On October 1, the 2022 56th ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championship (finals) entered its second match day, and both Chinese men's and women's teams defeated their opponents 3:0 in the first match. The first group match opponent of the Chinese men's team was Puerto Rico. Althoug

On October 1, the 2022 56th ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championship (finals) entered its second match day, and both Chinese men's and women's teams defeated their opponents 3:0 in the first match.

The first group match opponent of the Chinese men's team is Puerto Rico. Although the opponent is not strong, the Chinese team still sent the strongest lineup of Fan Zhendong , Malone , and Wang Chuqin to fight. Fan Zhendong, who was the first to play, played against Brian Alfonardo, who is the highest-ranked player in the Puerto Rico team. Fan Zhendong easily won 11:2, 11:4 and 11:7. Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, who appeared there, defeated their opponents 3:0 and 3:1 respectively.

In the other two highly watched games of the men's team, the Hong Kong team in China narrowly defeated the Iran team 3:2 after a fierce battle of more than three hours. Huang Zhenting This game won the key two points for the Hong Kong team in China. The Chinese Taipei team, led by famous player Zhuang Zhiyuan , lost to the Belgian team .

Chinese women's team faced the challenge of Canadian team that day. Chen Meng , Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu appeared one after another. All three of them suppressed their opponents and won a 3-0 victory, winning the Chinese team a "good start".

The Chinese team will continue the group stage on the afternoon of October 2, with the women's team against Puerto Rico and the men's team facing the United States.

text: Chen Di

picture: Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Bingjie, CCTV News

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