CHENGDU, China, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — China sailed previous South Korea 8-1 to finish an unbeaten run and win the primary version of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup right here on Sunday.
Both groups had remained undefeated previous to the ultimate day, however the gold medal match turned out to be a lop-sided affair.
Top-ranked combined doubles pair of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha acquired the hosts rolling early on, triumphing 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 over Shin Yu-bin and An Jae-hyun.
Wang Manyu piled up three extra factors for the hosts, defeating Kim Na-yeong of South Korea 11-2, 11-5, 11-7 within the girls’s singles.
World No. 1 Fan Zhendong assured China’s victory with an 11-7, 10-12, 11-4 win towards Lee Sang-su within the males’s singles.
Earlier, Japan registered an 8-4 victory over Germany to complete third, France beat Slovakia 8-4, and Chinese Taipei overpowered Sweden 8-6.
Adopting an revolutionary combined group format, the competitors begins with the combined doubles, adopted by the ladies’s and males’s singles. Individual matches final for 3 video games, leading to both a 3-0 or 2-1 scoreline, with the group to build up eight video games rising victorious. If the boys’s and girls’s doubles matches are required, the order of play is determined by the captain of the lower-ranked group.
Running from December 4 to 10 in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the match featured a complete of 18 groups. They had been divided into 4 teams, with the winner and runner-up of every group advancing to the second stage.
The group with the very best general outcomes after Stage 2 is topped the champion. If the groups have confronted one another in Stage 1, there will likely be no re-match, however as an alternative the outcomes from their encounter will likely be carried over to Stage 2.
For the ITTF, the Mixed Team World Cup not solely champions gender equality and variety, but in addition underscores the spirit of collaboration and teamwork within the sport.