On October 7, 2022, the semi-finals of men's team of the World Table Tennis Championships were born. In the final game, the Chinese team eliminated the Swedish team 3-0, Fan Zhendong, , Maron , Wang Chuqin defeated their respective opponents, and then competed with Japan led by Zhang Benzhi and for a place in the finals. The Korean team in the other half of the district competed with the German team. The Chinese table tennis team is only two games away from successfully defending the title, and the three main players are in full swing.
Since the start of the knockout round, the national table tennis team has always adopted the lineup of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin. Head coach Qin Zhijian attaches great importance to the opponent and is ready to face difficulties before the game. In the group stage, Fan Zhendong only lost one game, and the other four players were all impacted by players from the outside association. Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan did not have the chance to continue playing, so this arrangement is not surprising.
Sweden team is too lucky. The national table tennis team meets in the same district in advance, otherwise there will be a chance to compete for the medal. The lineup composed of Moregard , Falke , and Karlson should not be underestimated. Moregard and Falke both reached the men's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships, losing to Fan Zhendong and Malone to the runner-up respectively. In addition, Falke/Karlson is also the men's doubles champion of last year's World Table Tennis Championships. These three players are all capable.
Fan Zhendong swept Falk 3-0. Facing the opponent with a tall and long arm protection platform, Fan Zhendong actively changed the line and continued to improve the quality of single board , which made Falk difficult to resist and soon lost. Fan Zhendong scored 11-7, 11-9, and 11-5 to win. Although he was fully prepared before the game, Falk was really helpless in the face of an opponent like Fan Zhendong and had no choice.
Marron defeated Moregard 3-0. Last year's World Table Tennis Championships was Moregard's highlight moment. Recently, he had excellent performances in defeating Liang Jingkun. This time he challenged Olympic champion Malone, which allowed everyone to see many shortcomings. In the first game, Malone narrowly won 13-11, and then won two consecutive games of 11-8 and 11-6 to end the game. Faced with Malone's changes, Moregard was difficult to adapt and lacked countermeasures.
Wang Chuqin reversed Karsson 3-2. This is the most difficult time since the start of the national table tennis team. Karsson was not only the men's doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships last year, but also beat Wang Chuqin in the championship game. Karsson won two games in a row 11-7 and 12-10. It was a pity that Wang Chuqin lost three points in a row. Then Wang Chuqin regained the rhythm and scored 11-3, 11-9 and 11-6 to lock in the victory, and 0-2 to complete the super reversal.
Chinese team eliminated Sweden 3-0, Japanese team defeated Portugal 3-1, and the other two seats were won by German and Korean teams. So far, the semi-finals of the men's team of the World Table Tennis Championships were released, the first half of the Chinese team vs Japanese team, and the second half of the German team vs South Korea, please stay tuned.
