The table tennis T-League is in full swing, and there was a big upset on December 10, Beijing time - Diaz, a famous Puerto Rican player who defeated Wang Manyu in the World Cup not long ago, suffered a heavy defeat, and lost 0-3 to Minami Ando, a second-rate Japanese player ranked only 138th in the world, which was also a big surprise.
With the collapse of Diaz, her Kyoto club was reversed 1-3 on aggregate and lost to the weak Nagoya teamSee below for a detailed breakdown of the battle.
Born in 2000, Diaz is currently the strongest player in the women's table tennis world in the Western Hemisphere, and at a young age, she was ranked in the top 10 in the women's singles world and is currently ranked 11th, and has repeatedly achieved good results in major international competitions.
Especially in the recently started Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup, Diaz played bravely and became the first foreign association athlete to break through the defense line of the Chinese team, falling behind 0-1 in the group stage, saving match points, and reversing Olympic champion Wang Manyu 2-1, defeating the main force of national table tennis for the first time in his career.
On December 10, the T-League ushered in a women's team matchup, with Diaz and his Kyoto team taking on Nagoya FC. In the first set of doubles, Diaz's teammates Ai Eda Kudo took the lead and won 11-10 in a row (special format -7 swept Kasumi Kimura and Rika Minami and made a good start, and then the second set was Diaz vs. Minami Ando.
Although Minami Ando has upset the main team in Japan's domestic competition, after all, he has no decent foreign results, and is currently ranked only 138th in the world, far from the 11th-ranked Diaz, but he did not expect the result of the game to have nothing to do with the ranking.
After the start of the first game, Diaz lost every step on the court and immediately lost a game 6-11. In the second game, Diaz still didn't find his sense and lost 6-11. In the third game, Diaz still didn't grasp the key points, and finally lost the whole game 9-11, which was swept by the opponent.
In the subsequent game, Kyoto's Rina Makino lost 0-3 to Nagoya's Chinese foreign aid Yuan Xuejiao -11), and Ai Eda lost 1-3 to Kimura Kasumi -11), and the whole team was defeated 1-3 on aggregate.
There are winners and losers, and there are no winning generals, this is the norm in competitive sports, and no one can be an exception.