On December 10, 2023, the Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup is about to usher in a final battle about the championship, and the Chinese team will face the South Korean team. Previously, both teams had won all of their games, accumulating 12 points each, so this match will be a tough test for the top seed national table tennis, and the main players will face a major challenge. As the top seed in this World Cup, the Chinese team sent eight main players to participate in the competition, and the squad is the most powerful. However, the South Korean team is also not to be underestimated. In the previous matches, South Korea's Jang Woo-jin, Lim Jong-hoon and Tian Ji-hee were in good form and had extremely consistent doubles performances. Despite the overall dominance of the national table tennis team, they still need to be fully prepared, because the impromptu performance in the game will have a crucial impact on the outcome, and there is a certain amount of chance in the rules of the mixed team World Cup. In the previous matches, the national table tennis team defeated the Japanese team 8-5, while the South Korean team beat the German team 8-6.
These races are very thrilling. The national table tennis played the fifth set for the first time, and the three main forces all lost, among which Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lost to Hayasuke Togami and Miwa Zhangmoto, and Fan Zhendong lost to Tomokazu Zhangmoto, but Wang Manyu swept Hina Hayada in the women's singles match, and the women's doubles partner Chen Meng defeated Miyu Kihara and Miwa Zhangmoto. This shows that under the rules of the Mixed Team World Cup, it is relatively easy to cause upsets, because the rules are different from traditional table tennis, leaving less room for players to adjust, and the opponents are strong. Therefore, it is inevitable to lose points, but the process is still worth summing up, and the coaching staff is also interested in training the players in this opportunity to get used to the feeling of playing outside the competition. In fact, the national table tennis match against South Korea is not necessarily more difficult, because the singles strength of the South Korean team is relatively weak, Shin Yubin's strength is not as good as Hina Hayata, and Zhang Yuzhen's on-court performance fluctuates greatly, and the doubles are also not sure of winning.
Therefore, national table tennis is at a disadvantage in all aspects. However, from the perspective of national table tennis, they still need to avoid underestimating the enemy, respond positively, try to finish the game in the first three sets, and at the same time be ready to play to the end. As for Japan's match against Germany, as long as they play at a normal level, finishing third should not be a problem. France vs. Slovakia and Sweden vs. Chinese Taipei, some of the latter's main players are absent, so there is no suspense in the quarterfinals. The results of these games were not too surprising. The schedule for all these matches was announced on December 10, with Japan taking on Germany, France against Slovakia, China against South Korea, and Sweden against Chinese Taipei. The rest of the matches were relatively unimportant, with everyone's focus on the match between China and South Korea for the title. Therefore, we will be waiting to see how the coaching staff will line up for a strong doubles team against South Korea.
This major event is about to be staged, I hope the national table tennis players will go all out, come on!