South Korea was wiped out, Japan was the only seedling left, and the national table tennis team brought a big surprise
WTT Dusseldorf, Germany, has come to an end on the last day of the competition in Beijing, and the 4-in-4 has been decided!
In this competition, the national table tennis team played well, and two men and two women entered the finals, which was the biggest winner of this competition.
In contrast, none of Japan's nine singles players made it to the semi-finals, with only seven still struggling. Here are the details of the event.
First, let's take a look at South Korea.
In this competition, South Korea fielded a total of 9 players, including 4 men's players and 5 women's players.
Unfortunately, until now, no Korean athlete has been able to reach the semifinals. Ahn Jae-hyun, Park Kang-hyun, Jang Jae-jae and Kim Min-woo all competed, with only Ahn Jae-hyun entering the men's singles alone, while the other three all failed in the qualifiers.
Park Kang-hyun was eliminated by Singapore's Chou Cheol-woo in the fourth game, but he was lucky enough to make it to the men's singles final and finish the match with an 8-8 score.
In the women's singles event, only Kim Na-young of the five South Korean athletes made it to the quarterfinals, but then both exited with Chinese athlete He Zhuojia and missed the semi-finals.
Overall, the South Korean team ended in a "team annihilation".
Next, let's look at Japan. In this competition, no Japanese women's singles participated, while seven men's singles participated, including Yoshimura Maharu and seven other athletes.
However, by now, the 19-year-old Shinozuka has reached the men's semi-finals and is the only team in Japan.
It is worth mentioning that Shinozuka won several exciting events, including 8 into 8 elimination of the famous German player Francesca.
Japan's other six men's athletes all went out, leaving only Otsuka Oden alone to participate in the event.
Let's take a look at the national table tennis competition. In this competition, the national table tennis team dispatched a total of 12 people, 6 men and 6 women, and 6 women's singles.
In the men's event, the overall results of the Chinese team were very good, with a total of five athletes advancing to the round of 16, but in the eight-in-four competition, three athletes were unfortunately eliminated.
Zhou Kai and Liu Dingshuo successfully entered the men's ** four. In the women's singles competition, He Zhuojia successfully advanced to the semifinals, and Shi Xunyao also successfully advanced.
Overall, the contest was a big surprise for us.
Overall, the men's and women's singles semi-finals will be a tough battle between Chinese and foreign athletes.
I hope that our athletes can achieve good results in the competition, and both men's and women's singles can enter the finals and bring glory to the motherland.
Come on!