to 2 to 3 to 2! Wang Zha's combination came back to win and defeated the finals champion. Wang Manyu penetrated the defense
Since the end of the Singapore Grand Slam, the main lineup of the national table tennis team has completely disappeared from everyone's sight and has not participated in any competitions. In this Budapest Stars Tournament, the national table tennis team finally sent out its main lineup, which can be regarded as training for the team competition of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships in the near future.
The biggest adjustment in personnel for the national table tennis team in this competition is to let Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu form a mixed doubles competition. The last time the two cooperated in a competition can be traced back to the 2020 National Championships. At that time, the Wang Zha combination won with 4 —1 defeated Xu Xin and Sun Yingsha .
Their first opponent in this competition is very strong. They are Huang Zhenting and Du Kaiqin who are currently ranked fifth in the world. The two have won the Table Tennis Federation finals championship and are very skilled in cooperation.
The first game:
Wang Manyu took the lead in serving. The two teams started a multi-shot stalemate. Wang Manyu attacked with a backhand and successfully scored the first point. Du Kaiqin took advantage of the change in serve and successfully seized the opportunity, and the score came to 2-2.
Wang Chuqin used his forehand force and continuously attacked Huang Zhenting's backhand position, and the score reached 4-2. The two teams had a very exciting showdown in the first half of the game. Both teams were making fuss about the placement of the ball, and the score reached 7-5.
came to the second half of the game, and 's Wangzhao combination gave full play to their offensive advantages. They played very smoothly from left to right, and the score came to 9-6. Wang Chuqin's forehand directly penetrated the defense and successfully obtained the game point. Huang Zhenting then returned the ball and hit the net, and Wang Zha's combination won the first game 11-6. Although
has not had a partner for a while, the king combination still cooperated very well in the first game. The quality of their boards was very high and they dared to play . Moreover, the two men had many changes in serving in the first game, making it difficult for their opponents to target them.
Second game:
Du Kaiqin took the lead in serving, Huang Zhenting returned the ball directly out of bounds, and Wang Zha's combination scored the first point. Wang Manyu maintained a very high quality of backhand, and even in a confrontation with Huang Zhenting, he did not fall behind at all. , the score came to 4-4.
In the middle of the game, the China-Hong Kong combination sought changes through serving, and began to try to attack the first board, which had a very good effect and took an 8-4 lead. The
king combination still made timely adjustments and successfully chased the score to 8-9.
Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin chose to pause on the sidelines!
The game continued, Wang Manyu’s side pull went out of bounds, and the China-Hong Kong combination successfully obtained the game point. Huang Zhenting made a quick pass and successfully helped the team win the second game 11-8, with the big score reaching 1-1.
The third game:
Wang Manyu took the lead in serving, and Wang Zha's combination scored the first point. Then , the China-Hong Kong combination took the initiative to find Wang Chuqin's backhand position, and played with good results, and the score came to 3-3.
In the middle of the game, the China-Hong Kong combination still used their own serve, which made the Wang Zha combination very unsmooth, and the score came to 4-8.
As Wang Chuqin's return ball went out of bounds, the China-Hong Kong combination went on to win the next game with 11-7, and the big score came to 2-1.
The China-Hong Kong combination's tactics were very successful in this game. They kept hitting Wang Chuqin's backhand and Wang Manyu's forehand, which made the two players play very unsmoothly. This caused the Wang Zha combination to make frequent mistakes.
The fourth game:
Du Kaiqin took the lead in serving and got the first point with a lucky ball. In this game, the China-Hong Kong combination still followed the same pattern, but the Wang Zha combination was still fully prepared, and the score came to 3-3.
In the middle period, both teams began to work hard on their serves. The Wang Zha combination played very decisively, and the score came to 6-5.
Wang Zha combination chooses to pause!
Returning from the game, Wang Chuqin made a mistake while grabbing a board, and the score came to 6-6. The China-Hong Kong combination was still looking for Wang Chuqin's backhand, but he still withstood the pressure and the score came to 8-8.
Huang Zhenting's return ball went out of bounds. Wang Zha's combination won the crucial fourth game 11-9, dragging the game into the final fifth game. In this game, the China-Hong Kong combination was still targeting Wang Chuqin's backhand. Fortunately, he withstood the pressure at the critical moment and did not let his opponent win.
In the fifth game:
Wang Manyu took the lead in serving. Her changes in serving made the China-Hong Kong combination very uncomfortable. Wang Zha's combination started 2-0. But the opponent adjusted very quickly and also used changes in serve to score points, and the score came to 3-3.
came to the middle stage, and the two teams were still working hard on serving. However, once entered the stalemate stage, the quality advantage of Wangzha's combination of single boards was fully exerted , and the score came to 7-5.
But in the subsequent two goals, Wang Chuqin made another mistake and the score came to 7-7. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu's single board penetrated the defense again, and the score came to 9-7.
Wang Chuqin then made another mistake. The China-Hong Kong combination scored three points in a row and got the match point at 10-9. At the critical moment of , Wang Chuqin still dared to play. He made up for it with consecutive forehands, surpassing . Wang Zha's combination got the match point at 11-10.
Wang Manyu made another attack, and finally helped Wang Zha's combination defeat their opponents with a score of 3-2 and successfully advance to the next round.
