The world champion lost 2 in a row, lost 1:3, scored 1 point in a single game, and Fan Zhendong 3:0
On February 20, Beijing time, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships is underway. The ongoing men's team group stage is Chinese Taipei against the Czech Republic. In the first set of the game, Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui took the lead, Gao Chengrui participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, or a little nervous, his own mistakes were too many, Gao Chengrui lost three games in a row, 5:11, 7:11, 22:24, with a total score of 0:3 lost to Czech player Jancharik, missed the start.
In the second set, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru played Polanski. Lin Yunru lost to Tomokazu Zhang in the last round of the game, but Lin Yunru quickly adjusted his competitive state, facing Polanski, Lin Yunru lost three games in a row, 11:2, 11:7, 11:4, won three games in a row, and won a total score of 3:0. In the third set, Zhuang Zhiyuan played against Czech player Martinko, Zhuang Zhiyuan completely dropped in the first game, and the opponent blasted 11:1.
In the second game, the Czech men's singles took advantage of the victory and chased after it and won another game 12:10. In the third game, Zhuang Zhiyuan pulled back a game with 11:4. In the fourth game, the Czech player sealed the victory with 11:7 and defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan with a total score of 3:1. In this way, the men's singles was a big upset, and the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan suffered two consecutive defeats at this World Table Tennis Championships, losing to the Japanese teenager Matsushima Terukora and the Czech player, and only scored 1 point in a single game.
In the fourth set, Lin Yunru played again, facing the Czech player Jancharik, Lin Yunru was full of firepower in the case of a back-to-back battle, winning three games in a row 11:9, 11:5, 11:5, with a total score of 3:0 and another victory. In the fifth set, Czech player Polanski withdrew, and Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui won directly. In this case, Lin Yunru led Chinese Taipei to a total score of 3:2 Czech Republic, in which world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan lost.
In terms of the national table tennis men's team, it has won 4 consecutive victories in the group stage, ranking first in points and taking the lead in advancing to the knockout round, that is, the top 16 list. In the last game of the group stage, the national table tennis played against Croatia. In the first set, Fan Zhendong beat the famous player Pucar 3:0, and in the second set, Wang Chuqin also won three games in a row, 3:0 against his opponent Zeliko, and in the third set, Ma Long beat Floni Kojik 3:0.
In an interview with the media after the game, Fan Zhendong said that he was still a little dissatisfied with the whole game. However, Fan Zhendong's key points are handled very reasonably, and the hit rate is relatively high. Fan Zhendong admitted that he made some mistakes on the line in the second game, which shows that Fan Zhendong has high requirements for himself. Wang Chuqin said after the game that the opponent is very strong and the playing style is very distinctive, so he conducted very targeted training before the game.