On April 11, the 23rd Asian Table Tennis Championships in Wuxi decided the first champion. In the women's team final, the Chinese team swept the Japanese team 3-0 and won the sixth consecutive championship. This is also the 17th women's team championship in the history of the national table tennis team. In addition, the national table tennis men's team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 3-0 in the semifinals and entered the final on the 12th. Their opponent was the South Korean team.
In this year's Asian Table Tennis Championships , all the main players of the Chinese team played. Since the Chinese table tennis team announced the results of the new coaching competition a few days ago, the primary purpose of the national table tennis Asian Championships is to let the new masters and apprentices get in touch as soon as possible. Liu Guoliang will remain as the head coach, the head coach of the men's team will be replaced by Qin Zhijian, and Xiao Zhan, the coach of the men's team, will be transferred to the women's team. In addition, fresh faces such as Wang Hao , Ma Lin and Liu Guozheng have joined the new coaching staff. At present, the assignment of the supervisors of several coaches has not yet been determined. After this game, specific deployment will be made according to their degree of running-in with the players and their technical style of play.
On the 11th, in the women's team semi-finals, the Chinese team swept the Hong Kong team 3-0. Facing the Japanese team in the final, Liu Shiwen defeated Miu Hirano 3-1, Ding Ning 3-0 over Mima Ito , Zhu Yuling defeated Hayata Hina 3-1. In this way, Guoping won the championship with a total score of 3 to 0, and at the same time they did not lose a game on the way to the championship. The National Table Tennis Men’s Team faced the Chinese Taipei team in the semi-finals that day. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long successively defeated Chen Jian’an and Liao Zhenyu with a score of 3-0, and Zhang Jike defeated Yang Hengwei 3-1. (Picture from Xinhua News Agency)