The Chinese men's team won the championship, defeating the French team 3-0 and defeating the Lebrun brothers
On February 25, 2024, the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan came to an end, following the women's team narrowly defeated the Japanese team 3-2, China defeated the French team 3-0 and successfully defended the men's team championship.
The Chinese men's team has absolute strength, from the group stage to the finals, only when playing the South Korean team, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long lost in an upset, Fan Zhendong made great contributions at the critical moment, and scored two points to be praised, and Wang Chuqin, who played at the end, also proved himself, the whole process was thrilling, many fans were even moved to tears, in the body of the Chinese team, we see a spirit.
When it comes to the French table tennis team, I believe the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be Gaiting, who once won the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships, in this Olympic cycle, with the rise of Felix, Alex, Pavard and other newcomers, the strength of the French team cannot be ignored, this World Table Tennis Championships won 1 silver and 1 bronze, and the overall performance far exceeded expectations, especially the men's team advanced to the finals, which was a situation that everyone did not expect before the game.
The two Lebrun brothers are the absolute core of French men's table tennis, the elder brother Alex has a very high level, and has an upset victory over Fan Zhendong, and the younger brother Felix is talented, as a rising star in the straight board play, and is now ranked sixth in the world, which can speak for itself, and there is also an outstanding performance that swept Lin Yunru, Simon Goetz is much weaker as a third single, and there is no threat to the main force of national table tennis.
Wang Chuqin swept Felix Lebrun 3-0: Originally, everyone thought that this game would be difficult to play, after all, Felix's level was there, and it was not easy to win against Lin Yunru, but Wang Chuqin played at his peak level and won 11-4, 11-8, 11-3.
Fan Zhendong narrowly defeated Alex Lebrun 3-2: Fan Zhendong lost to Alex once before, and now it is not easy to win again, Alex took the lead 11-9, Fan Zhendong blasted out 11-4 and colored, Alex was not to be outdone, 11-8 to pull back a game, and then Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure, won two games in a row 12-10, 11-7, and fell behind 9-10 in the fourth game to save a handicap.
Ma Long reversed Simon Goetz 3-1: The opponent is in good shape based on fighting, bringing certain difficulties to the Olympic champion, Ma Long lost the first game at 7-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-6 in three games in a row, there is no danger to end the game, the Chinese team won 3-0, successfully defended the men's team championship, so far the Busan World Table Tennis Championships ended, the national table tennis achieved the package, completed the expected goal, the next stop is the Grand Slam.