On the evening of November 24th Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Portugal tournament is about to enter its second main match day. Currently, the Chinese table tennis team has performed well overall. Although three players were eliminated in the singles event, they have achieved victories in the remaining matches.
However, the upcoming matches are bound to become increasingly difficult. On the second main match day, the Chinese table tennis team arranged a total of sixteen matches. Except for the derby between He Zhuojia and Shi Xunyao, the rest will be fought against foreign association athletes. The men's singles and mixed doubles will respectively block world champions Karlsson and Ni Xialian, and they will also face strong opponents such as An Zaixian and Gao Chengrui. Be prepared for the difficulties!
In the Portugal national table tennis tournament, only thirteen non key players ranked lower participated, and shortly after the game started, world champion Yu Ziyang lost to Romanian player Sippos in the qualifying round. Following that, the national runner up Cao Wei lost to Puerto Rican athlete Angel in one round of the main tournament, and the women's team's straight shot player Zifei was also eliminated by Polish player Natalia.
In addition to the three individuals mentioned above, the other ten singles players and seven pairs of doubles combinations of the Chinese table tennis team all passed the level smoothly. However, they did not encounter many strong opponents. As for Ni Xialian and others, they also advanced. Next, everyone met together.
According to the arrangement, on November 24th, the Chinese table tennis team will compete with two world champions. At 18:00 in the evening, Cao Wei and Qi Fei will appear to face Luca and Ni Xialian from Luxembourg. In terms of mixed doubles strength, Cao Wei and Qi Fei were not considered top players in the Chinese table tennis team, and they happened to be eliminated in singles matches. Therefore, their upcoming match with Luxembourg also worries fans.
At 21:55, Zhao Zihao, a renowned direct shot player, made his debut and competed with Karlsson, the men's doubles champion and bronze medalist of the Swedish World Table Tennis Championships. However, Zhao Zihao's recent form has been very poor, and it may not be easy to win Karlsson.
In addition, at 20:10, the women's singles Wang Tianyi vs Li Enhui, Yang Yiyun vs Liu Xinyin in the Chinese table tennis team faced some difficulties, while at 21:20, the men's singles team Zhou Kai vs Fretas, Zeng Beixun vs An Zaixian, Niu Guankai vs Gao Chengrui were also difficult to play. Especially since the men's singles team has recently lost too many goals, the four main players have not been spared. This time they will face a strong opponent again, and there is a complete risk of annihilation!
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Portuguese National Table Tennis Association has a comprehensive disadvantage, not only in men's singles, but also in the other four events. Next, we can only take one step at a time to see. I hope everyone can make sufficient preparations for difficulties and strive to win the final victory: Go!
