Yangcheng Evening News reporter Zhan Shuzhen reported: On November 5th, the 2022 Table Tennis National Championships will continue to be held in Huangshi Stadium. In the men's team semi-finals, the Guangdong team defeated the Hubei team 3-2, and the Shanghai team defeated the Heilongjiang team 3-1.
On the 6th, the Guangdong team will compete with the Shanghai team for the men's team championship.
In the first set, Zhou Qihao lost to Xue Fei 1-3, and the Hubei team took the lead.
In the second set, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Matt 3-0 and helped the Guangdong team pull back a game.
In the third set, Li Yijie defeated Xi Sheng 3-1, and the Guangdong team took a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth set, Lin Gaoyuan was tied by Xue Fei when he was leading 2-1 and dragged into the tiebreaker, and finally lost the set 13-15.
In the final set, Zhou Qihao defeated Matt 3-2, and the Guangdong team advanced to the final without any risk.
In the men's team's quarter-finals, which took the lead on the same day, the Beijing team led by Wang Chuqin lost to the Heilongjiang team 1-3. Wang Chuqin, who is currently ranked third in the men's singles world, lost all of his two matches.
Last month, Wang Chuqin participated in the Chengdu World Championships team competition, the WTT Macau Championship and the Xinxiang WTT World Cup final. He won three consecutive championships in January and performed very well.
Coming to the National Championships, Wang Chuqin lost 3 of 4 games and failed to play at the level he should have.
In the men's team's quarter-finals, Wang Chuqin lost 2-3 to Zheng Peifeng of the Fujian team.
How to win in the "internal and external war" is a topic that the rookie of national table tennis needs to face seriously.
("Yangcheng Evening News" November 06, 2022 edition: A04)