On the evening of 22 February, the Busan World Cup ushered in a much-anticipated showdown between the Chinese and Japanese table tennis teams, which began with a fierce duel in the quarter-finals. Harimoto Tomokazu, who had won the previous tournament against Chinese table tennis team’s mainstays Wang Chuchin and Fan Zhendong, failed to create a miracle this time, and was reversed 1-3 by Wang Chuchin after 4 games, and was unable to break through to the Chinese table tennis team again.
In addition, the other two Japanese players also failed to break the defence, 16-year-old Matsushima Teruko was also 1-3 reversed against Fan Zhendong, Shinozuka Daiden also 1-3 against Ma Long, and thus lost the whole game: congratulations to the Chinese men’s team to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships! However, the Japanese youngsters have shown a lot of power, and the competition between them is far from over! See below for more details.
Match Watch
Both Chinese table tennis team and Japanese team are the strongest in the world, and have met many times. Japanese athlete Harimoto Tomokazu has beaten all the main players of Chinese table tennis men’s team in the last ten years except Xu Xin, and in the last World Table tennis tournament, he even broke the two defences of Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, and last year, he also won the World Cup in Chengdu against Fan Zhendong, so naturally, people are curious whether he can create miracles again this time.
Although Hayasuke Togami, the number two starter of the Japanese men’s team, was unable to play due to illness, 20-year-old Daiden Shinozuka and 16-year-old Teruko Matsushima were in full bloom and the Chinese table tennis team might not be as familiar with them as Hayasuke Togami, so they faced a certain challenge, and the fact proved that many people’s worries were not over-anxious.
The Match
Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong 3-1 Matsushima Teruko: In the first set, the 16-year-old Japanese “genius kid” Matsushima Teruko took the court to challenge the world’s No.1 Fan Zhendong – Matsushima Teruko, though young, has already beaten Ocharov, Harimoto Tomokazu and other famous players! This time, the first set to the predecessor to give a downward spiral, 7-10 down, 13-11 reversal, Fan Zhendong continuous missed set points, regrettable.
The second set of Matsushima Teruko 6-10 behind and chased to 10 flat, but this time failed to create a miracle, and finally fell to 10-12, Fan Zhendong back to the city. The third game Matsushima Terukong again by 2 points, 10-12 again lost, and finally the fourth game failed to turn the tide, to 6-11 lost the whole game, but even so, his performance has made all Chinese table tennis team fans out of a cold sweat!
Wang Chuqin
Wang Chuchin 3-1 Harimoto Tomokazu: The second disc is the focus of the game, the World Series men’s singles runner-up Wang Chuchin appeared on the stage, to face the World Cup men’s singles runner-up Harimoto Tomokazu – as mentioned, the last World Series when Wang Chuchin and Fan Zhendong lost to Harimoto Tomokazu, so this time the pressure is very big, the result of the first up to 8-11 first lost a game, let fans pinch! The result was that he came up and lost the first set with 8-11, which made the fans sweat.
However, Wang Chuchin quickly found his way back in the second set, blasting Harimoto Tomokazu 11-2, followed by an 11-7 win in the third set, and an 11-6 finish in the fourth set, thus turning the tables on the Chinese men’s team and giving them their second point of the match, with the Japanese team already in a desperate situation.
Ma Long
Ma Long 3-1 Daito Shinozuka: Daito Shinozuka, like Harimoto Tomokazu, is a Japanese player born in 2003, and although he can’t be compared to Harimoto Tomokazu, he has progressed to the number three starter position in the team, and has previously beaten the Outer Association World Champion, so he’s no ordinary player.
At the start of the match, Daido Shinozuka took the lead, but Malone came back at the last minute to take the lead 11-9. In the second set, Ma was getting better and better and took it 11-5. In the third game, Ma was a bit careless and lost by 2 points, 9-11, and then in the fourth game, he was down twice but came back to finish the match 11-9, helping the Chinese table tennis team to advance to the quarter-finals with a win: congratulations!
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