“Huang Dupei” Wins Bronze in World Table Tennis Championships Against China’s “Shi Yi” Team

[Sports News]The World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, South Africa, played the top 4 mixed doubles “China-Hong Kong Battle” on the evening of Thursday (25th). Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, “Huang Dupei” led 2:1 and was equalized. In the end, they lost in the decisive game and won 2:3 in total. However, the two still won the World Table Tennis Championship for the third time without setting a third place Bronze medal race.

Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin, ranked 8th in the world, defeated opponents in Italy, Hungary, the United States and Sweden successively, and boldly reached the semi-finals, securing medals; their opponents in the semi-finals were China’s new generation leaders Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who won the mixed doubles last year The champion, ranked No. 1 in the world. Even with a strong opponent, “Huang Dupei” still has no fear. In the first round, the two sides played with each other, and they were all fighting for the opportunity to take the initiative. Hong Kong will lead 8:6 and be chased by the opponent. At the 9:9 tie, “Huang Dupei” withstood the pressure at the critical moment and scored 2 points in a row, taking the lead with 11:9.

In the second round, “Wang Sunpei” regained its rhythm and went all out to seize the upper hand. It once opened up to an 8:4 lead. The Hong Kong team chased points in vain. The third round was quite critical. “Huang Dupei” was behind to catch up to 7:8, and then seized the opportunity to win 12:10 with “Diao Shi”, and Oita led again by 2:1.

In the next 4th game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha fought their backs, while Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin chose a relatively conservative strategy for “wanting to win and fear losing”. , the Chinese team continued to be strong, and they were thrown away by 9:3 in one fell swoop. “Huang Dupei” did not retreat and fought hard, chasing wildly to 8:9, but still failed to withstand the momentum of Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, and finally lost 3 points in a row , lost by 8:11, with a total score of 2:3, and missed the final. However, he can still win the bronze medal after 2015 and 2017, and give a boost to the Asian Games in September. As for Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, they will compete for the gold medal with Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata of Japan.

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