On February 16, Beijing time, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships started the first round of the group, and the national table tennis men's and women's teams ended the first game, and the women's team won 3-2.
The national table tennis men's team sent the strongest lineup, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long played one after another, and finally swept Belgium 3-0, and Ma Long lost a game.
The Japanese men's team won without a fight, mainly Nigeria's Aruna withdrew due to food poisoning, and Tomokazu Haramoto was excited to play, but he was ready to play and was told not to play.
The Japanese women's team won 3-0 against the Luxembourg women's team, and they sent 15-year-old Miwa Zhang to a singles victory, resulting in a 3-0 victory over 61-year-old world champion Ni Xialian.
At the beginning of the game, Ni Xialian used the serve to score 2 points in a row, Zhang Benmeihe's attack was very powerful, penetrated Ni Xialian, and soon scored 5 points in a row, taking a 5-2 lead, Ni Xialian was a little uncomfortable with Zhang Benmeihe's serve, and must take the initiative to pull it up, chase it to 6-6, continue to use the serve plus spin changes 8-6 lead, Zhang Benmeihe carried out a defensive counterattack, once an attack was formed, Ni Xialian was unguardable.
After playing 10-10 and entering the stalemate, Zhang Benmeihe's advantage is still obvious. In the second game, Zhang Benmei and the long ball achieved good results, the purpose was to get started to play the offensive first, the score was soon far ahead of 6-1, Ni Xialian seemed to have no way, in the face of Zhang Benmeihe's attack, it was even more unguardable, fast and fierce, and soon Zhang Benmei and 11-3 won another game.
In the third game, Ni Xialian also used the change of serve to prepare for her next attack, and the landing point changed, and she kept biting the score, 4-3, and Zhang Benmei and Zhang Benmei had the advantage in the overall hold, and locked the game 11-8.
In this game, Zhang Benmeihe was the first game to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, and he was not afraid to play actively, giving full play to his speed, and his forehand and backhand attacks were also very sharp.
In the first set, Hina Hayada defeated Denut 3-0, Denut started 3-1 in the first game, played very decisively, but the back of the hair was not handled well, and the middle game was 5-4 ahead, her own offensive mistakes, Hina Hayada gradually played her own attack, and the forehand attack was very fierce, scoring 7 points in a row to win the first game 11-5.
In the second game, Hina Hayada started 4-0, Denut looked very passive, and the state warmed up a little later, catching up with some scores, but the score was pulled away in the middle game, 7-11 and another game, and the third game started to play fiercely 3-3, Denut increased the change of attack, led 6-5 in the middle game, and became 8-8 at the end of the game, Hina Hayada played more resolutely 11-9 to win the final game.
In the third set, Miu Hirano defeated Gundellinger 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 to get her team the third point, thus defeating Luxembourg 3-0 and getting off to a good start.