China and Japan “post-00” mixed doubles battle Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha swept to win
2021-11-29 20:37:42Source: Xi’an News Network
On November 29, the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships produced its first championship. In the mixed doubles final held that day, the 4 players facing each other across the net were all “post 00s”, namely Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of the Chinese team, and Zhang Benzhihe and Hina Hayada of the Japanese team. In the end, the combination of Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 3: 0 cleanly defeated the opponent to win the championship.
Mixed Doubles Finals “Lean to One Side”
Although the mixed doubles event has existed for a long time, it was not until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that it entered the Olympic family. Japan hopes to use this event as a breakthrough to break the monopoly of national table tennis and replace the dominant position of national table tennis in the world table tennis. At the Olympic Games, the combination of Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen sent by Guoping entered the finals all the way, and it was the combination of Hayat Mizutani/Mima Ito who had high hopes from the host. In this matchup, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen won first and then lost. This was also the only gold medal that Guoping lost at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the mixed doubles event of the World Table Tennis Championships, due to Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen not participating and the retirement of Mizutani Falcon, it seems that no combination has absolute strength. The first seed of the tournament is Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing and Sun Yingsha from Chinese Taipei. Wang Chuqin met the pair in the semi-finals, 3:1, the two “post-00” teenagers of the National Ping Ping Ping Ping Co., Ltd. advanced to the final. In the other semi-final, Zhang Benzhi and Hayada Hina defeated the Sino-US combination Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An until the final game. It is worth mentioning that because there is no competition for three or four players, Zhang An, an American player among the top four, won the third place in the event. This is also the first World Table Tennis Medal won by the American team.
Although there are not many matches in the mixed doubles event, the four players in the finals are still familiar with the characteristics of the opponent’s play style. For Guoping, Sun Yingsha’s physical condition in the third line is not dominant. However, Zhang Benzhihe has lost the confidence of the past due to his recent poor form. He just said before the game that he would do his best. The progress of the game was easier than expected. In the first game, the two young players of Guoping scored 6:0 and won by 11:2. In the second game, the two players scored 5 points after 6:5 and made another victory. In the third game, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha executed the strategy of grabbing the start well and took a 7:3 lead. Although they were subsequently beaten and recovered by their opponents for 3 points, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha finally won by 11:8. Not only is the national table tennis the first championship in this competition, but also the first championship for the two men to participate in the mixed doubles event of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Missed all the championships
At this World Table Tennis Championships, due to the absence of Ma Long and Xu Xin, the young players of the National Table Tennis Men’s Team are facing tremendous challenges. In the men’s doubles competition, Guoping sent two pairs of Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun, but unfortunately, they all failed to make the finals. They were eliminated by the little-known Swedish combination Karlsson and France. Lk.
This pair of Sweden’s men’s doubles is only ranked 31st in the world, but they have played very bravely in this competition. In the quarter-finals, Karlsson/Falke upset Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong 3-2. Later in the semi-finals, the two played against the Chinese combination again and continued their excellent performance in the previous game, sweeping Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun 3:0.
National Ping Pong missed the men’s doubles final, which also meant that it could not win all the championships of the World Table Tennis Championships. It was also the first time in recent years to lose the championship of the World Table Tennis Championships. In the World Table Tennis Championships from 1993 to 2019 (note: the 2020 World Table Tennis Championships was cancelled due to the epidemic), the National Table Tennis Championships won the championship in all 13 competitions except for the “strategic abandonment” of the men’s doubles event in 2013.Yan Bin, All-Media Reporter of Xi’an Press
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