Table Tennis World Cup: Japan won bronze to end!8-4 reversal of Germany, Zhang Benmei and lost in an upset

On the afternoon of December 10, Beijing time, the Chengdu Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup ushered in the last day of the competition, the second seed Germany team and the third seed Japan team also ushered in the final battle, as a result, although the German team in the absence of the six main forces was defeated with a total score of 4-8, but it won the upset of Hayasuke Togami/Miwa Zhangmoto, and almost defeated Miwa Zhangmoto/Miyu Kihara, and the performance was still very good.

However, in fact, before the start of this game, the Japanese team had already locked the bronze medal, so this battle was mainly for the two sides to exercise with each other, and it had no impact on the result: the Japanese team won the bronze and broke through the two lines of defense of national table tennis, which was worth the trip!

See below for a detailed breakdown of the battle.

Highlights of the game

Germany and Japan are both powerhouses in the world table tennis world, and Japan is obviously stronger at present, but it has lost to Germany in the Olympics before, and in terms of men's strength, Germany is far above Japan, and it ranks higher than Japan after being combined.

However, in this competition, Germany's six main forces, Ocharov, Qiu Dang, Francesca, Bol, Han Ying, and Mitterham did not come, and the core players were only Shan Xiaona, while Japan's Misei Ito and Miyu Nagasaki were absent, but the women's Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miyu Kihara, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and Hayasuke Togami were all there, so the chances of winning were obviously greater.

The process of the game

In the first set of mixed doubles, Japan sent a new combination of Hayasuke Togami/Miwa Zhangmoto, who defeated Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 2-1 the day before, and Germany's Meissner/Wan Yuan, but what people didn't expect was that the Japanese pair came up and lost a city 9-11, but then they hit 11-3 to pull one back, but in the third game, they still had some bad serves, and finally lost 6-11.

It is worth mentioning that Hayasuke Togami/Miwa Zhang only won the national table tennis in the melee of the top four seeds, losing to South Korea's Lee Sang-so/Tian Zhixi, and Germany's Meisner/Wan Yuan, it seems that they really put all their energy into studying the Chinese team!

In the second set, Japan's world champion Miu Hirano came on, and the opposite side did not send the strongest Olympic runner-up Shan Xiaona to participate in the battle, it seemed that the probability of winning was not very high, it was better to let others practice, as a result, Germany's Winter lost 4-11, 8-11, 9-11 and was swept away, and the Japanese team successfully pulled one back, and the overall score was 4-2 to achieve a reversal.

In the third set, Tomokazu Zhang came out and played with Germany's Walter - although the latter's ranking and results could not be compared with the Japanese youngster, Tomokazu Zhang often lost upsets, and this time his sister also collapsed, so no one dared to say that he would definitely win.

After the start of the game, Tomokazu Zhang easily won the first game 11-3, won the second game 11-9 after falling behind, and was obviously a little slack in the third game, and finally lost 9-11, but in general it still won, and the Japanese team is getting closer and closer to victory.

In the fourth set, the low-ranked Japanese team naturally chose to play women's doubles, but as a result, Miwa Zhangmoto/Miyu Kihara lost 9-11 to Wanyuan/Winter, and fell behind 2-6 in the second game, but finally won 12-10. In the third game, the Japanese pair came up and roared 8-1, and finally ended the battle 11-5, and the whole team defeated Germany with a total score of 8-4, ending the World Cup journey.