In the early morning of August 6, Beijing time, the first champion of the WTT Tunis competition was decided. In the mixed doubles final, Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, Zhang Benmei and his siblings defeated Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin/Chen Siyu 3-2 and reached the top as desired.
Zhang Ben brothers and sisters
Although Zhang Benzhihe, who was naturalized in Japan, has just turned 19 years old, he has made rapid progress in recent years and has become a Japanese male single brother. His younger sister, Zhang Benmeihe, who is 5 years younger than him, has also improved her skills by leaps and bounds, and has achieved good results in many youth competitions. In this Tunisia competition, brothers and sisters joined forces to play in mixed doubles. In the final, facing Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin/Chen Siyu, Zhang Ben brothers and sisters lost 9-11 in the first set and won back 11-8 in the second set. In the crucial third set, the Taipei combination was 11-9 and the next city, leading 2-1 in the big score, and Zhang Ben's brothers and sisters were forced into a desperate situation.
Both sides play
Under difficulties, Zhang Ben's brothers and sisters won the fourth set 12-10 thrillingly, pulling the big score into a 2-2 draw. In the decider, Zhang Benzhihe/Zhang Benmeihe fell behind 2-5 at the beginning, but then Feng Yixin/Chen Siyu suddenly collapsed, and zhang Ben's brothers and sisters fought back a 9-1, which was reversed 6-11. In the end, Zhang Ben's brothers and sisters defeated the Chinese Taipei duo 3-2 and won the mixed doubles championship.
Zhang Benzhihe
It is worth noting that Zhang Ben's brothers and sisters passed the level of the Chinese group Lin Shidong \ Kuman in the third straight set of the quarter-finals, and defeated a pair of Brazilian groups in the semi-finals to the final. Therefore, in the Tunisian race, the national table tennis took the lead in the mixed doubles defense line.