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China News Service, October 3. On the 3rd, the 2022 56th ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championship (Final) • Chengdu (referred to as "Chengdu World Table Tennis Team Championship") group stage continued.
The National Table Tennis Men's Team sent Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long to face the Slovenian team.
In the end, the Chinese men's team won 3:0.
In the first game, Fan Zhendong faced Danny Kozul.
At the beginning of the first game, Fan Zhendong was attacked by his opponent.
In the second half, he scored 7 points in a row and won the first game with 11:7.
Afterwards, Fan Zhendong worked hard and won two more games with 11:6 and 11:5, scoring the first point for the Chinese team.
In the second set, Wang Chuqin played against Darko Jochik.
With Wang Chuqin leading a game at 11:6, he was disrupted by his opponent and lost the second game at 7:11.
In the third game, the two sides were still stalemate.
After 7 draws, Wang Chuqin took advantage of his serve to open the score and won the third game with 11:7.
In the fourth game, the scores of the two sides rose alternately. At the critical moment, Wang Chuqin grasped the key points and scored the second point for the Chinese team with 11:9.
In the third set, Malone faced Kvitko Dylan.
Since the two sides were not familiar with each other, it was not until the second half of the first game that Malone pulled the score apart and won the first game with 11:8.
In the second game, Malone showed a strong ability to receive and serve, taking a 2:0 lead with 11:5.
In the third game, Malone quickly took the initiative and led by a big score of 8:3.
The game lost its suspense in advance.
In the end, Malone ended the game 11:4.
On the 4th, the Chinese men's team will face the Thai team.
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