On December 4, 2023, the Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup continued, with four group round-robin matches concluded, with Japan getting off to a flying start, the United States setting the first 8-0, Canada beating India 8-5 and South Korea beating Singapore 8-3, also performing well.
The first mixed team World Cup was held in Chengdu, the eight main forces of national table tennis played a strong lineup, and the masters of foreign associations gathered, its gold content is self-evident, although some of the famous players led by Lin Yunru did not come, but in general it is still very exciting, especially the new rules and competition system are very interesting, stipulating the use of 15 rounds of 8 wins, a single set requires three full games, and there are only two possibilities of winning 3-0 or 2-1.
The United States 8-0 Australia (Naresh/Wang Amy swept Lee Rongxun/Bromley 3-0, Zhang An beat Hong Jianfang 3-0, Liang Jishan defeated Dixon 2-0), originally everyone thought that the strength of the two associations was close, the process should be more intense, and even played to the fifth set to decide the winner, I really didn't expect the United States team to win eight games in a row, which is also the first 8-0 in the mixed team World Cup, and the result did exceed expectations.
Japan beat Romania 8-2 (Hayasuke Togami/Miwa Haramoto beat Ionescu/Szokos 2-1, Hina Hayada narrowly beat Diaconu 2-1, Tomokazu Haramoto beat Movilianu 3-0, Miwa Haramoto/Miyu Kihara beat Dragoman/Diaconu 1-0), Japan got off to a good start and is now almost certain to compete with France for the top spot in the group and will face the Lebrun brothers and others.
South Korea 8-3 Singapore (Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi swept Zhou Zheyu/Zeng Jian 3-0, Li Shiwen narrowly defeated Zhou Jingyi 2-1, Lee Sang-so defeated Guo Yong 2-1, Lim Jong-hoon/Lee Sang-so drew 1-1 with Guo Yong/Feng Yaoen), the Singapore team is really unavailable, and can only arrange Guo Yong to play continuously, in fact, the South Korean team's Group D is not easy to play, of course, it should be no problem to continue to move forward, after all, the comprehensive strength has an advantage.
Canada 8-5 India (Wang Zhen/Zhang Mo 2-1 reversal of Shetty/Ghosh, Liao Guihua defeated Camas 2-1, Li Yuanzhang lost 1-2 to Suvara Jura, Zhang Mo/Liao Guihua defeated Ghosh/Kamas 2-1, Wang Zhen/Li Yuanzhang beat Shetty/Suvara Jura 1-0), it is still a bit of a surprise that the Canadian team can win, it is true that there is a chance in the short game system, and the schedule is seamless, it is not easy to stay focused.
Mixed doubles players can not play in singles, for the coaching team how to arrange the lineup, outside fans have different opinions, and they also have their own predictions, each round of the lineup will definitely be adjusted, the next period of time for the first two groups of games, the national table tennis players ushered in their home debut, Group A China vs Sweden, Hong Kong, China vs Puerto Rico, Group B Germany vs Egypt, Portugal vs Slovakia, looking forward to the main event.