In the group B group match of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships held on October 2, the traditional European team Germany lost to India 1-3. This German team, led by 26-year-old Chinese straight-block player Qiu Dang , encountered difficulties and challenges in the group stage.
German men's team is the team silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, while 41-year-old Bohr, 34-year-old Ocharov and 30-year-old Francesca did not participate in this World Table Tennis Championships team competition. The world's ninth-ranked new German brand Qiu Dang took the banner and joined hands with Duda, Walther, Starmper and Meng Fanbo to go to Chengdu.
In August 2022, Qiu Dang won the European Championship men's singles championship
In today's game, Qiu Dang played twice, first defeated Desert 3-1, but in the fourth game against India's single Nana Sekaran, he failed to withstand the opponent's strong counterattack in the situation of winning two games 12-10 and 11-7, and lost the game with a hard fight.
Compared with the world rankings, Nana Sekaran, the number one in India, ranked only 37th in the world, performed bravely and scored two points alone. He defeated Duda, the world's No. 36 and the German No. 1 Qiu Dang, and both games were defeated by the wind when they lost two sets first. In addition, Indian young player Mannav Vikashi Ta also defeated German player Walther, who ranked higher than himself, and won a valuable point for the team.
The German team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 in this World Table Tennis Championships, and lost to India 1-3. This traditional old-fashioned strong team is in the stage of handover between new and old players. The absence of old players forces young players to face the test of the competition alone. Tomorrow, they will usher in another strong opponent in the group, the French team. The post-00s Lebron brothers have improved significantly in recent years. Not only is the victory or defeat in this group stage unpredictable, but the process is also worth looking forward to. Perhaps Qiu Dang can stage a rare straight-block duel with 16-year-old "European Wang Hao" Felix Lebron today.
Author: Wu Shu
Editor: Gu Miao
Picture: Visual China
