- The Chinese team won the nine-man singles match in the Asian preliminaries of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban
- 2023-01-11 12:16:49.0 Source: Xinhuanet
On the 10th, the second round of the singles group match of the Asian preliminaries of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships took place. Among the 10 participating Chinese players, veteran Ma Long played seven rounds and sadly lost. The remaining 9 people won the finals of the World Table Tennis Championships for eligibility for the Chinese team Singles program.
In the women’s singles, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong defeated their opponents. Wang Manyu lost a game with Korean player Cui Hyo-joo, and finally won with an upset of 4:1. Wang Manyu said that he made more unnecessary mistakes in the first game and that the opponent played more aggressively. The second game was also behind by 3:7, which put a lot of pressure on me, but I was able to bite when behind in the second game and was more confident in the following games.
In the men’s singles, Fan Zhendong defeated India’s Desai 4:0, Wang Chuqin defeated Iran’s Alamiyan 4:1, Liang Jingkun defeated He Junjie from Hong Kong, China 4:2, and Xiang Peng defeated the Iran Huo Dai 4:1 Yi.
Wang Chuqin revealed that because his opponent defeated Lin Gaoyuan in the Asian Cup last year, he attached great importance to it. He had many exchanges with Lin Gaoyuan before the match, and asked Lin Gaoyuan about the opponent’s characteristics . “His (Aramyan) ability to serve, backhand and defense is very good. If he can’t adapt to his pace, he will soon push the score away and it will be very difficult to chase him. Even if the score is deadlocked, I The most important thing is win at the critical moment”.
Malone’s opponent that day was Maharu Yoshimura of Japan. After the first six rounds, the two were tied, after which Malone lost the tiebreaker at 3:11 and will participate in the next qualifying round.
The finals of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Durban, South Africa from 20 to 28 May.
