1-3! The World Table Tennis Championships was a big upset, the world champion suffered another defeat, and the national table tennis rival was swept away

At the 2024 Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, the fourth round of the group has ended, and in the fourth round, another upset was born. In the women's team field, the French women's team, one of the national table tennis rivals, lost 0-3 to Croatia. In the men's team field, Chinese Taipei fell into a hard battle, and the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan suffered another defeat, and Chinese Taipei only narrowly defeated the Czech Republic 3-2.

In the fourth round of the men's team group stage, Chinese Taipei played against the Czech Republic, and Lin Yunru once again became the focus of attention, and he scored two points to help the Chinese Taipei team drag the game into the deciding set. The world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan lost to the Japanese teenager Matsushima Teruku before, and lost 1-3 to the Czech Republic's Martinco in this round, the latter is unknown, indicating that Zhuang Zhiyuan's state is indeed very average.

The Chinese Taipei team was lucky, in the deciding set, the Czech Republic's Poski retired injured, Gao Chengrui won without a fight, and the Chinese Taipei team passed 3-2. However, the top spot in Group 5 still belongs to the Japanese team led by Tomokazu Haramoto. So far, the top of the eight groups of the men's team has all been determined, namely China, Germany, South Korea, France, Japan, Sweden, Slovenia, and Portugal, and these eight teams have directly advanced to the round of 16, which is more in line with expectations.

In the fourth round of the women's team group stage, the eighth group broke out a big upset, and the French women's team led by Yuan Jiannan lost 0-3 to Croatia. In the game, Parvard, Yuan Jianan, and Lutz lost one after another, and France only won two games in the three-set match, which can be called a one-sided game. The French women's table tennis is also one of the fierce rivals of the national table tennis, and after losing this game, the French women's table tennis lost the initiative to compete for the first place in the group.

After the first four rounds, China, Japan, Germany, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Romania in the first seven groups all won the first place in the group and directly advanced to the round of 16. Group 8 winners will be determined after the match between Egypt and Croatia.

The Chinese men's table tennis and the Chinese women's table tennis both won the first place in the group with four consecutive wins, and then they can get enough rest time to directly prepare for the 1/8 finals!