on September 18, Beijing time, in the men's team final of the 24th Asian Table Tennis Championships in 2019, the Chinese team sent Xu Xin, fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun to play. They defeated their opponents respectively. The Chinese team won the Korean team 3-0 and successfully defended the title. This is also the 22nd time that the Chinese team won the men's team title in the 47 year history of the Asian Championships. In the past 23 Asian Championships, the Chinese team failed to win the men's team championship only twice, namely in 1972 (Japan won the championship) and 1996 (South Korea won the championship). From 1998 to now, the Chinese team has achieved 11 consecutive championships in the past 21 years. The Chinese men's team also won the qualification of the men's team of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the two men's singles places of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Xu Xin
Xu Xin (China) 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9) Zhang Yuzhen (Korea)
Xu Xin, 29, of the Chinese team, currently ranks first in the men's singles world and is the active Olympic champion. Zhang Yuzhen turns 25 on the 9th of next month. She ranks 14th in the world in men's singles. She is now the first brother of South Korea. In last year's Korean open, Zhang Yuzhen won three championships in men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, becoming the triple champion of the open. Xu Xin and Zhang Yuzhen had played 6 times before, and Xu Xin took the lead with 5 wins and 1 loss. The only time Xu Xin lost to his opponent was in the second round of the Korean open last year, when Zhang Yuzhen won 4-1. In last year's Swedish open and this year's Japanese open, Xu Xin twice defeated Zhang Yuzhen in the top eight.
After the start of the game, Zhang Yuzhen took the lead of 2-0, and Xu Xin immediately tied the score by two points. After 3-3, Xu Xin completely suppressed his opponent. He scored 8 points in a row and easily won the game 11-3. At the beginning of the second game, Xu Xin took a 3-0 lead. Then Xu Xin expanded the advantage to 6-1. Xu Xin then continued to suppress his opponent 9-3. After Zhang Yuzhen chased for three points, Xu Xin called a pause. Then Xu Xin got the game points 10-7 and expanded the game points to 2-0 with 11-7.
In the third inning, Zhang Yuzhen fought frantically at the beginning, scoring 6 points in a row and taking a 6-0 lead. Xu Xin held her ground and scored 4 points in a row. Zhang Yuzhen called a pause for herself. However, Xu Xin still chased the score 6-6. Xu Xin immediately took the lead of 9-7 and took the inventory of 10-9. Xu Xin scored the last key point, won the third game 11-9, defeated Zhang Yuzhen 3-0, and the Chinese team took the lead of 1-0.
Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong (China) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7) Zheng Rongzhi (Korea)
Fan Zhendong, 22, of the Chinese team, ranked second in the world in men's singles. He was the champion of the men's Table Tennis World Cup in 2016 and 2018. Zheng Rongzhi, 27, ranks 27th in the latest world ranking. Fan Zhendong has played against Zheng Rongzhi seven times, with fan Zhendong winning 6 and losing 1. In this year's top eight of the Korean open, fan Zhendong lost 2-4 to his opponent.
Fan Zhendong took a 4-2 lead at the beginning of the first inning, and then he scored continuously to expand his advantage to 7-3. Fan Zhendong took an 8-5 lead in the Central Bureau, and Zheng Rongzhi chased 2 points, once making the score 7-8. Fan Zhendong immediately scored 2 points in a row, winning the inning point 10-7, and fan Zhendong made a good start 11-8. Fan Zhendong scored 7 points in the second inning and took a 7-0 lead. Zheng Rongzhi then chased the score 5-8, and fan Zhendong immediately took a 9-6 lead. Fan Zhendong got the game point 10-7, and the other party chased another 2 points, but fan Zhendong ended the battle steadily 11-9.
Fan Zhendong took a 5-3 lead in the third inning. When the score came to 7-3, South Korea coach Kim Ze soo called a pause. But fan Zhendong quickly took a 9-3 lead. Fan Zhendong won the inventory 10-3, Zheng Rongzhi saved four consecutive inventory, and fan Zhendong finally ended the battle 11-7. In this way, fan Zhendong defeated Zheng Rongzhi 3-0, and the Chinese team took the lead 2-0.
Liang Jingkun
Liang Jingkun (China) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4) Li Shangzhu (Korea)
Liang Jingkun, 22, ranked 8th in the latest world in men's singles, and Li Shangzhu, 29, ranked 17th in the world in men's singles. Li Shangzhu is the bronze medalist in men's singles in Dusseldorf World Table Tennis Championships in 2017. According to the official information of the International Table Tennis Federation, this is the first time Liang Jingkun has played against Li Shangzhu in an international competition.
At the beginning of the first game, Liang Jingkun took the lead of 5-2, but Li Shangzhu immediately chased the score to 5-5. Liang Jingkun took the lead 8-6 and won the inning point 10-6. Li Shangzhu chased 2 points in a row. Liang Jingkun won 1 point at the critical moment and took the lead 11-8. Liang Jingkun took a 4-0 lead at the beginning of the second inning. He soon expanded his advantage to 8-3. After Li Shangzhu chased the score to 7-9, Liang Jingkun scored two points and ended the battle 11-7.
Liang Jingkun started the third game 4-2, and then he scored 5 points in a row to expand his advantage to 9-2. Liang Jingkun won the championship point 10-2 and won the game 11-4. In this regard, Liang Jingkun defeated Li Shangzhu 3-0, and the Chinese team won the men's team championship of the Asian Championship 3-0.