On October 7, Beijing time, the 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships continued in Chengdu. In the men's team quarterfinals at 11:00 a.m., Hong Kong, China lost to South Korea's men's table tennis team 1-3 on aggregate, stopping in the quarterfinals; German men's table tennis without Pol and Orcha showed tenacious willpower and team heritage, they staged a reversal under the desperate situation of falling behind France 0-2, Stumpe, Qiu Dang and Duda won the third, fourth and fifth sets, and finally successfully advanced to the semi-finals, and will compete with South Korea for the right to the final.
The road to promotion to this year's team competition in Hong Kong, China has not been smooth. In the previous group stage, they lost to Japan and Romania after winning two consecutive games, and with a small point advantage, they were able to make a thrilling entry to the round of 16 of the men's team. In the quarter-finals, the Hong Kong men's team of China defeated African powerhouse Egypt 3-0 and won the 8-round ticket as desired.
South Korean men's table tennis can be called the traditional powerhouse of the world table tennis world, and no matter how the lineup changes and how the personnel are replaced over the years, it has always had a relatively strong impact. On this trip to Chengdu, the South Korean team won four games and four victories in the first stage, and unsurprisingly won the first place in the fourth group. In the first game of the knockout round, they beat Poland 3-0 and continued to remain unbeaten.
In the first set of today's quarter-finals matchup, Huang Zhenting, the core of the Hong Kong men's table tennis team in China, played as the pioneer to meet the Korean team of Zhao Chengmin. The two sides began a fierce exchange of fire in the first set, Huang Zhenting arrived at the set point 10-8, and Zhao Chengmin served to chase 9-10, and the game scene was gripping; But at this critical moment, Zhao Chengmin's second serve directly dropped the net and lost points, which also indirectly "assisted" Huang Zhenting to take a 11-9 lead.
In the second set, Zhao Chengmin blasted out a 4-0 opening, the middle section still led 6-3, and he still maintained the score suppression, and the 11-6 victory equalized the score. In the third set, the initiative fell back into the hands of Huang Zhenting, who had already occupied the advantage of the innings; Although Zhao Chengmin kept catching up, the Hong Kong brother in China finally saved the game 11-9. In the fourth set, Cho Sung-min stepped up his fighting and dragged the game into a tiebreaker at 11-9. In the fifth set, Wong Chun-ting won 11-9 and won 3-2 to give Hong Kong the lead.
In the second set, Hong Kong's Wu Bainan challenged Zhang Yuzhen, the world's highest-ranked (17th) player in the South Korean team - there was a clear gap in the strength of the two sides, Zhang Yuzhen played imposingly, Wu Bainan did not have a chance in the whole game, losing three consecutive sets 4-11, 3-11, 4-11. In the third set, South Korea's Cho Dae-sung lost a set first and then launched a strong counterattack, winning 234 sets 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, and winning 3-1 to win Lin Zhaoheng to help South Korea surpass the total score.
In the fourth set, the two sides had a direct dialogue between Huang Zhenting and Zhang Yuzhen. Zhang Yuzhen continued her fierce attack in the first set, taking the next city 11-6; In the second set, Huang Zhenting held on to the pressure and returned the opponent 11-8; In the third game, Zhang Yuzhen regained control of the rhythm, and he kept shaking his fist and shouting, as if people saw the shadow of Zhang Benzhihe, the first person to roar in the table tennis arena... Huang Zhenting fought from 5-10 to 9-10, but Zhang Yuzhen grasped the key points, and a 11-9 victory rewrote the big score to lead 2-1. In the fourth set, the two sides were deadlocked until the closing stage, Huang Zhenting lost the 10-9 set point, and was taken away by Zhang Yuzhen 12-10 to win. South Korea's men's table tennis defeated Hong Kong, China 3-1 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals.