rewrite the score to a 6-1 lead. After that, Ahn Jae-hyun began to fight back, and Wang Chuqin stabilized to 8-4; Then Wang Chuqin made a series of mistakes, and Ahn Jae-hyun quickly counterattacked and scored consecutive points, won the game point 10-8, and reversed strongly 11-8.
In the second game, Wang Chuqin took a 3-1 lead, and then scored 4-1 on the far side; Then Ahn Jae-hyun began to fight back and catch up, and Wang Chuqin scored in time to suppress it to 6-3. After that, Ahn Jae-hyun showed a good hand and chased it to 5-6, and the two sides immediately went to the stalemate stage, and Ahn Jae-hyun followed up to 8-9; Then Wang Chuqin won the game point 10-8 and seized the opportunity to win 11-8.
In the third game, Ahn Jae-hyun took a 2-0 lead, and Wang Chuqin followed up to 2-3; Then the two sides held each other to 4-5, and Wang Chuqin won a backhand twist, scoring consecutive points to 7-5. After that, Wang Chuqin made another mistake, and Ahn Jae-hyun scored 4 points in a row to lead 9-7; Then Wang Chuqin made a decisive move at the critical moment, won the game point 10-9, and won the third game 11-9.
In the fourth game, Ahn Jae-hyun counted the score, and Wang Chuqin scored 2 points in a row to overtake a 3-1 lead; Then Wang Chuqin continued to dominate, and the score should be written to 5-2. After that, the two sides formed a pair, and Wang Chuqin stood up and scored to lead to 7-2; Then Wang Chuqin stabilized the advantage to 9-4, scored another score to get the match point at 10-4, and won the fourth game 11-6, thus ending the game.