World Individual Table Tennis Championship: China doubles trophy

Wang Chukin and Su Yingsa from China emerged winners of the doubles ping pong of the Houston European Individual Table Tennis Championships, winning 3-0 set in the Japanese Tomokazu Harimoto / China Hayata final.

For fans of the sport, however, this was not the basic news from the sixth and penultimate day of the games in the American big city. Most notably, Sweden, the country that broke China’s dominance in the late 1980s, is completing a very strong comeback on the world stage and claiming two gold medals for men.

In the men’s singles final, the great young Trouls Meregard will face the first favorite, the Chinese Van Zedong, and will chase the first European trophy in the race after 18.5 years.

In the men’s doubles, his compatriots, Matthias Falk / Christian Carlson, caused a second surprise against a couple from China and in the final they are fighting against Koreans.

Sweden is εδώ here again, then, and after the bronze medal in the team of the 2018 World Championship, which was a first sign for the come back and the most resounding message in 2019, with the presence of Falk in the final of the simple in corresponding individual organization, is now coming to face again on par with the leading Asian powers.

Meregard defeated European record holder Timo Ball 4-3 in the semifinals to become the seventh Swede in the history of the institution to reach the final. At the age of 19, the charismatic ace spoils people in Houston and aspires to become the fourth Swede to win the trophy.

His opponent will be the terrible Van Zedong, who, of course, has the experience of such top dates, but does not have in his collection the world title in the men’s singles. In the second semifinal, Fan defeated his third compatriot in a row to advance to the final. He defeated Liang Jikun 4-1 sets.

Earlier, it was a shocking European semifinal, with German star Timo Ball making a tremendous effort with abdominal discomfort and leading 2-0 and 3-2 sets, before being bent by Meregard with 4-3 sets. At the age of 41, he did his best to secure the first final of his career in a simple world championship, but without a doubt, the bronze medal is a success, especially when it comes after ten whole years.

Christian Carlson and Matthias Falk are also incredible in the men’s doubles. In the semifinals of the World Championship, they eliminated a second pair from China and solemnly advanced to the final. On Monday, they defeated Lin Gaoyuan / Liang Jikun in a 3-0 set with the speed gained from their victory in the octave against Fan Zhedong / Wang Chukin in a 3-2 set.

Here the Swedes are again in the decisive match for the gold medal for the first time in 24 years (Jan Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson had lost to the Chinese Liu Guoliang / Kong Lingui).

In the women’s singles, all four semifinalists were from China. Wang Manyu defeated the first favorite, Chen Meng, 4-3 sets, while Sun Yingsa, number 2, eliminated Wang Yingi 4-1 sets.

In the women’s doubles, Mima Ito and Hina Hayata from Japan lost in the semifinals 1-2 sets to the Chinese Chen Meng / Kian Tiangi and with a tremendous performance reached the victory with 3-2 sets.

Finally, the Sino-US partnership in the race had a very good result, as one of the two pairs created by the two countries reached the medal. Chinese Lin Gaoyuan and (Chinese) American Lily Zhang took third place. They were joined on the podium by Lin Yun Zhou / Chen I Qing from Chinese Taipei.

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