Lin Shidong/Kuai Man win the Asian Games table tennis mixed doubles championship, and the Chinese team achieves three consecutive championships

China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, September 26 (Reporter Guo Xuan) In the table tennis mixed doubles final of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held on the evening of the 26th local time, Lin Shidong/Kui Man defeated the defending champion Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 4:0 and won the championship. The Chinese team achieved three consecutive Asian Games table tennis mixed doubles titles.

In the semi-finals the previous day, the "Shatou combination" easily defeated the Indian combination Manash/Chitale 4:0, and the "Animation combination" defeated the world's number one South Korean combination Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin 4:2. The national table tennis team won the championship and runner-up in the mixed doubles event in advance.

In the final that day, the two sides locked horns in the first game. After the battle reached 9:9, Lin Shidong/Kui Man scored two points in a row and took the lead at 11:9. The second game was still stalemate. After the scores of both sides rose to 11:11, the "Animation Combination" once again grasped the key points and led by a big score of 2:0.

In the third game, Lin Shidong/Kui Man won another victory with 11:9. In the fourth game, the last-ditch "Shatou Combination" once led 8:2, but the "Animation Combination" tenaciously chased the points and successfully achieved a comeback, eventually winning 11:9.

Lin Shidong said after the game that he was very happy to win the championship, and even more happy that two Chinese mixed doubles pairs entered the finals. "We have been at a disadvantage today, but we did not give up. Even though we fell behind in every game, we discussed a lot and fought the game with a winning mentality on the court."

Wang Chuqin said that although the score seemed to be very different, every game was very close and he and his partner had a chance to take the lead and win. "But we didn't grasp it. This may also be the charm of competitive sports. We need to study it carefully in the future and strive to gain a new understanding of mixed doubles."

Sun Yingsha believes that since mixed doubles was added to the Olympic Games, all teams have attached great importance to it. The current international competition in this event is fierce and the level of competition continues to improve. In the closed training camp in the early stages of this Asian Games, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin did not conduct systematic training for the mixed doubles competition due to the impact of their recovery from injuries. “I’m very satisfied to have reached the finals, and I recognize our performance this time.”

On the 27th, the table tennis events of the Asian Games will determine two gold medals in men's doubles and women's singles. (over)