On October 18, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Championships continued, and today's game was contested for the quarterfinals and semifinals.
In the semifinals of the women's team, the Liaoning team, which has good strength, did not send Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, and gave the youngsters the opportunity to play in the game, but lost to the Shanghai team with a big score of 1-3, only Liu Fei defeated Yang Yiyun 3-0 in the second set and got a point, and the other three sets were lost.
In the other women's team semifinals, Jiangsu defeated Hunan 3-0, and the Jiangsu team, which has a number of national players, has stronger overall strength, and in doubles, Qian Tianyi/Shi Xunyao defeated Chen Xinran/Feng Yixuan 3-0, and won the three games relatively easily and smoothly.
In the second set, after five rounds of hard fighting, he narrowly defeated Zhu Sibing 3-2, and the number of games was equalized twice after falling behind, and finally achieved a reversal.
In the third set, Shi Xunyao defeated Feng Yixuan 3-0, but the three games were all narrowly won, and after playing very closely, they all grasped the key points, 13-11, 13-11, 14-12.
In the semifinals of the men's team, the favorite Shanghai team faced the Fujian team, Fan Zhendong played, the strength of the Shanghai team was undoubtedly greatly increased, and Xu Xin's condition was not bad.
In the first set of doubles, Xu Xin partnered with Zhou Kai and defeated Zeng Beixun/Chen Junxiang 3-0, the score of the three games was also very close, and each game was also a struggle, and the score rose alternately, winning 12-10, 12-10, 11-9. Among them, Xu Xin also made a wonderful backstroke in the last point of the second game.
In the second set, Fan Zhendong played against Cheng Jingqi, after Fan Zhendong easily won the first game 11-3, he fell into a hard battle in the second game, the score was not bitten, plus some mistakes, Cheng Jingqi also gradually played some attacks, won two games in a row, both won 11-9, and in the fourth game, Fan Zhendong quickly opened the situation 11-2 and pulled back, and the decisive game was also a little stalemate, but Fan Zhendong was superior and withstood the pressure to win the final game 11-8, Fan Zhendong was still very excited after the game, after all, it was not easy to win after a hard battle.
In the third set, Chen Junxiang defeated Zhou Kai 3-1, and Xu Xin played again in the fourth set, defeating Cheng Jingqi 3-0, and finally the Shanghai team advanced to the final with a total score of 3-1.
In the other semi-final, Heilongjiang defeated Shandong 3-0, in the first set, Cao Wei/Xu Yingbin defeated Yu Ziyang/Liu Dingshuo 3-1, after a 2-11 defeat in the first game, he played strongly in the second game, 11-7, and the third and fourth games were very intense, and the score was always very close, but he still won the final game 12-10 and 13-11. Yu Ziyang, as a world champion, also suffered a defeat in the previous game today, losing two consecutive matches.
In the second set, Wei Shihao narrowly defeated Quan Kaiyuan 3-2, and after winning two games first, he was won by Quan Kaiyuan in two games in a row, and won the deciding game 11-6. In the third set, Xu Yingbin defeated Liu Dingshuo 3-0 to seal the victory for the Heilongjiang team, and advanced to the final with a total score of 3-0.