On February 19, Beijing time, the table tennis T League broke out two big unpopularities - the two main Olympic players of the Japanese national team, Zhang Benzhihe and Niwa Takashi, lost 2 consecutive games, of which the former was 2-3 to Zeng Genxiang (19 years old, ranked 228th in the world) who had previously defeated him twice in a row, and the latter was 0-3 defeated by Yuya Oshima.
However, Zhang Benzhihe finally won Zeng Genxiang in the decider, ending a 3-game losing streak, but this game only played one round (special format), so it is difficult to say that he successfully "revenge": I have to say that the competition in Japanese men's table tennis is really fierce!
The battle between Zhang Benzhihe and Zeng Genxiang is a major highlight of the recent T League: on February 11, Zhang Benzhi and Zeng Genxiang played against Zeng Genxiang for the first time in the new season, and the result was swept 3-0 by the opponent; on February 13, Zhang Benzhihe and Zeng Genxiang fought a decisive game, and the result was a 0-1 defeat. It was in this context that the two met again in the T-League on February 19.
The first set was a doubles match, with Tomoru Chang and teammates at Tokyo Club Yuya Oshima (who had recently contracted covid-19) and Keiko Matsushima taking the lead, losing 2-0 to Kenta Matsudaira/Hitoshi Ueda in the second set, followed by a singles match between Zhang Benji and Sho Tsonee.
After the game began, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead and took the lead in 11-8. In the second set, Zeng Genxiang started with a tie, but then excelled in the handling of key balls, winning 11-10. In the third set, Zeng Genxiang went down 11-8 and forced his opponent into a desperate situation. After Zhang Benzhi and 11-6 in the fourth set, the decider failed to turn the tables 9-11, losing to Zeng Genxiang for the third consecutive time.
However, on this side, Zeng Genxiang won Zhang Benzhihe, and on the other side, his teammate and Japanese national team star Niwa Takashi was pulled down - in the duel with Yuya Oshima, the "Buddhist" young Niwa Takashi did not win a single set, 9-11, 10-11, 6-11 consecutive three cities, the fiasco was swept away.
In the fourth set, Tokyo Club's national champion and Kawa Mizuki appeared, defeated Shinozo Daiden 3-1, the decisive set came, Zhang Benzhi and Zeng Genxiang, this time he finally laughed to the end, 11-8 to lock in the victory, ending his 3-game losing streak, but also helped the team to beat the Caiyu team 3-2 on aggregate.
In recent years, Japanese men's table tennis has emerged many masters of civil war insiders, such as Zhang Benzhihe, the world's top four athletes have not even won the national singles championship for 4 consecutive years, and Niwa Takashi has recently lost many battles, but they are still the undisputed foreign war aces in the team, so let's sit together and wait for the results of the competition with the Chinese team at the WTT Grand Slam Tournament in March!