On December 5, Beijing time, the ITTF Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup is underway. The first to start is the group stage, and the format of the mixed team World Cup is very special and interesting. In terms of national table tennis, the main players Chen Xingtong and Liang Jingkun were absent and missed the participation, and the other eight main players appeared, and it should be expected that they won the championship.
In the group stage, Romania played against the United States. On the Romanian side, the strength is not bad, with famous players such as Szokos and Samara, and the male players are slightly weaker. In the United States, most of them are Chinese players, including Chinese celebrities Zhang An, Wang Amy and others. In the first set, Romania's mixed doubles Ionescu/Szokos fought hard in three games and defeated their opponents Liang Jishan/Zhang An with an aggregate score of 2:1 to win a good start.
In the second set, Romania's Samara faced Chinese player Amy Wang. Samara is the world runner-up and has a lot of experience in the Singapore Grand Slam when she defeated the Olympic champion Chen Meng. Samara won three games in a row, 11:1, 11:9, 11:6, and won three games in a row, with a total score of 3:0.
In the third set, Romania's Istria fought hard in three games and lost to the American player Sid Naresh with a total score of 1:2. In the fourth set, Samara and Szokos joined forces, and both of them defeated Chen Meng, the main force of national table tennis, but unexpectedly, the two lost two games in a row with 8:11 and 6:11 in the case of winning one game first, and lost to American player Song Jiayu/Wang Amy with a total score of 1:2.
Samara, the world runner-up, lost in an upset, which was also the first big upset in this World Cup. In the fifth set, Romania's Men's Doubles Ionescu/Isstrat sealed the victory 11-9 against the United States' Liang Jishan/N. Nares. In this way, the Romanian player defeated the United States team with an overall score of 8:5 and won the World Cup.
In the other match, France beat Australia 8-3 on aggregate. France, as the host of the Paris Olympics, is very strong and has the Lebrun brothers. In the first set, France's A. Lebrun/Yuan Jiannan defeated their opponents Bromley/Lee Rongxun with a total score of 2:1 and won a good start. In the second set, the French teenager Parvard won two games in a row after losing one game first, and defeated the Chinese veteran Hong Jianfang with a total score of 2:1.
In the third set, France's Lebrun won three games in a row, 11:7, 11:3, 11:2, and defeated Australia's Dillon Chambers with a total score of 3:0. Fourth set. France's Parvard/Lutz drew 1-1 with Townsend/Bromley. In this case, France scored 8:3 Australia on aggregate.