Wang Manyu scored 5 points for meritorious service, and the national table tennis narrowly defeated Japan thrillingly, and will compete with South Korea for the championship!
On December 9, Beijing time, the 2023 WTT Chengdu Mixed World Cup ushered in a key battle. The national table tennis and the strong team Japan face each other, the result of this game will determine the ownership of the championship, once the national table tennis loses, it may not be able to win the championship. Therefore, this game has attracted the attention of fans. This is a thrilling battle, the national table tennis played the fifth set for the first time, but fortunately won 8-5 in the end, it was really thrilling!
The national table tennis won in a thrilling way
The first set of the national table tennis still sent Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin to take the lead, and the Shatou combination has played five sets in this mixed World Cup and has accumulated some game experience. The Japanese table tennis sent Miwa Zhang and Hayasuke Togami. In this game, the Japanese table tennis combination played a very high level, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin were greatly impacted. In the first game, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha took the lead 11-5. In the second game, Hayasuke Togami broke out and played a wave of scoring climaxes, and the Shatou combination fell behind 0-7, and then Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin stubbornly tied the score, but still lost 11-13. In the third game, Wang Chuqin was directly penalized for serving and throwing back. The Japanese combination took the lead with a strong attack, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin saved 2 set points, but still lost 9-11, losing 1-2 with a big score, and suffered the first defeat in this mixed team World Cup.
The national table tennis sent Wang Manyu to face Japan's Hina Hayada in the second set. In recent games, the national table tennis has sent Wang Manyu to play in the women's singles competition, which shows the importance and trust of the national table tennis to Wang Manyu. This game with Japan's first sister Hina Hayada is the most critical, once the national table tennis loses, it will fall into passivity. In the first game, Wang Manyu played a wave of counterattack climax when he was 3-4 behind, and overtook 9-5, and Wang Manyu won the first game 11-6. In the second game, the two sides had a fierce confrontation after 6 draws, and Wang Manyu won 11-9 again. In the third game, Wang Manyu was chased by Hina Hayada when he was leading, but Wang Manyu did not relax and soon won the third game 11-5, thus defeating Hina Hayada with a big score of 3-0, and the national table tennis team was 4-2 in the game.
The national table tennis sent Fan Zhendong to face Zhang Benzhihe in the third set. This is the pinnacle showdown between the national table tennis and the Japanese table tennis brother. In this game, Zhang Benzhihe was like a doping, and as soon as he came up, he attacked Fan Zhendong with a strong offensive, and soon won the first game 11-3. In the second game, Zhang Benzhihe still maintained a strong firepower output, Fan Zhendong was a little passive, and Zhang Benzhihe won another game 11-6 in this game. The national table tennis and the Japanese team have been tied 4-4. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong found his form in the third game and pulled back a game 11-7 to ensure that the national table tennis still led 5-4.
In the fourth set, the national table tennis continued to send Wang Manyu to partner Chen Meng in the women's doubles match, and the opponents were Zhang Benmei and Kihara Miyu. In this set, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng played extremely well, defeating their opponents with an aggregate score of 2-1. Scored 2 valuable points for the national table tennis. In the fifth set, the national table tennis sent the men's doubles pair of Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, who played at a super high level and defeated Japanese table tennis Kamihasuke and Sho Sone to seal the victory for the national table tennis.
In this way, the national table tennis defeated the Japanese team 8-5 and maintained a total victory in eight matches. Wang Manyu and his teammates braved the difficulties in this game and defended the honor for the national table tennis. Kudos to them. At 19:30 on the evening of December 10, the national table tennis team will compete with the South Korean team for the championship. Looking forward to the wonderful performance of national table tennis, come on!
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