Billiards》Sweet Revenge! Guo Guanhong reverses Hong Kong's first brother to start a winning streak, and the Taiwanese men's team advances to the top four

Guanhong Guo reversed Hong Kong's first brother Huang Zhenting and helped the Taiwan team gain the first point. (Taken from ITTF official website)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] The Taiwanese team, led by Tainan's "Three Musketeers" Feng Yixin, Guo Guanhong and Xu Xianjia, defeated the last silver medal Hong Kong team in the quarterfinals of the men's team of the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships in straight three games today, avenging last year's 2:3 defeat in the top four. It also continued the glorious tradition of reaching the top four of the 10th consecutive Asian Championships. The top four will face the winners of the Chinese team and the Iranian team.

This year's Asian Championships will be held immediately after the Nagoya Asian Games and the China Grand Slam. Taiwan's first brother Lin Yunru and first sister are exempt from competition. They are replaced by Cai Tianyu and Jian Tongjuan respectively, plus the original Asian Games team lineup.

The Taiwanese team today introduced Guo Guanhong, who will celebrate his 18th birthday on October 24, as the starter to face the world's 41st-ranked pen-hand shot player Huang Zhenting. In last year's Asian Championships, Guo was shocked by Huang Zhenting 0:3 at the fourth point. However, after one year in the national team, After the international competition, Xiao Guo's world ranking has reached a career-best 36th. Today, he faced Huang Zhenting again without fear. He came from behind with 8:11, 11:7, 11:7, 11:6 to complete his sweet revenge and fired the first shot for the Taiwan team.

Feng Yixin, ranked 30 in the world, faced off against left-handed rising star Chen Haohua, ranked 72 in the world, at the second point. The two sides tied the score at 11:4 and 7:11 in the first two games. In the crucial third game, Xiao Feng resolved a late match point at a 9:10 disadvantage and won at 12:10. In the fourth game, he also took advantage of the victory to win again at 11:9, helping the Taiwanese team obtain a 2:0 draw.

In the third point of confrontation, Xu Xianjia, ranked 167th in the world, and Lin Zhaoheng, ranked 99th, started a fierce battle. After the first four rounds, the two sides ended in a tiebreaker at 7:11, 11:6, 11:5, 5:11. Xu Xianjia won at 3: After falling behind 5, a timeout was called, and then he launched a 5:0 counterattack at 5:7, and took the lead in drawing at 10:7. Although Lin Zhaohuan resolved two late match points, in the end Xu Xianjia still relied on a backhand return to let his opponent miss, and won a thrilling 11:9 victory.