On the evening of February 22, 2024, Beijing time, the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea, continued the third period of competition. Today, Hong Kong, China defeated Chinese Taipei 3:2 and successfully secured a place in the semifinals in the second half of the region; The Chinese national table tennis defeated South Korea with a score of 3:0 and also locked a place in the semifinals. In addition, the French men's team defeated Portugal 3:1 and successfully advanced to the semifinals in the lower half of the zone.
Subsequently, the fierce showdown between the Chinese and Japanese men's teams is about to be staged, which is known as the final that came ahead of schedule. The winner will join the winners of South Korea and Denmark to form a semi-final showdown.
Today, the national table tennis drew the home team advantage, Fan Zhendong will play in the No. 1 position, Wang Chuqin will play in the No. 2 position, and Ma Long will play in the No. 3 position. The lineup of the Japanese team is Sora Matsushima in the second position, Tomokazu Zhang in the first position, and Shinozuka Daito in the third position.
Fan Zhendong vs. Matsushima Terukor, it's a matchup between the world No. 1 vs. No. 33, 27vs. 16! In the first game, the score was 13:11 by Matsushima Terukoru, Fan Zhendong seemed to have suffered too much on the serve, and was tied with a 10:8 lead, and then Matsushima played steadily and fast, the two sides had not played each other before, and the Japanese side sent him to fight against Fan Zhendong.
The second game was thrilling! Fan Zhendong narrowly won 12:10, once leading 10:7! However, he was then chased to 10 draws by his opponent! After Wang Hao's pause, Fan Zhendong won by 2 points again, but Songdao's speed made Dongge a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, and he was always forced to retreat! You need to let go of it!
The third game was equally thrilling! Fan Zhendong narrowly won again 12:10 and almost lost the game! At one point, it was behind: 8! At the critical moment of chasing to 8:9, Matsushima was forced to call a timeout, but then he was chased to 10 draws again! Fan Zhendong encountered great difficulties!
The fourth game was 2-2 at the beginning, and it was 6-4 in the middle game. Matsushima is so fierce! At 8-5, Dongge took the lead again, and finally won with a score of 11-6, completing a 3-1 reversal, and was almost upset!