Xinhua News Agency, Doha, January 9th the Asian preliminary of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban launched the second round of the doubles group competition in Doha, Qatar on the 9th. All the six Chinese teams who played in the competition won, the Chinese team thus won the full number of seats in the doubles project in the final stage of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
In the group stage of this event, the elimination competition system is adopted. Most of the doubles combinations of the National Games are empty in the first round. Only Malong/Yuan licen needs to participate in the first round of man pair. However, due to the withdrawal of opponents in the first round, the two won the second round without fighting.
On that day, Malone/Yuan licen encountered strong challenges. They won three games in a row when they were 1:3 backward, and beat the Indian combination Achanta/naasekalan with 4:3. Another combination of Guozhen Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin beat Singapore’s Feng yaoen/Guo Yong in four rounds.
“In the first game, the two of us didn’t play so well. But the game is like this. It is impossible to play very well in every game. The important thing is that when 1:3 is behind, it is still one point to chase.” Malone said after the game.
On the women’s double Court, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manqi took the Kazakhstan combination akasheva/milcadirova at 4:0. Chen Meng/Wang Yidi defeated Hong Kong, China combination Li Kaimin/Wu Yonglin 4:2.
In the mixed match, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Singapore’s Feng yaoen/Wang Jingru 4:2. Lin Gaoyuan/Wang manzhang defeated the Hong Kong, China combination Lin Zhaoheng/Wu Yonglin 4:2.
Wang Chuqin said that the opponent’s strength is very strong, the ball is very characteristic, and the overall quality is also very high. It was normal for him and Sun Yingsha to have some ups and downs in the game. Later, he played better and better. It was also good to find some problems from it.
The Asian preliminary of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban will be held in the second round of the singles group competition on the 10th. The Chinese team will participate in five men’s and women’s singles events.
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