On February 20, Beijing time, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships is underway. The men's group stage is underway, with Sweden taking on Serbia. In the first set, the Swedish World Table Tennis Championships champion Falke won three games in a row with a total score of 3:1 after losing one game first, winning three games in a row with a total score of 3:1, helping the Swedish men's team win a good start. Falke is the men's doubles champion at the World Table Tennis Championships.
In the second set, World Table Tennis Championships runner-up Moregard was full of firepower, winning three games in a row 12:10, 11:4, 11:4, and a total score of 3:0 against his opponent Dimitri Levaacic and winning one more city. In the third set, Karlsson, who is also the world champion, fought fiercely in four games, and the total score was 3:1 against Jevtovic. In this way, the Swedish men's team won 3:0 on aggregate.
The Japanese men's team is 3:0 Madagascar, and there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, but the Japanese coaching staff still arranges Tomokazu Zhangmoto to play. In the first set, Zhang Benzhihe won three games in a row and kept a clean sheet against Fabiot 3:0. In the second set, Japanese teenager Shinozuka Oden also won three games in a row, 15:13, 11:9, 11:3, and a total score of 3:0 against Anthony. In the third set, Yutai Tanaka ushered in his debut at the World Table Tennis Championships and won 3:0.
This year's World Table Tennis Championships Zhang Benzhihe currently maintains a winning record, which is indispensable. After the match, Tomokazu Zhang talked about his match with Lin Yunru, and Tomokazu Zhang said that the match was really close, and if they met again, he could not guarantee another victory. But what can be found is that Zhang Benzhihe's forehand strength has improved significantly, and Zhang Benzhihe said very modestly in the face of ** interview that his level is not as good as Lin Yunru, so he needs to improve.
The German men's team is 3:0 England. In this game, England's Pitchford did not appear and gave up voluntarily, so the overall strength was reserved. In the first set, the German Qiu Dang defeated Samuel Walker 3:0. In the second set, world champion Orchha also won three games in a row, 3:0 clean opponent Tom Jarvis, and in the third set, Francesca fought four games fiercely, with a total score of 3:1 against Jinke Hall.
The German women's team also played 3:0 Slovakia. In the first set, German player Kaufmann fought fiercely in four games, 3:1 Raposova. In the second set, Mittheim 3:0 Irasova. In the third set, Shan Xiaona 3:0 Kukulova. The group stage of this World Table Tennis Championships is coming to an end, and the knockout squad is about to come out. In this World Table Tennis Championships, there are currently 5 world champions who lose, namely Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Ni Xialian, Ocha Ocha, and Zhuang Zhiyuan.