China News Service, Beijing, November 26. Beijing time on the 26th, in the mixed doubles match of the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, two pairs of Sino-US multinational mixed doubles pairs Lin Gaoyuan (middle)/Zhang An (US) and Kanak (US) /Wang Manyu (middle) defeated their opponents respectively and joined hands to advance to the top 16.
On November 25th local time, Lin Gaoyuan (right) and Zhang An were in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An’s opponent was the German combination Qiu Dang/Nina Mitlam. Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An defeated their opponents by a score of 3-1 after losing a game first, and successfully advanced to the top 16.
After the game, Lin Gaoyuan said, “Today’s game was very difficult, and the opponent was very strong. Before the fight, he made very difficult preparations. After losing the first game, he quickly adjusted and used some skills and tactics. Slowly, the better. NS."
And Zhang An also said that the opponent is very strong and is the champion of this year's European Championship in mixed doubles.
"We were prepared for difficulties. Although we lost the start, we quickly adjusted and gave it a go."
On November 25, local time, Wang Manyu (right) and Kanak were in the game.
On the same day, in the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles match in Houston, USA, the Sino-US two transnational pairs Lin Gaoyuan (China)/Zhang An (USA) and Kanak (USA)/Wang Manyu (China) defeated their opponents. Join hands to advance to the top 16.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Subsequently, another Sino-US multinational mixed doubles combination Kanak/Wang Manyu ushered in the Slovak combination Pisteje/Balazova.
Kanak/Wang Manyu finally qualified with a big score of 3:0.
Wang Manyu believes that the overall performance of the two in this round is smoother than the previous round, and the tacit understanding is better than the previous round.
"Today, the other party is an old partner and a Tokyo Olympic athlete. I didn't expect the result to be easy and the process was not easy. I hope to go all out to fight the next game."
Kanak said after the game, "Xiao Zhan has rich experience in coaching and can always give us good off-court guidance during the game, and at the same time help us smoothly communicate and give us a lot of help, so I am really honored. Accept his guidance. We mainly talk about technical and tactical strategies. I think opponents are good at taking advantage of changes in the game." (End)