CHENGDU, China, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — Title favorites China and Japan handed the ladies’s semifinals on the World Team Championships right here on Friday to compete within the remaining.
The world’s high three gamers Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu defeated their respective rivals 3-0 to assist China to smash Chinese Taipei 3-0, whereas Chen Meng labored to win with 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.
“It’s the first time to play with Li Yuzhun, who has her special skills that give me some difficulties in the first game, but the second and third games are normal,” Chen Meng stated.
“No matter who will be our opponent, we will try our best to play in the final,” stated Sun Yingsha.
The Japanese ladies’s staff smashed Germany 3-0, world No. 6 Mima Ito eased previous world No. 8 Han Ying 3-0, and her teammates Hina Hayata and Miyuu Kihara prevailed with two 3-2.
In the lads’s quarterfinals, China beat Sweden 3-0. World No.1 Fan Zhendong defeated Mattias Falck 3-0 with 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, and world No. 2 Ma Long downed Sweden’s new star Truls Moregard 3-0 with 13-11, 11-8, 11-6.
22-year-old Wang Chuqin misplaced the primary two video games to Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson, whereas he gained the following three video games to reverse the match 3-2.
Japan beat Portugal 3-1, and they’re going to play China within the semifinals.
Germany edged France 3-2 to fulfill South Korea, who defeated Hong Kong, China 3-1, within the semifinals.