Two pairs of China and the United States won a good start in the World Table Tennis Championships, and both swept 3-0 to advance

On November 24th, Beijing time, the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships kicked off. The mixed doubles started the first round of competition. Both Chinese and American pairs competed in the first round with a 3-0 victory over their opponents and successfully advanced.

This year coincides with the 50th anniversary of Sino-US table tennis diplomacy, and the World Table Tennis Championships happened to be held in Houston. Before the World Table Tennis Championships, China and the United States decided to team up in the mixed doubles event. Lin Gaoyuan partnered with Zhang An of the US team. , Wang Manyu is paired with Kanak of the US team. Wang Manyu/Karnak met Storenko/Terakova of the Russian Table Tennis Association in the first round. In the first round, Wang Manyu/Karnak quickly took the lead. They won 11-6 first.

In the second game, the competition between the two pairs was extremely fierce. There were consecutive equal points on the field. The two sides entangled all the way from 10 to 17. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu/Karnak seized the opportunity to score two points, 19 to 17, and they won another game. . Although Sdolenko/Terakova did not give up resistance in the third game, they could cooperate with Wang Manyu/Karnak, who became more and more tacit, to maintain the lead. They won the third game 11-7, thus winning the third game. 0 eliminated opponents through the first round.

Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An against Portugal's Apollonia/Shao Jeni. After 2 draws in the first game, Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An led the way in scoring consecutively. Although the Portuguese team struggled to catch up, Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An kept the lead. They went 11-6. In the second game, the two pairs of combinations drew consecutively. After 6 ties, the Sino-US combination took the lead in scoring consecutively. They scored another victory 11 to 9. The Portuguese combination, which had no way out, fought frequently in the third game, but Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An calmly faced it, and they gradually made efforts to overtake by 5 to 3. In the following game, Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An did not give their opponents a chance to counterattack. They went 11 to 7 and swept their opponents 3 to 0 to advance.

Sources:Global Times