Table tennis women's team bronze medal battle
The Tokyo Olympic table tennis women's team competed for the bronze medal between Hong Kong, China and Germany, which won the second place in the women's team of the two World Championships, and the German women's team was the runner-up of the Rio Olympic Games. Du Kaixuan gave up a single, and Hong Kong, China, received two major surprises, first in the women's doubles match Du Kaixuan / Li Haoqing was reversed by the German women's doubles Solja / Shan Xiaona 1-3, but the second and fourth sets were originally played as the third singles Su Huiyin defeated Han Ying and Shan Xiaona 3-1 and 3-0 respectively, making a great contribution to Hong Kong's final victory.
The German women's team is the European champion and the runner-up winner of the last Olympic Games, led by Han Ying and Shan Xiaona, two major Chinese, plus Solja, who has just won the European Championship women's singles championship, has the strength to defeat the Hong Kong women's team. In order to improve the probability of victory, the Hong Kong team in China changed the lineup, by Du Kaixuan and Li Haoqing partnered in women's doubles, Su Huiyin played two sets of women's singles matches, before Du Kaixuan / Li Haoqing is a fixed pair, but preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, Du Kaixuan as a sister must play in two sets of women's singles competition, before Su Huiyin and Li Haoqing play women's doubles.
In the first set of the women's doubles match, Hong Kong, China played very smoothly, although it was a combination of two right hands, but the two had been working together for many years, and they had a very tacit understanding with each other, and the two connected faster, and soon won the set 11-8. In the second set, the German duo insisted that Shan Xiaona was in front of the first three boards, creating an offensive opportunity for Solja to play in the far stage, and the two ran more smoothly, equalizing at 11-5. In the 3rd set, Shan Xiaona continued to use the advantage of straight board positive glue, in the reception of the ball did not give the Hong Kong combination a chance to preemptively play, Sorja and Shan Xiaona continued to put pressure on the board to overtake the score at 11-7, and in the 4th set, the two sides played 13-13 or the German combination has been horizontal, one left and one right combination reached the realm of selflessness, 15-13 won the game to reverse the win for the German team to get the first point.
In the second set, Su Huiyin of Hong Kong, China, met the main force Of Han Ying, the runner-up of the last Olympic Games, and thought that Han Ying would have the upper hand, after all, the opponent was only Hong Kong's third singles, and the result of the match was unexpected, Su Huiyin did not find the rhythm of the game in the first set, the big score was 2-6 behind, and the second half of the game reduced the mistake and actually won the counterattack 12-10. In the second set, Han Ying grasped the key point and equalized 11-9 after the suspension. In the 3rd set, Su Huiyin's forehand pull was greatly released, and Han Ying could not cut the ball, and Su Huiyin won another set 11-9. In the 4th set, Su Huiyin extended her results, with a sharp forehand pull and a left and right movement, defeated Han Ying 11-7, and tied the German team for the Chinese Hong Kong team.
Du Kaixuan appeared in the 3rd set to meet the European Championship women's singles champion Solja, Du Kaixuan insisted on a short ball in the console, did not give Solja the opportunity to push to the COSCO platform to pull the ball continuously, 11-5 and 11-6 won 2 consecutive sets, the 3rd set Although Solja began to fight, insisted that each board was forced to force, the score was also very close, but there were many mistakes at the end of the game, and finally Du Kaixuan fell 11-9 straight to 3 innings for the Chinese Hong Kong team to overtake the set.
In the 4th set, Su Huiyin once again put on the battle to face the straight board star Shan Xiaona. The opening stage is the same as the 2nd set, Su Huiyin rarely participates in such a competition, and it is the identity of the first single, she needs a process of adaptation, Shan Xiaona's straight board is glued to the fast attack line strange, the score came up to 7-3, and the end of the innings became Su Huiyin's point-chasing performance, she scored 4 consecutive points to tie the score, and saved 1 innings, winning the first set at 12-10. In the second set, the two sides were again a stalemate, the score was played until 11-11, Shan Xiaona's backhand weakness at a critical moment was seized by Su Huiyin, and she lost another set at 11-13. In the 3rd inning, Su Huiyin has specially adapted to shan Xiaona's shooting rhythm, pressing the strategy of turning left and right resolutely, and taking another point for the Hong Kong team at 11-7.
With Su Huiyin's two-set singles victory, coupled with Du Kaixuan's one-set singles victory, the Hong Kong table tennis team also won the first medal in this Olympic Games, successfully completed the pre-match set to win the medal, the last runner-up Germany team won the 4th place, tonight at 18:30 will be China and Japan to compete for the championship!