On June 24, Beijing time, the ITTF Slovenia Open is underway. At present, there is a battle for the final four seats in the mixed doubles. In this open tournament, the national table tennis mixed doubles three-pair combination registered to participate, and at present, only the young player Lin Shidong Kuman remains. In the final four place battle, the two took on Norway's Haug/Carlson.
As we all know, whether it is Ku Man or Lin Shidong, it is the current focus of Liu Guoliang's coaching team. The two have strong singles strength, and Ku Man is a left-handed player, very suitable for doubles, and is expected to succeed Ding Ning in the future. Face Norway's Haug/Carlson. In the first set, Ku Man Lin Shidong quickly decided to win the first set 11:7.
In the second set, the opponent's mentality collapsed, there were many unnecessary mistakes, and Lin Shidong Easily won another set 11:2, leading 2:0. In the third set, Ku Man Lin Shidong still had a clear advantage, winning 11:7, falling three straight sets, defeating Norway's Hauge/Carlson 3:0 on aggregate, and successfully advancing to the mixed doubles top four list.
In another match, South Korean teenager Cho Dae-sung / Kim Na-young face top seed Doo Kai-hsu Hwang Jin-ting. The latter, Du Kaixuan Huang Zhenting, once won the championship of the Table Tennis Federation Finals, defeated Liu Shiwen Xu Xin, and was experienced and strong. Kim Na-young is a rising rookie of the Korean Table Tennis Association, who recently won over the national table tennis teenager Ku Man. In addition, she has beaten Hitomi Sato, a Japanese chipper.
In this game, in the first set, Zhao Dacheng / Jin Naying dared to fight, winning a set 11:4 first, and leading 1:0. In the second set, Huang Zhenting Du Kaixuan pulled back a set 11:5. Next, Cho Da-sung / Jin Na-ying completely took the initiative, 11:6, 11:6, won two consecutive sets, the aggregate score of 3:1 upset victory over the top seed Huang Zhenting Du Kaixuan, successfully advanced to the top four list.
In the other two matches, South Korea's Jang Woo-jin Tian Zhixi eliminated teammates Huang Minxia / Yoon Hyo-bin 3:1 on aggregate. Europeans Pistje/Barazova beat their opponent Zerinka/Puchuhova 3:1 on aggregate. At present, the mixed doubles semi-final matchup is out, Lim Shi Dong Ku man in the semi-finals against South Korea's Jang Woo-jin Tian Zhixi, and in the other semi-final, Cho Dae-sung / Kim Na-young meets Pisterje / Barazova.