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At the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships, there was a lot of controversy on the final day of the group stage. In the match between the United States and Kazakhstan, the American player Liang Jishan faced Aydos Kenzhigulov in the third set, and Liang Jishan won 3-1, but then the result was disqualified, and then the direct loss, the United States team finally lost to Kazakhstan, losing the opportunity to advance to the round of 24.
Why was Liang Jishan directly sentenced to lose? The reason is a racket problem that does not meet the rules of the game. The controversy is precisely here, Liang Jishan has played a lot of matches before, so is the previous game okay? The second is that athletes will hand in their rackets before the game, so why didn't the referee check it out at the beginning, but only found out that there was a problem after the game? The above is also the suspicion of many national table tennis fans, especially this kind of problem can occur when handing in rackets before the game, so many national table tennis fans lash out at the referee and the game.
The U.S. men's team played well in this World Table Tennis Championships, beating England in the group stage and also defeating Saudi Arabia, if Liang Jishan was not judged to lose that game, the U.S. men's team could enter the top 24 of the knockout round. Now, the U.S. men's team finished fourth in the group and missed out on the round of 24. Because this game directly affected the qualifying situation, the controversy was further amplified. The U.S. Table Tennis Association then appealed publicly, expecting a fair and fair response from the ITTF.
The original words of the United States Table Tennis Association are: The United States Table Tennis Association has disputed the decision of the 2024 ITTF World Team Championships to disqualify Liang Jishan due to racket control issues in a key match against Kazakhstan. The decision deprived our men's team of a hard-earned place in the round of 24 final. We are challenging the ITTF Jury and expect a fair and fair response from the ITTF the next day. We support our men's team and congratulate them on their performance in the competition.
At present, the group stage of this World Table Tennis Championships has all ended, and the knockout round draw has also been released. The Chinese men's table tennis and the Chinese women's table tennis team both advanced as group winners, and the Chinese men's table tennis will face the winner between England and Romania in the 1 8 finals, and if they reach the quarterfinals, the 1 4 finals are very likely to face the Japanese men's table tennis. If you reach the semifinals, the opponent in the semifinals is very likely to be South Korean men's table tennis. In other words, Chinese men's table tennis is in the same half as Japan and South Korea, and the competition is naturally very fierce.
The Chinese women's table tennis team will face the winner between Austria and Thailand in the 1 8 finals, and if they advance to the quarterfinals, the 1 4 finals are very likely to face the host South Korea, while potential opponents in the semi-finals include Germany and France. Compared with men's table tennis, Chinese women's table tennis is not under much pressure and is expected to go straight to the finals!