Japanese media: "Table tennis kingdom" Yokohama suffers humiliation, all four men's singles players eliminated
Japanese media Tokyo Sports Network reported on August 8: At the table tennis WTT Champions (Yokohama) event, all four Chinese men's singles players from the "table tennis kingdom" were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
This time, Chinese players including world No. 1 Wang Chuqin and No. 6 Lin Shidong did not participate.
In the second round on August 7, Tomokazu Harimoto defeated Xiang Peng 3-0, and Yoo Seung-hyeon (South Korea) defeated Chen Hengyu 3-0. All Chinese men's singles players were eliminated before reaching the quarterfinals, with none advancing to the top eight.
Former World Cup gold medalist Liu Guo Zheng said: "Xiang Peng failed to show his true strength. He could not effectively utilize his skills and tactics, and was dominated from the very beginning of the match.
In his match against Japanese player Tomokazu Harimoto, although the score gap narrowed in the third game, Xiang Peng remained on the defensive throughout. This was a truly humiliating match."
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1872947676528715/
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