On February 18, Beijing time (the ninth day of the Lunar New Year), the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships team competition continued. In the third round of the first group stage of the men's team, the Chinese team will face the Hungarian team, and CCTV5 will broadcast the live game at 9:00. Earlier in the second round of the group stage, the Chinese team defeated the Cuban team 3-0.
In the team competition of the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese men's team sent the world's No. 1 Fan Zhendong, "Grand Slam" Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan's five main forces. This is exactly the same as the winning lineup at last year's Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games.
In the first round of the group stage of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, the Chinese team played against the Belgian team, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long, and they helped the team easily defeat the opponent 3-0.
In the second round, the Chinese team faced the Cuban team, and the Chinese team sent Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, and Ma Long to play. In the first set, Wang Chuqin defeated Andy Pereira 3-0, with a score of -5 in three games, and the Chinese team led the Cuban team 1-0.
In the second set, Liang Jingkun defeated Jorge Campos 3-0, with a score of -3 in four games, and the Chinese team extended its advantage to 2-0.
It is worth mentioning that this match was very important for Liang Jingkun, who was in contention for Olympic qualification, and although his overall performance had great ups and downs, he finally defeated Campos 3-0 to win the second point for the Chinese team and complete his task smoothly.
In the third set, Ma Long defeated Adrian Perez 3-0, with a score of -5 in four games, and the Chinese team won 3-0 Cuba.
So far, the Chinese team has won two consecutive victories in the group round-robin with two scores of 3-0. In the third round of the group round-robin that started at 9:00 today, the opponent of the Chinese team was the Hungarian team. At present, the overall state of the Chinese team is very good, facing the opponent of Hungary, normal play, and it should be 3 3-0 scores.