The 2024 ITTF Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships entered the fourth match day on the 19th, and the Chinese team, the Japanese team, the South Korean team, and the German team all won four consecutive victories on both sides and advanced to the round of 16.
In the last game of the group stage, the Chinese men's and women's teams defeated Croatia and Hungary respectively. In the group stage, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long each won 3 sets, Liang Jingkun won 2 sets, Lin Gaoyuan won 1 set, and the team only lost 2 games. In the women's team, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu each won 3 sets, Chen Xingtong won 2 sets, and Wang Yidi won 1 set. In the first round against India, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi lost one set each.
Sun Yingsha said that the whole team summarized the difficulties and problems encountered in the first game in a timely manner, and the follow-up performance is getting better and better, and will meet the knockout round with a better mental outlook. Ma Long said that the most important thing in the group stage is to win, and then to adapt to the rhythm of the game, the atmosphere, and the stadium. "Stage 2 was a knockout round at the beginning, you need to get into the groove faster, there is no longer time for you to adapt. ”
Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Mei Zhangmoto and brother and sister of the Japanese team all appeared on the 19th. The Japanese men's team defeated Madagascar 3-0. Japan's women's team is against Brazil, made up of Julia Takahashi, Bruna Takahashi and Paralympic medallist Bruna Alexander. As on the previous matchday, Brazil dropped two sets before fielding third singles Alexander. In front of the strong Japanese team, Alexander failed to lead the team to fight back again, and the Brazilian team lost 0:3.
Hosts South Korea continued to win on both fronts, with the men's team beating India and the women's team beating Cuba. The German men's team defeated England 3-0 and the German women's team beat Slovakia 3-0. "We're fighting for medals, any colour is acceptable, and of course the gold medal is the best. German men's team Ocharov said.
In addition, the French men's team, Sweden men's team, Portugal men's team, Chinese Taipei women's team, Hong Kong, China women's team, and Romanian women's team have also won four consecutive victories and advanced to the round of 16.
The remaining matches of the group stage will be completed on the 20th, followed by the draw for the knockout matchups. The knockout rounds will begin on the 21st.
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