China News Service, Chengdu, October 7th (Reporter He Shaoqing Anyuan) On the afternoon of the 7th, a major reversal broke out in the quarter-finals of the men's team of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships. After being two points behind, they chased three sets in a row and made a thrilling reversal of the French men's team to advance to the semi-finals of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.
The Lebrun brothers in the game.
Photo courtesy of ITTF
This year's German men's team is led by Qiu Dang, the champion of the new European Table Tennis Championships and the world's ninth-ranked straight master.
Due to the absence of the three main players of Ocharov, Bol and Francesca, and the upset loss to India in the group stage, the German men's team was not optimistic at the beginning.
But the German men's team took France in the crucial group stage and kept Croatia in the first knockout round, all the way to the quarter-finals.
In the quarter-finals, the German men's team met France again.
The French men's team at the World Table Tennis Championships is led by the Lebrun brothers, the most popular stars in European table tennis.
Among them, the elder brother Alex Lebrun rushed to the top 30 in the world men's singles in a very short time, beating the world No. A straight shooter like Qiu Dang.
The Lebrun brothers in the game.
Photo courtesy of ITTF
In the group stage, Qiu Dang won the Lebrun brothers 3-0 with two.
The quarter-finals reappeared in the direct shooting battle, but this time Qiu Dang lost 1:3 to Felix Lebrun.
In the fourth set, Qiu Dang won Alex Lebrun 3:1 to help the German men's team equalize the score.
In the decisive battle, the German men's team player Benedict Duda zeroed Felix Lebrun and helped the team get a ticket to the semi-finals.
"They (the French men's team) played very well at the beginning. They were very aggressive and didn't feel any burden." Qiu Dang said after the game that the German men's team will play South Korea in the next battle. It will be a tough battle, but he I want to share with my teammates the joy of today's reversal and victory, and then prepare for tomorrow's game.
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