After 9 days of fierce competition, the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships has officially ended on the evening of May 28, Beijing time. The Chinese team won a big victory in this competition, winning all 5 championships in one go, a total of 5 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze, the South Korean team won 2 silver and 1 bronze, the Japanese team won 1 silver and 2 bronze, Germany and Hong Kong team each won 1 bronze medal, the details are as follows——
Men's singles: champion Fan Zhendong, runner-up Wang Chuqin, third runner-up Ma Long, Liang Jingkun;
Women's singles: champion Sun Yingsha, runner-up Chen Meng, third runner-up Chen Xingtong, Hina Hayata (Japan);
Mixed doubles: champions Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, runner-up Tomokazu Chang/Hina Hayata (Japan), third runners-up Lin Shidong/Qu Man, Huang Zhenting/To Kaixuan (Hong Kong, China);
Men's doubles: champions Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, runner-up Jang Woo-jin/Lim Jong-hoon (South Korea), third runner-up Lee Sang-so/Cho Dae-sung (South Korea), Ochalov/Francesca (Germany);
Women's doubles: champions Chen Meng/Wang Yidi, runners-up Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin (South Korea), third runners-up Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Miyu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki (Japan).
From the perspective of competition results, there are only 5 teams that finally won medals, of which European players only reached the final four once in the men's doubles event, and the rest are all Asian athletes, which can also reflect the current pattern of the table tennis world more objectively: Europe and the United States are not without masters, and the performance of the past two World Table Tennis Championships is also very conspicuous, but the stability is not as good as the main force of the Asian strong team, and the upper and lower limits are also low.
From the perspective of the Chinese team's battle situation, the biggest threat to us at this World Table Tennis Championships is also the two teams of Japan and South Korea - National Table Tennis played a total of 70 foreign battles this time, won 67 of them, and lost only 3 games, respectively, Lin Shidong / Quang Man 1-3 Zhang Benzhihe / Hina Hayada, Wang Yidi 3-4 Hina Hayada, and Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu 0-3 Tian Zhixi / Shen Yubin.
Although they are all losers, the three defeats of National Table Tennis are different: Lin Shidong and Qu Man are both "post-04" young players, this year is the first time to participate in the world's three major events, although the final loss to the Japanese combination, but the two fledgling to reach the semifinals, win medals has been regarded as completing the task, not to mention losing to two runner-up winners is not wrong, we don't have to be too demanding of them.
Wang Yidi's collapse is somewhat unexpected, but Hina Hayada's strength is also undoubted: although there is still a gap compared with Mimato Ito and Miyu Hirano at her peak, but throughout the women's table tennis of the Japanese and foreign associations today, Hina Hayata is already a veritable leader, winning over Liu Shiwen in 2019, and almost overturned Chen Meng recently, so it is not unpopular that she can win.
The most incredible thing is the collapse of the defending women's doubles champions Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, the two have been stable in their external battles, but this time they lost 0-3 to the Korean pair. However, considering that Wang Manyu's women's singles condition is also very poor (0-4 defeat to Chen Xingtong), many fans speculate that she may be injured and hope to rest well and strive to regain her form as soon as possible.
In general, the performance of the Chinese team in this World Table Tennis Championships is very good, although it has not been perfect, but victory or defeat is a common thing, not to mention Sun Ying Salik Hina Hayada, Chen Menghang beat Misei Ito, Liang Jingkun narrowly defeated Zhang Benzhihe and other competitions are also enjoyable, after all, it is more joy than worry, worthy of our cheers!
In terms of civil war, the competition of Guoping is also very fierce, among which Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong 3-1, Chen Xingtong defeated Wang Manyu 4-0, Ma Long defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-1, Chen Meng defeated Chen Xingtong 4-1, Wang Chuqin defeated Ma Long 4-1, Fan Zhendong defeated Liang Jingkun 4-2, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2, and Fan Zhendong defeated Wang Chuqin 4-2, which can basically reflect the real state of everyone at this stage.
In general, the current general pattern of the table tennis is still "the world plays China", although the main force of the national table tennis will occasionally lose, but the situation of everyone collapsing is almost impossible, even the men's doubles project that lost the championship last time has now become our advantage area again, and it is too difficult for foreign associations to win.
Next, the main force of national table tennis will actively prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games, so let's wish everyone another success in the near future!