At 10:00 Beijing time on October 2, the 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships began its third day of journey. Hong Kong, China, women's table tennis ushered in the second match of the group stage this morning, they were forced to a decisive match by France after a 2-0 lead, and finally won two consecutive games with Zhu Chengzhu's victory in the fifth set.
Hong Kong, China Women's Table Tennis is a strong team in the international table tennis arena, reaching the final four of the last team world championships in 2018. In the first stage of this competition, the Hong Kong women's team in China was in the third group with France, Brazil, Italy and South Africa. The day before yesterday, Hong Kong, China beat Italy 3-0 and successfully won the debut to open the door.
France beat South Africa 3-0 in the first match of women's table tennis, and today's women's table tennis match with Hong Kong was also their second appearance in the group stage. In the first set, Hong Kong, China, came on the team's first sister, world No. 7 Du Kaixuan, and the French side sent 18-year-old Pavard. At the beginning of the first set, Pavad's newborn calves were not afraid of tigers, appeared quite active, playing a 4-0 attack, and then led Du Kaixuan 8-5 in the middle of the middle of the game, the world No. 110 rookie maintained a point difference at the closing moment, 11-6 ahead of the next city.
In the second set of the first set, Du Kaixuan's hand felt a clear recovery, although the French young player dared to fight and still could fight bravely and form a certain confrontation with Du Kaixuan, but Du Kaixuan always suppressed the opponent on the score, and finally won 11-7 to equalize the score. In the third set, Du Kaixuan seized on the shortcomings of Pavard's relatively weak backhand ability, resolutely implemented his own tactics, and 11-6 next city to reverse the Oita to 2-1. In the fourth set, Pavard led 5-4 at one point; Du Kaixuan later set off a wave of scoring, leading 10-6 to win the match point of the game, and finally won 11-8, and Oita reversed 3-1 to win the women's table tennis in Hong Kong, China.
In the second set, Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong, China, played against Yuan Jiannan, a French women's table tennis player, who ranked 25th in the women's singles world and was also a mixed doubles master, and won the fourth place in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics last year. After the game began, Zhu Chengzhu played more sharply and efficiently in the first set, and she led all the way to the final stage of the game, winning 11-7 in the end. In the second set, Zhu Chengzhu continued to work hard, winning 11-4 to expand the advantage. In the third set, Yuan Jiannan stepped up his fight in the second half of the game and pulled back a city 11-9. In the fourth set, Yuan Jiannan stubbornly chased 9-10 in the situation of 3-9, 6-10 behind, but Zhu Chengzhu dared to shoot at the last moment, and the wonderful attack opened the angle to form a winning point, 11-9 to freeze the whole score at 3-1. Hong Kong, China, led the women's table tennis team 2-0 on aggregate.
In the third set, China's Hong Kong team Li Haoqing and the French women's table tennis Chasseline clashed, Li Haoqing was passive throughout the whole process, losing 0-3. In the fourth set, the two sides singled Du Kaixuan and Yuan Jiannan to appear again - Yuan Jiannan won the first set 11-9, Du Kaixuan won the second set 11-3, the third set Yuan Jiannan grasped the key fighter 14-12 to win, and in the fourth set, Yuan Jiannan continued his momentum, winning again 11-9, and the big score won 3-1 against Du Kaixuan, which also chased the total score to 2-2 for France. In the fifth set, Zhu Chengzhu and Pavard staged the ultimate PK on behalf of both sides - Zhu Chengzhu won the first two sets 11-6, 12-10, Pavard won the third set 11-8, and then Zhu Chengzhu won the fourth set 11-6, helping Hong Kong women's table tennis in China to win three to two consecutive games.
In other games at the same time, the German women's table tennis swept Egypt 3-0 to win two consecutive group stages, and Han Ying, Shan Xiaona and Mittelheim all won 3-0 against their opponents. The Chinese men's table tennis team defeated Thailand 3-0 to win the first group victory, and Thailand suffered three consecutive defeats.