On July 30, Beijing time, the table tennis mixed doubles final of the 2024 Paris Olympics will be played by the Chinese team's Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha combination against the North Korean team's Lee Jung-sik/Kim Qinying combination. In the end, the "Shatou Combination" defeated the opponent 4-2 and won the championship. This is the sixth gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games and the first gold medal of the Chinese table tennis team.
This match is the fourth match of the Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha combination at the Paris Olympics, and before that, the 1/8 final and 1/4 finals, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the Egypt pair and the Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yunru/Chen Siyu to advance to the semifinals. They then defeated Korea's Shin Yubin/Lim Jong-hoon 4-2 in the semi-finals to advance to the final.
In the first game, the Chinese team took the initiative at the beginning and quickly scored two points, and the North Korean team was not to be outdone and quickly chased 2-2. After rapid adjustment, the Chinese team scored 4 points in a row with a fast-paced attack to 6-2. In the second half of the first game, the Chinese team was fully in the groove, Wang Chuqin kept adjusting his backhand, and the two continued to expand their lead. In the first game, the Chinese team won 11-6.
In the second game, the Chinese team used spin to put pressure on the North Korean team at the beginning of the game, and quickly scored 4 points. The opponent took advantage of several mistakes by the Chinese team and slowly chased it to 6-6. In the second half, the two sides took the lead alternately, and at the last critical moment, the North Korean team scored two consecutive backhand points. In this game, the North Korean team won 11-7.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin scored alternately, and the Chinese team quickly started 5-3. Subsequently, Sun Yingsha continued to add forehands to attack, raising the score of the Chinese team to 7-5. Subsequently, the North Korean team seized some mistakes and played backhand fast-paced attacks in a row to chase the score to 8-9. After a brief pause, Sun Yingsha came to the game point 10-8 with a key blow, and Wang Chuqin also did not give the opponent a chance to score another point, and the Chinese team won the third game 11-8.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team continued to exert strength after the start, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin quickly beat the score to 7-3. After that, although the North Korean team chased 5 points, this did not affect the pace of the Chinese team. They fought more and more bravely and did not give their opponents a chance, and the Chinese team won the fourth game 11-5.
In the fifth game, the North Korean team gradually increased their killing and batting, and for a while they had an advantage on the court, and their lead gradually increased to 7-3. The Chinese team still stubbornly chased the points according to their own rhythm, but the North Korean team successfully used tactics and they ended the game 11-7.
In the sixth game, the Chinese team consciously responded to the North Korean team's fight after adjustment, and played a 3-1 score at the beginning. Then the two sides began to score alternately for a period of time, from 3-3 to 8-8, and at the critical moment, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin's tacit cooperation scored two points in a row 10-8 to reach the championship point. With the mistake of the North Korean team, the Chinese team scored another point, and won the game 11-8 and won the championship with an aggregate score of 4-2.
The runner-up of this match, the North Korean pair Lee Jung-sik / Kim Qin-young, previously upset, defeated Japan, Sweden and Hong Kong, China to reach the final, and was called the "mysterious division" by fans.