Xinhua News Agency, Xi’an, September 20th (Reporters Chen Di, Li Hao) The 14th National Games Table Tennis Competition entered the knockout round on the 20th, Wang Manyu led the Heilongjiang women’s team after more than 4 hours of hard work. The enemy Liaoning team missed the semifinals. The host Shaanxi men's team defeated the Shanghai team led by Xu Xin and advanced to the semifinals with the excellent performance of veteran Hou Yingchao .
Whether Wang Manyu can resist Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi The "siege" of the two national teammates was the focus of the day. The game was very stale from the beginning. Although Wang Manyu, who was more personally stronger, defeated two teammates and each scored 2 points, the overall strength of the Liaoning team was more balanced. Each of the three scored 1 point, and finally defeated Heilongjiang 3:2. team.

On September 20th, Heilongjiang player Wang Manyu served in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Shandong team led by Chen Meng and Hebei team led by Sun Yingsha Although they also encountered strong challenges from their opponents, they were unpredictable. They defeated Tianjin and Beijing teams respectively, and qualified for fourth. powerful.
As the defending champion, the Sichuan women's team was greatly reduced due to the absence of the team's general Zhu Yuling . Facing the Jiangsu team with Qian Tianyi , Liu Fei, Kuaiman and other national players, the Sichuan team is at a disadvantage in terms of strength. However, the Sichuan team player Fan Siqi played bravely, one person scored two points and helped the team win 3:1.
For the men’s team, the favorite Guangdong team to win the championship Lin Gaoyuan , Fan Zhendong , Zhou Qihao have appeared,They beat the Heilongjiang team 3:0. Malong, Wang Chuqin's Beijing team also swept the strong Liaoning team 3:0, while Liang Jingkun, who is in good shape, once again helped the Hebei team score two points and led the team to 3:1 to beat Hubei. team.

On September 20th, Shanghai team player Xu Xin served in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li An
The most intense contest of the day was between the host Shaanxi team and the defending champion Shanghai team. Xu Xin, who was in a normal state before, was ranked third in singles. After the match, Hou Yingchao said frankly: "Today's Shanghai team's lineup was also quite unexpected. Xu Xin only gave us some opportunities in the last game."
Xu Xin and Zhao Zihao each scored 1 point for the Shanghai team , But the 41-year-old Hou Yingchao of the Shaanxi team is not old, and has defeated , Shangkun, and Zhao Zihao. Especially in the fifth crucial game, he won Zhao Zihao 11:9 and finally helped Shaanxi team 3: 2 wins narrowly and advances to the semi-finals.
Editor: Liu Ning, Huang Xuguo, Wu Junkuan, Wang Yilin (internship)
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