Xinhua News Agency, Budapest, April 21 (reporter Su Bin Yuan Liang) as the first player of the Chinese team to make its debut in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, the mixed double combination of Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning, the world’s first singles, went straight to three games in the two qualifying rounds on the 21st, defeating the US team and Malaysia team one after another, and advanced to the first round starting on the 22nd.
The first round of the qualifying match against American team Kumar/Zhang ‘an that morning was the first international match attended by Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning’s partners. The national competition team only encountered certain challenges in the second game. After 18 minutes, it was 11:5.11:8, 11:3 pass smoothly.
Ding Ning thought after the game that, on the whole, the two played normally and the first opponent had a certain level, which was a good start for the two, can have more technical and tactical grinding and application on the court. Fan Zhendong said that the performance of the two people was relatively normal, and generally speaking, it was relatively smooth, hoping to make a good start for the latter.
The “world No. 1” combination eliminated hekar/He Ying from Malaysia at 11:7, 11:3 and 11:2 in the second round of qualifying in the afternoon.
“Today is the qualifier, and many opponents are not particularly strong. For us, it is more a process of adaptation.” Ding Ning said.
Wang Hao, who served as an off-site guide for the two, said that this was the first time that Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning had officially participated in the competition. The Cooperation time was not very long, and they still played one by one, the communication between the two is relatively smooth.
“The two are the first to appear in the team. To adapt to the feeling on the court, training and competition are still different, but both of them have experienced many competitions, it’s good to adapt.” Wang Hao said.
On the 22nd of the World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, two rounds of competition will be held before the mixed double games, and the top 16 will be decided. Another pair of national table tennis team Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen will also appear. After the final lottery, the two pairs of national fans were divided into the same half area. If the promotion is successful, they will meet in the semi-final.