On July 17, Beijing time, the ITTF Star Challenge is underway. Today is the closing day, at present, the mixed doubles championship has been released, the national table tennis king Manyu Wang Chuqin in the case of a big score of 0:2 behind, won three consecutive sets, the total score of 3:2 reverse Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina, successfully won the championship. After the game, Wang Chuqin expressed his gratitude to Wang Manyu, and his partner has been encouraging himself not to be nervous and reduce unnecessary mistakes.
In the men's singles semifinals, Wang Chuqin faced big brother Ma Long. In the first set, Wang Chuqin won the first set 11:5. Next, Malone was experienced, winning two consecutive sets 11:2, 11:4, and the big score was 2:1. In the fourth set, Wang Chuqin tied the score 11:9. In the fifth set, Ma Long won 11:3, followed by Wang Chuqin 11:5, 11:5, won two consecutive sets, and defeated Ma Long 4:3 on aggregate to advance to the men's singles final.
In this open tournament, because of Fan Zhendong's absence, Ma Long is the number one seed player in the men's singles, the veteran Ma Long fought on two fronts, the men's singles lost to Wang Chuqin, and the men's doubles partner Wang Chuqin lost to South Korea's Lee Sang-so Zhao Dacheng. Olympic champions lose on both lines, all missed the championship, the veteran is late, And Malone himself lamented that he is really old, playing three games a day with great physical exertion, and a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of young players.
Next, in the men's singles final, Wang Chuqin faced Sweden's youngster Moregaard, both of whom are post-00s, and will fight for a long time in the future. Moregaard defeated national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun 4-2 in the men's singles semifinals. Moregaard has a great temper when playing, and Liang Jingkun has very little change, and is caught by Moregaard. The confrontation between Moregaard and Wang Chuqin is a contest of the new generation of table tennis. In this regard, Wang Chuqin said that he actively faced the final with a fighting mentality and enjoyed the stage of this hard-won final.
At present, the national table tennis has won the mixed doubles and women's singles championship. In the women's singles, Wang Yidi defeated Ishikawa Jiajun 4:1 on aggregate to advance to the final, and in the other semi-final, Wang Manyu withdrew due to injury, Sun Yingsha directly advanced, sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi have already won the championship and runner-up. The national table tennis has 2 championships in hand and is expected to impact the five championships. In the men's doubles final, Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan faced South Korea's Lee Sang-so Cho Dae-sung, and in the women's doubles final, Wang Manyu Sun Yingsha faced Ito Mimachi Hayata Hina.