[Sports News]The “2023 World Table Tennis Championships” will start on Saturday (20th). Many Hong Kong players have appeared on the first day of the event. Among them, Lin Zhaoheng defeated the men’s doubles world champion in the men’s singles round of 128. The Swedish player Mattias Falck advanced, and the mixed doubles Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin also defeated the Italian combination in straight sets and easily made it to the second round.
Lin Zhaoheng, ranked 135th in the world, challenged the 26th-ranked Swedish player Mattias Falck in the first lap. The latter won the men’s singles and runner-up in the 2019 World Championships. In 2021, he won the men’s doubles championship with teammate Kristian Karlsson in the World Championships. Hong Kong played bravely in the first round and took the lead with 11:9. Although the second round was pulled back by the opponent 4:11, Hong Kong won three consecutive rounds 12:10, 11:8, 11: 8. Defeated the opponent 4:1 in the total number of rounds, and will fight Nigerian player Taiwo Mati in the second round. As for Hong Kong table tennis “first brother” Huang Zhenting, without too much pressure, he eliminated England’s Samuel Walker in straight sets (11:4, 11:7, 11:7, 11:7) and advanced to the round of 64.
In the women’s singles, Du Kaiqin defeated Ruqayyah Kinoo of Mauritius 4:0 (11:4, 11:1, 11:2, 11:5) to advance, but Lin Yinuo and Li Haoqing also lost to Thailand’s Orawan 2:4. Paranang and Ukraine’s Hanna Haponova stopped on the first lap.
In terms of doubles, Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin, who played the “good draw” in the mixed doubles, defeated the Italian combination John Oyebode/Gaia Monfardini in straight sets (11:4, 11:9, 11:5) in the first round. The top 32 will face The winner of Alexander Chen/Karoline Mischek of Austria and Nandor Ecseki/Dora Madarasz of Hungary. Another Hong Kong team, He Junjie/Li Haoqing, defeated South Korea’s Kim Nayeong/Cho Daeseong 1:3 (4:11, 11:9, 2:11, 4:11), and stopped in the top 64.
Men’s doubles Lin Zhaoheng/Wu Bainan fought fiercely against Belgium’s Martin Allegro/Florent Lambiet in the first round, but unfortunately missed the match with 2:3 (11:9, 16:14, 7:11, 8:11, 9:11) in five rounds promotion.
On Sunday (21st), the Hong Kong team players will continue to attack separately. Zhu Chengzhu will make his debut in the first round of the women’s singles, and then he will join Du Kaiqin in the women’s doubles. He Junjie and young player Wu Yonglin also played in singles and doubles.
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2023-05-21 05:28:23
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