CHENGDU, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — Top seed China achieved an 8-1 victory over Germany to prime the standings, whereas South Korea overcame Japan 8-4 to stay within the working for the title on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup right here on Friday.
In a match towards second-seeded Germany, China took a 2-1 lead in blended doubles as world No. 1 pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha overcame Cedric Meissner and Wan Yuan 8-11, 11-7, 11-2.
Wang Manyu prolonged China’s lead by successful 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 towards veteran Shan Xiaona in ladies’s singles.
Table tennis icon Ma Long dominated in straight video games over Ricardo Walther in males’s singles, propelling the hosts to their fourth consecutive victory in the course of the second stage.
Given the three-way battle for the crown previous to Friday’s matches, the showdown between Japan and South Korea was essential in figuring out the eventual winner.
The two groups had been tied at 3-all after the blended doubles and ladies’s singles. South Korea pulled forward as Jang Woo-jin battled to beat Tomokazu Harimoto Sep 11, 13-11, 11-9 in a tightly contested males’s singles match, earlier than teaming with Lim Jong-hoon to safe South Korea’s victory after defeating Harimoto and Shunsuke Togami 11-8, 11-9, 11-1.
In different matches, France defeated Chinese Taipei 8-3, and Sweden swept Slovakia 8-0.
With simply two days of competitors remaining, China and South Korea, each undefeated, maintain the highest two positions within the standings with 10 factors every.
China is about to face Japan, at the moment third with 9 factors, on the penultimate day, whereas South Korea challenges Germany. Additionally, Slovakia will compete towards Chinese Taipei, and Sweden will conflict with France.
The inaugural desk tennis blended group World Cup concludes on Sunday, with the group attaining the very best general end result within the round-robin second stage claiming the title.