On December 7, Beijing time, the ITTF 2023 Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup is underway. In the second stage of the game, the South Korean team reversed France with an aggregate score of 8:5, and Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 8:0. Next, the national table tennis players appeared to face their opponent Slovakia. The difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, and it is not difficult for national table tennis players to play normally to win.
In the group stage, the national table tennis won 3 consecutive victories, only the Olympic champion Wang Manyu lost, and finally the national table tennis ranked first in the group stage points and advanced to the second stage. After the game, in the face of media interviews, Wang Chuqin said that he didn't know much about his opponent, this was the first time he met in the World Cup, and he also knew that the male players were very strong, and they paid more attention to it before the game. It can be seen that Wang Chuqin has been prepared for difficulties.
Sun Yingsha, a national table tennis player, said that the mixed doubles competition has not played against Hong Kong players from China, but she still did a good job of initiating and focusing on it. The veteran Ma Long turned the tide and won the group stage, which was not easy. Ma Long said that his performance is relatively normal, but the difficulty of the second stage of the game will increase, and the opponent's level will still be stronger.
In the first set of the second stage, Wang Yidi, the national table tennis Lin Gaoyuan, played against Slovakia's Zelinka/Kukulova. The national table tennis coaching staff hid the main Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, and did not arrange the strongest lineup to play. In the first game, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi did not play easily, and the two were reversed by their opponents in the case of gaining game points, and the opponents had a strong ability to twist and pull, and won a thrilling game at 12:10.
In the second game, Wang Yidi, the national table tennis Lin Gaoyuan, regained his strength and pulled back a game with 11:6. In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi started 3:1, and the opponent then asked for a timeout, because this World Cup is a points system, so every game is crucial. After the pause, Zelinka/Kukulova chased to 5:8, and Wang Yidi, the national table tennis forest, also took the initiative to ask for a timeout.
It seems that the opponent is not an ordinary person, and the national table tennis cannot be taken lightly. Lin Gaoyuan served in the small triangle in the table, the ball was very low and flat, and the national table tennis got the match point at 10:6, and the opponent recovered a point. In the end, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi locked up the victory 11:7 and won with a total score of 2:1. The national table tennis almost had a big upset, and the national table tennis world champion Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Yidi won two games in a row with a total score of 2:1 after losing one game first.