[Sports Road Chengdu Direct]The Chengdu Universiade table tennis tournament kicked off today (28th) at the Gaoxin Sports Center. Du Kaiqin, a member of the Hong Kong women’s team, lost to South Korea 0:3 in the first match of the second group match. However, she got rid of the slump in the fourth game and staged a Jedi counterattack when she was behind by two games, helping the Hong Kong team to score 3 games: 1 counterattack South Korea, and strive to enter the top 8 tomorrow morning (30th) with 3 consecutive victories. It’s a pity that the men’s team got off to a bad start. The Hong Kong team lost 2:3 to Germany.
The Ping-Pong Hong Kong team sent 5 men and 5 women to compete in the Universiade this year. On the first day, they took the lead in staging the men’s and women’s team group matches. Among them, the women’s team is contested by 17 teams. The Hong Kong team is a five-member team composed of Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Hong Kong table tennis “first sister” Du Hoi-yin and So Wai-yin, together with Lin Yinuo, Li Kaimin and Wu Yonglin. In Group E, Mongolia, South Korea and Macau staged group matches. Among them, Su Huiyin suffered from dystonia in early 2020, so she took a truce after finishing the Women’s Team World Championships in November last year. This year’s World Universiade is her first international competition in nine months. This morning, the Hong Kong team, consisting of Du Kaiqin, Lin Yinuo and Su Huiyin, swept Mongolia 3-0.
Du Kaiqin
Su Huiyin
In the afternoon, the Hong Kong team will face South Korea. Du Kaiqin will take the lead against the chipper Bai Xiuzhen. Unfortunately, Hong Kong will face a tough fight, losing the first game 6:11. In the early part of the next two rounds, Du Kaiqin’s performance had stabilized, but he lost 7:11 and 6:11 again, and the Hong Kong team fell behind by one game. In the second game, Su Huiyin faced the current Korean University League champion Lee Soo-yeon. Under the pressure of the opponent, the Hong Kong team won three consecutive games 11:4, 11:7, and 11:8, tying the Korean team 1:1.
Lin Yinuo
Afterwards, Lin Yinuo represented the Hong Kong team against Chaeyeon Ong. The former played well and won consecutive victories 11:7 and 11:8. Even though he lost 11:5 in the third game, after adjusting his state, he won another victory with 11:7. Du Kaiqin started again in the fourth round. Although he lost to Li Xiuyan 6:11 and 8:11 in the first two rounds, he started a big explosion in the third round and won 11:5 and 11:1 in a row, and then won 11 in the final round. :9 completed the Jedi counterattack, and finally counterattacked the Korean team 3:1 in the number of games.
Hong Kong team coach Zhang Rui (left)
Regarding the rare slump in the first game and losing 3 games in a row, Du Kaiqin admitted that this game was too slow to enter the game, and he was not good at dealing with chopping, which led to thrilling scenes. “After the first game, I felt very uncomfortable because I felt sorry. Team, but I was encouraged by the spirit of my teammates in the middle, so I tried my best at the beginning of the 4th game. During the period, my teammates and coaches cheered for me. Sister Rui (coach Zhang Rui) told me, “Everyone works so hard, you can’t lose.” !” She continued to point out that meeting a strong opponent in the group stage is also a good thing, which will help the level of devotion in the early stage of the game. As for the electronic scoreboard malfunctioning in the middle of the final game, “Actually, it was a bit affected, because I was always ahead at that moment, and it seemed to give the opponent a chance to breathe at that moment.”
If the Hong Kong team defeats Macau in the last group match tomorrow morning, they will be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. “Every game is very critical after the start of the quarter-finals, and we must enter the game as soon as the wave starts.” Su Huiyin mentioned half a year later Returning, Du Kaiqin pointed out that in addition to her outstanding performance, she also played a role in stabilizing morale: “She has always been very stable, especially in the team competition. I can rest assured that she is in the team, and I have great confidence in her. “
Su Huiyin returned to the Hong Kong team after half a year.
Su Huiyin won the first round of the return international competition without losing a game. Su Huiyin believes that her performance in this game is more ideal than that of Mongolia. Don’t be too conservative.” She admitted that injuries will always exist, and only during the game 𥚃 concentrate on thinking about tactics and try to forget the injuries, but she thinks that the women’s team is the best arrangement for the comeback game: “There will always be a group of teammates who will support You, when you play yourself, you will watch your teammates play, and you can enter the game faster by constantly reviewing halfway through.”
He Junjie
For the men’s team, the Hong Kong team of Zhang Yantao, He Junjie, Kwan Man-ho, Tsang Tsz-jun, and Huang Hanlin were grouped into Group C with Germany and Norway. The Hong Kong team ushered in the first match against Germany in the afternoon. In the first game, the Hong Kong team played He Junjie against Florian Bluhm. He Junjie, who had to deal with the chopping style, fell into a disadvantage in the first game, losing 9:11 first, but came back 11:7 after falling behind 0:5 in the second game. Afterwards, Hong Kong will gradually get better, and after the opponent made a mistake, they won 11:9 and 11:6.
Guan Wenhao
Zeng Zijun
Hong Kong general Kwan Man-ho fought fiercely with Tobias Hippler in the second game. The two sides gained an advantage in each round. Kwan Wen-hao was tied at 4:11 after leading 11:3. Although he took the lead again at 11:4, But in the fourth game, they lost 4:11 again. It’s a pity that the Hong Kong team lost momentum in the final game and failed to grasp the 8:7 advantage. After losing 9:11, they were tied by Germany. Zeng Zijun regained the momentum for the Hong Kong team in the third game, winning consecutively against Kirill Fadeev 11:7, 11:9, 11:7, only one game away from defeating Germany.
It is a pity that the Hong Kong team failed to take over the momentum. He Junjie played against Tobias Hippler again in the 4th game. Unfortunately, the state was not as ideal and was swept by the opponent 0:3 (3:11, 2:11, 7:11). Guan Wenhao also failed to adjust properly in the last game, and finally lost 2:3 (8:11, 7:11, 11:9, 4:11) in rounds. The Hong Kong team finally lost to Germany 1:3, tomorrow (30th) In the last game of the group stage against Norway.
In addition, the Karate Hong Kong team also participated in the Pinsa individual competition today. Among them, Chen Songxian and Zhu Luoyi entered the men’s and women’s finals after passing two rounds in a row. In the end, they ranked 7th with 5.840 points and 5.620 points respectively.
Photo and text: Li Zizheng
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2023-07-29 11:51:47
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