CHENGDU, China, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Chinese males’s and girls’s paddlers each registered their second victories in as many group matches on the World Team Championships right here on Sunday.
Despite not dispatching males’s world No. 1 Fan Zhendong, China was too sturdy to be upset by the United States.
Ma Long bounced again from dropping the primary set 11-7 to maneuver China forward 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 within the following three units.
“There are some opponents that you are not familiar with. He showed characteristics and I had some unforced errors in the first set, but I made adjustments from the second set,” stated Ma.
After world No. 3 Liang Jingkun accounted for Liang Jishan of the United States in straight units, China sealed the win as Lin Gaoyuan beat Earl James Alto with the identical rating.
A 21-time winner of the Swaythling Cup, China will face Slovenia, who additionally has two wins from two matches, on Monday.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran produced a heroic efficiency with victories over Benedikt Duda and Qiu Dang, as India surprised world No. 2 Germany 3-1.
Japan was made to sweat in a 3-2 win over Romania, with Shunsuke Togami having the ultimate say.
On the ladies’s aspect, Wang Manyu got here by way of a good first set to get the higher of Adriana Diaz 12-10, 11-4, 11-5.
“Adriana is stronger than my opponent yesterday. I just played point by point when I trailed in the first set and winning the opening set helped me a lot afterward,” stated Wang.
Chen Meng doubled the hosts’ lead by saving two set factors in opposition to Daniely Rios to win the primary set 12-10 and rising victorious 11-9, 11-4 within the subsequent two units.
Chen thought it was regular that the primary two units had been fiercely contested because it was their first head-to-head.
“She played aggressively in the first set, and I needed to do better in details,” commented Chen.
In her debut at this 12 months’s event, Wang Yidi by no means regarded threatened by Adriana’s elder sister Melanie, profitable 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 to shut out a convincing 3-0 victory for China.
China is searching for a fifth straight ladies’s group title, generally known as the Corbillon Cup, in Chengdu.
“Hopefully we will defend the title,” stated an upbeat Wang Yidi.
Japan, one of many challengers to China’s title protection, additionally gained their second match as Mima Ito, Hitomi Sato and Miyu Nagasaki contributed to a 3-0 victory over Poland. Hong Kong of China, Singapore and Germany stored their profitable information intact within the first two matches as properly on Sunday.