On the evening of December 5, Beijing time, the national table tennis ushered in the last showdown of the first stage of the group stage, that is, with the dark horse team Puerto Rico, the result was that the Puerto Rican players who had previously defeated the Hong Kong team of China were powerful again, and the number one main force A Diaz reversed Wang Manyu 2-1, and the undefeated golden body of the Chinese team was broken!
But even so, the advantage of national table tennis is still very obvious, in the end, everyone worked together, the total score of 8-2 victory, the group stage won Sweden, Hong Kong, China, Puerto Rico to advance to the quarterfinals, the eight main forces also completed the debut, please see below for details.
Highlights of the game
There are four teams in Group A of this competition, namely China, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Puerto Rico, in terms of fame and results, Puerto Rico should be at the bottom, but they have a top female player in the foreign association, A. Diaz, who first led the team to a narrow 8-7 victory over Hong Kong, China, and then undefeated against Sweden, but the whole team lost 3-8.
In the last game of the group stage, the Puerto Rico team felt even more uncomfortable, because they had to play against the world's No. 1 national table tennis, but Diaz had almost overturned Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong's performance before, so the Chinese team still did not dare to slack off.
The process of the game
In the first set, the mixed doubles national table tennis still attaches great importance to it, and sent the strongest combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to face Brian/F. Diaz, the difference in strength between the two sides is really big, F. Diaz's level is far inferior to his sister A. Diaz, and Brian is also average, but the two were bombarded with a 1-11 defeat, and they are not opponents at all.
In the second game, the Puerto Rican pair tried to make some changes, but the result was very little, and they lost another game 3-11. In the third game, Brian/F. Diaz continued to lose and finally lost the whole game 2-11, and the national table tennis successfully scored 3 points.
The second set was the focus of the battle, with A. Diaz, the only member of the Puerto Rico team who could threaten the national table tennis team, to face Olympic champion Wang Manyu. After the start of the game, Diaz was really powerful, losing 10-12 with only 2 points in the first game, and 12-10 in the second game, becoming the first athlete to snatch points from the national table tennis.
However, Diaz's "ambition" is far more than that, she continued to exert her strength in the third game, and finally overturned Wang Manyu 11-8, thus becoming the first athlete to break through the defense of the Chinese team in the World Cup.
However, A. Diaz's courage alone was far from enough to change the power gap between the two teams - in the third set, Ma Long, a national table tennis Grand Slam, appeared on the stage, swept Angel 11-6, 11-2, 11-4, and Sun Yingsha/Wang Yidi defeated the Diaz sisters 11-3 in the fourth set, thus ending the battle with a total score of 8-2: although there are regrets, the Chinese team still won the final victory, which is worthy of recognition.
Since all three games in the group stage defeated the opponent, the national table tennis has advanced to the second stage of the round-robin, so will there be the main force to lose the game next?