On the afternoon of December 10, Beijing time, the Chengdu Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup ushered in the last day of the competition, the second seed Germany team and the third seed Japan team also ushered in the final battle, the result of the six main absent German team although the total score was 4-8 defeat, but it won the upset of Hayabusa Togami Miwa Zhangmoto, almost defeated Zhang Benmei and Kihara Miyu, the performance is still very good.
However, in fact, before the start of this game, the Japanese team had already locked the bronze medal, so this battle was mainly for the two sides to exercise with each other, and it had no impact on the result: the Japanese team won the bronze and broke through the two lines of defense of national table tennis, which was worth the trip!
See below for a detailed breakdown of the battle.
Germany and Japan are both powerhouses in the world table tennis world, and Japan is obviously stronger at present, but it has lost to Germany in the Olympics before, and in terms of men's strength, Germany is far above Japan, and it ranks higher than Japan after being combined.
However, in this competition, Germany's six main players, Ocharov, Qiu Dang, Francesca, Bol, Han Ying, and Mitterham, did not come, and the core players were only Shan Xiaona;In Japan, although Misei Ito and Miyu Nagasaki are absent, the women's Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miyu Kihara, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and Hayasuke Togami are all available, so the chances of winning are obviously greater.
In the first set of mixed doubles, Japan sent a new pair that defeated Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha 2-1 the day beforeHayabusa Togami Mikazu Zhangmotoout of the war, with the GermansMeissner is far away, but what people didn't expect was that the Japanese pair came up and lost a city 9-11, but then they hit 11-3 to get one back, but in the third game, they still had some bad serves, and finally lost 6-11.
It is worth mentioning that Hayasuke Togami and Miwa Zhang only won the national table tennis in the melee of the top four seeds, losing to South Korea's Lee Sang-so and Tian Zhixi and Germany's Meisner Wanyuan, and it seems that he really put all his energy into studying the Chinese team!
Second set Japanese world championMiu Hiranodebuted, and the opposite side did not send the strongest Olympic runner-up Shan Xiaona to participate in the battle, it seems that the probability of winning is not large, it is better to let others exercise, and the result is a German playerWinterAfter losing -11 in a row and being swept away, the Japanese team successfully pulled one back and achieved a reversal with a total score of 4-2.
The third setTomokazu ZhangmotoAppearance, with a German playerWalterTricks - although the latter's ranking and results cannot be compared with Japanese teenagers, Tomokazu Zhang often loses in upsets, and this time his sister also collapsed, so no one dares to say that he will be able to win steadily.
After the start of the game, Tomokazu Zhang easily won the first game 11-3, won the second game 11-9 after falling behind, and was obviously a little slack in the third game, and finally lost 9-11, but in general it still won, and the Japanese team is getting closer and closer to victory.
In the fourth set, the low-ranked Japanese team naturally chose to play women's doubles, and the resultMiyu Zhang and Miyu KiharaIt was a 9-11 lossWan Yuan Winter, fell behind 2-6 in the second game, but finally won 12-10. In the third game, the Japanese pair came up and roared 8-1, and finally ended the battle 11-5, and the whole team defeated Germany with a total score of 8-4, ending the World Cup journey.