Hong Kong’s Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiyan Win Another World Championship Medal in Mixed Doubles

[Sports News]Hong Kong’s top mixed doubles combination Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiyan won another World Championship medal! The Hong Kong mixed doubles pair played in the quarter-finals of the “2023 World Table Tennis Championships” on Wednesday (24th) South African time. It is also the third time for “Huang Dupei” to be on the podium of the World Championships.

Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin, ranked 8th in the world, won this year’s “Beautiful Lottery” and defeated the Italian team in three straight games in the first round, and then narrowly won the Hungarian team after five games. The American combination was defeated in three rounds and advanced to the top 8. “Huang Dupei” faced the world-ranked 28th-ranked Swedish combination Christina Kallberg/Truls Moregard in the early morning of Hong Kong time today (25th). Hong Kong will take the lead with 11:4 without falling behind in the first game. Although the second game was pulled away in the middle 4 points, but “Huang Dupei” won another game 11:8 after scoring 6 points in a row at the end. The third game also opened after 4:4, and finally reached the top 4 with a 11:7 victory. At 12:30 a.m. Hong Kong time on Friday (26th), the Chinese team Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who are number one in the world, will compete for the final seat.

In terms of singles, Huang Zhenting, ranked 41st in the world, challenged the world’s “No. 1 brother” and Chinese star Fan Zhendong in the top 32 of the men’s singles. Hong Kong table tennis “No. 1 brother” showed strength in the first game and took the lead with 11:8, but Fan Zhendong stood firm Then he counterattacked and won four games in a row (11:7, 11:5, 11:9, 11:6). Huang Zhenting lost 1:4 under hard work and missed the top 16. In the women’s singles, Zhu Chengzhu shook Chen Xingtong, the fifth-ranked Chinese golfer in the world. Hong Kong lost a game at 4:11 and then won two games in a row at 11:8 and 14:12. Winning three rounds in a row (11:4, 11:5, 11:7), the Hong Kong generals surrendered to their opponents 2:4 in total, and the top 32 were dismounted.

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