CHENGDU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — China beat Japan 3-2 to win the desk tennis ladies’s group title on the thirty first FISU World University Games right here on Tuesday.
En path to the ultimate, China didn’t lose any rubber, together with straightforward wins over South Korea in quarterfinals and in opposition to Chinese Taipei within the semifinals.
During Tuesday’s ultimate, China misplaced the primary rubber as He Zhuojia was overwhelmed by Kyoka Idesawa 11-3, 13-15, 12-10, 5-11 and 11-4.
Qian Tianyi levelled the rating for China by edging over Kasumi Kimura 13-11, 11-6 and 14-12, and Wang Xiaotong put China forward 2-1, taking down Aoi Kurono 11-7, September 11, 11-5 and 14-12.
In the fourth rubber, Qian Tianyi squandered her 5-1 lead within the deciding sport, shedding to Idesawa 11-8, 4-11, September 11, 11-4 and 11-9.
Then He got here out once more within the decisive fifth the place she triumphed over Kimura 11-3, 11-4, 8-11 and 11-6 to seal the victory for China.
“This is a tough win, and we fought as a team,” He stated after the match.
“Our players are fully prepared for every team, but we didn’t foresee such a strong challenge from Japan,” stated Zang Yuying, coach of China, including that they are going to make changes within the coming particular person matches.
Idesawa was happy, saying that “I am very happy that we could compete with China and I think our performance was good.”