With the end of the first two match days of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, the players who have appeared in the national table tennis still show strong competitiveness, as well as the ability to mobilize the state in front of the competition, except for Wang Chuqin, who appeared on the second match day, faced French Polynesia's Belrose and lost a game and locked the top 64 place with a score of 4-1. Others, from Liang Jingkun and Ma Long, to Chen Meng and Chen Xingtong, to Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi, all achieved a 4-0 victory. Plus Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu directly skied in the first round. None of the national table tennis players fell behind in the first round of the competition, which also reflects the overall competitiveness of national table tennis from one side. It is worth mentioning that Sweden men's table tennis, an important opponent of national table tennis, encountered Waterloo in this competition, and it can be said that it encountered great challenges in the singles arena, so that the team appeared three main players and world famous players, and they all broke out in the first round, which is really a bit embarrassing.
The first Swedish star to go out was the final in the singles field of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, and finally lost to Falck, who won the silver medal by Ma Long. Of course, he has also cooperated with his teammates and fought for the doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships. He was defeated 1-4 in a match against Hong Kong rising star Lam Siu-heng, China, and missed the round of 64. Coincidentally, world champion Falk lost 4-1 to China's Lin Zhaoheng, and as the winner of the previous men's doubles title, Falk's performance was indeed out of standard, losing to his opponent ranked 135th, which was shocking. The scores of the five sets were: 9-11, 11-4, 10-12, 8-11 and 8-11.
Another Swedish star J Persson, often known as Persson Jr., also suffered a 4-2 defeat against France's Habesson. The scores of the six sets were: 5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 and 5-11. Becoming the second Swedish player to go out early in singles, the same happened to Karlberg, who had shown great tactical literacy and high technical and tactical combination ability in the world in the previous period, and as another main player of the Swedish team, he was successfully reversed by Finland's Benedek after a 3-1 lead, and suffered a 3-4 surprise exit in seven sets. Think of the previous stage, he also fought for two victories in front of Ma Long, and once forced Ma Long to use his skills. and eliminated Liang Jingkun 3-1. Now, it has encountered a round in the World Table Tennis Championships, and this change can also make people see that the gap between the upper and lower limits of the Swedish men's table tennis is indeed very large, and the ups and downs of the players are also very obvious. Although the collective combat ability of the whole team is very strong, it is still slightly lacking in fighting a prepared battle alone.
Of course, now on the whole, the other two players of the Swedish men's table tennis, that is, the younger Moregaard, born in 2001, and the 34-year-old veteran K-Carlsen, are still more stable in comparison, and they will also have a high probability of locking the two Olympic places of the Swedish men's table tennis in the future, and the Olympic places of the third Swedish team, because the ups and downs of the other three main players are relatively obvious, there may be a final white-hot competition. This time, in the earlier first round of the competition, Moregaard and K. Carlson still achieved an easy promotion, and Moregaard's left and right open bow return score also became the top ten goals in the first matchday, which shows that the Swedish players are still very ornamental and competitive if they play their best. It's just that their performance also shows from one side that the national table tennis team should not only pay attention to these main players of the Swedish team, but also be full of confidence, I believe that as long as our players are prepared for difficulties and face their challenges in the best condition, the future will still have a clear upper hand in front of the Swedish team, let us look forward to the national table tennis players in the second round of competition, continue to play steadily, and let us see how the remaining two players of the Swedish team will play later.