On July 31, Beijing time, the table tennis competition of the Paris Olympics is about to usher in the fifth day of the showdown, the champion of the mixed doubles event has been decided, the national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha successfully reached the top, and then they will hit the top 16 of singles with their teammates Fan Zhendong, if they advance, they will continue to move forward with Chen Meng, and the top eight list will also be born on the same day.
According to the arrangement, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng will face Moregard, Ni Xialian, Huang Zhenting, and Illand respectively, in addition to Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, Lin Yunru, Lebrun Brothers and others will also appear, please see below for more details.
The table tennis competition of this Olympic Games is still competing for five championships, of which the mixed doubles has been played, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the North Korean dark horse combination Lee Jung-sik/Kim Qinying 4-2 in the final on the evening of July 30, thus regaining the gold medal that Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen missed three years ago, creating a new history of national table tennis, which is worthy of everyone's recognition.
But what is speechless is that after the game, Wang Chuqin's racket was stepped on on the spot, which will cause him to have to use a spare racket to participate in the remaining singles and team competitions, and his state may be affected.
According to the arrangement, Wang Chuqin will play again at 16:00 pm Beijing time on July 31 to face off against Sweden star and World Table Tennis Championships men's singles runner-up Moregard, although Wang Chuqin has never lost to the other party before, but the latter is after all the top athletes of the foreign association, and the strength cannot be underestimated, I hope Wang Chuqin can adapt to his deputy shooting as soon as possible and strive to defeat a strong opponent again.
Then at 17:00, Sun Yingsha appeared and competed with the 61-year-old former national table tennis world champion and current Luxembourg main force Ni Xialian, if Sun Yingsha can adapt to Ni Xialian's long rubber play method to win.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of the mixed doubles final, Ni Xialian was also invited by the national table tennis to serve as Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha's sparring partner, helping them study the long rubber playing style of North Korean player Kim Qinying, and now she has to compete with Sun Yingsha in the women's singles event, her "secret weapon" has been made public to the other party, and it is naturally more difficult to win.
At 18:00 in the evening, Fan Zhendong will play against Hong Kong, China's famous Huang Zhenting, the former has a great advantage, and should be able to win if he plays normally, but the latter has won Lin Gaoyuan this year after all, so Fan Zhendong still has to be prepared for difficulties.
After the competition at the same time period as Fan Zhendong, the table tennis singles round of 16 at the Paris Olympics will all be released, and then the singles 1/8 finals will begin, in which Chen Meng has confirmed to face Netherlands athlete Illand at 22:00 in the evening, while Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha will continue to compete for a place in the quarterfinals if they advance.
In general, the four matchups that have been played in national table tennis on July 31 are of varying difficulty, among which Wang Chuqin VS Moregard is the most stressful, Sun Yingsha VS Ni Xialian, Fan Zhendong VS Huang Zhenting second, Chen Meng VS Yierland should not be a big problem.
In terms of foreign associations, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Shin Yubin and others will usher in the singles 1/16 finals, the opponent is not very strong, but the strength of the two sides in the 1/8 finals is obviously closer, such as the Lebrun brothers will play against Hugo and Ocharov respectively, Zhang Yuzhen VS Hayasuke Togami, Szokos VS Polkanova, Diaz VS Bian Matsujing is also unpredictable.
As for Lin Yunru, Batra and others will also appear on July 31 to hit the top eight positions in singles, but their opponents have not yet been determined, so let's sit back and wait for the new battle to begin!