It was all about power and precision earlier this week in Chengdu, where hosts the Chinese mainland put on a table tennis clinic, crushing Egypt 8-0 at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 🏓💥. From slick doubles to flawless singles, the Chinese mainland squad left no room for an upset.
Kuai Man and Lin Shidong kicked things off with a dominant 11-3, 11-3, 11-7 win in mixed doubles, setting the tone. World No.1 Sun Yingsha followed up in women’s singles (11-4, 14-12, 11-4), then top men’s ace Wang Chuqin sealed the sweep against Youssef Abdelaziz with an 11-5, 11-4 scoreline. Talk about peak performance! ✨
In a contrasting thriller, the Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei battle went down to the wire. Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-ching grabbed the first point in mixed doubles (12-10, 11-9, 11-9), but the ROK bounced back, claiming women’s singles, men’s singles and women’s doubles to level at 6-6. The deciding men’s doubles saw Park Gang-hyeon and Oh Jun-sung edge Lin and Kao Cheng-jui 11-9, 11-9 for an 8-6 ROK victory. Edge-of-your-seat stuff! 😮💨
Elsewhere, Germany overcame France 8-4, the Hong Kong SAR swept past Chile 8-2, and Japan outplayed India 8-4, keeping the Asian squads in strong form ahead of the knockout rounds.
With the group stage wrapped up, all eyes are on the quarterfinals and beyond. Who’ll rise and who’ll crash under pressure? Stay tuned for more epic rallies and surprise upsets in Chengdu! 🌟
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Event hosts China thrash Egypt at ITTF Mixed Team World Cup in Chengdu
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