In the early morning of August 6, 2024, the table tennis team competition of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off. On this day, the Hong Kong women's team unfortunately missed the quarterfinals, while the Korea women's team successfully advanced, while the France men's team and the Germany men's team also broke into the men's team quarterfinals. Let's take a look back at these wonderful moments!
In the early morning of August 6, Beijing time, the Hong Kong women's team lost 2-3 to the Sweden women's team and missed the quarterfinals of the table tennis team competition at the Olympic Games. The match was extremely intense, with the first three sets going to five games. Unfortunately, Hong Kong's two main players, Zhu Chengzhu and Li Haoqing, were unable to defeat Sweden's Bergström.
Zhu Chengzhu lost 2-3 in the singles against Bergstrom after three fierce games. Li Haoqing also lost 0-3 to Bergstrom in the last singles. In the crucial third set of singles, Hong Kong's To Hoi Kim also failed to chase after the victory and lost 2-3. Although Zhu Chengzhu performed well in the fourth singles, beating Philippa · Bogaard 3-0, he still could not turn the situation back.
The intensity of the match was evident, with the first three sets going to a five-game tiebreaker, and with four games kicking off at the same time, both of the men's team's matches were over, which shows how exciting the women's team matchup is. Despite the final 2-3 defeat, the performance of the Hong Kong team was also remarkable. I believe that this No. 6 seed team will play even better in the future.
Compared with the regret of the Hong Kong girl group in China, the Korea girl group performed a wonderful road to promotion. In the match against the Brazil women's team, Korea won 3-1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
The key figures of the Korea team in this game are the two main players in the team - Shin Yubin and Tian Zhixi. They beat their opponents 3-0 in the doubles to give Korea the lead. In the subsequent singles match, although Lee Eun-hye lost 2-3 to · Bruna Takahashi in the second singles, Tian Zhixi defeated Takahashi · Juliet 3-0 in the third singles and won another point for Korea. In the end, Lee Eun-hye sealed the win of the match with a 3-0 victory over Alexander · Bruna in the fourth singles.
This match can be said to be a concentrated outbreak of the Korea girl team. The outstanding performance of Shin Yubin and Tian Zhixi laid the foundation for the victory of the Korea team. As the No. 3 seed of the tournament, the Korea women's team is expected to continue to show its strength in the subsequent knockout rounds, and has a good chance to stage a strong dialogue with the Chinese women's team in the semifinals.
In addition to the exciting competition of the women's team, the men's team competition was also exciting. In this round of competition, the France men's team and the Germany men's team both successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, continuing the glory of the two traditional powerhouses in table tennis.
The France men's team won comfortably 3-0 against the Slovenia men's team, with Lebrengo performing particularly well. In the second singles, he won 3-2 over Joczyk after five rounds of fierce battles to seal the victory for France. Immediately afterwards, Lebrengo ended the match with a 3-1 victory over Kozur in the third singles. As the No. 3 seed in this Olympic Games, the France men's team has performed well this time, and will face the Brazil men's team in the next round, both sides are table tennis powerhouses, and will stage a peak showdown.
The Germany men's team won 3-0 against the Canada men's team and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Germany's main players Qiu Dang and Boll defeated Xia Zhongwen/Wang Zhen 3-1 in doubles, Ocharov also defeated Li Yuanzhang 3-1 in singles, and finally Boll defeated Wang Zhen 3-0 in singles to seal the victory for Germany. As the No. 2 seed at this Olympic Games, the Germany men's team is not to be underestimated, and they will face Sweden in the next round in what will be a close matchup.
To sum up, the table tennis team competition of this Olympic Games can be described as wonderful. Although the Hong Kong women's team was unfortunately out, the Korea women's team and the two traditional powerhouses France and Germany men's teams all handed over beautiful results. The subsequent knockout rounds will be more intense, let's wait and see!