The men’s national table tennis team missed its ninth consecutive championship, while the women’s team achieved six consecutive championships

中新社Nagoya, Japan, September 25 (Reporter Guo Xuan) In the table tennis team finals of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held on the 24th local time, the national table tennis men’s team lost to the host Japan team with a big score of 2:3 and won the runner-up. They missed the ninth consecutive Asian Games championship in this event. The National Table Tennis Women’s Team defeated the Japanese team 3:0 and achieved the sixth consecutive Asian Games Table Tennis Women’s Team title.

The men’s team final started first on the day. In the first game, facing Japanese rising star Terukora Matsushima, Wang Chuqin lost two games first and then won three consecutive games at 11:9, winning 3:2.

In the second game, 19-year-old Wen Ruibo lost the first game 7:11, and then regained the game 11:8, but then lost two consecutive games and lost to Japanese star Tomokazu Harimoto 1:3. In the third game, Lin Shidong defeated Japanese player Hayasuke Togami 3:1.

Wang Chuqin lost to Tomokazu Zhang moto 0:3 in the fourth game. In the fifth game, Wen Ruibo lost to Matsushima Terukong 1:3. The Chinese team finally lost to the Japanese team with a big score of 2:3 and won the runner-up of the men’s team. Previously, from the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games to the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, the national table tennis team won eight consecutive men’s team gold medals at the Asian Games.

Wang Chuqin said after the game that his performance in the first game was worthy of recognition, but he could have done better in the fourth game. “Maybe there is still a gap in ability.” He also said: “The game is not over yet, we still have to pack our minds and face the next game.”

On September 24, local time, in the women’s team final of table tennis at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team defeated the host Japan team with a big score of 3:0 and successfully defended its title. The picture shows the Chinese team at the award ceremony.

The two sides in the women’s team final are also the Chinese team and the Japanese team. In the first set, Sun Yingsha played against Hina Hayata. Sun Yingsha won the first two games with 11:4 and 11:6. Then her opponent stepped up her offensive and regained one game. Sun Yingsha, who was more capable, won the fourth game with 11:7, giving the Chinese women’s team a “good start”.

In the second game, the duel between Wang Manyu and Japanese rising star Miwa Harimoto was the most stalemate. After both sides won two games each, the score was tight in the decisive game. After the battle reached a tie at 10:10, Wang Manyu scored two points in a row to win the game, giving the Chinese team another victory.

The third player to appear was the young player Kuaiman, who was participating in the Asian Games for the first time. His opponent was the Japanese star Mima Ito. Kuaiman won three consecutive games at 11:6, 11:5, and 11:7 to secure the gold medal for the Chinese team.