Hong Kong Women’s Table Tennis Team Shines at World Championships: Du Kaiqin, Zhu Chengzhu, and Li Haoqing Exceed Expectations and Win Bronze Medal

2024-02-23 15:22:15

[Titan Road Busan Direct Attack]Although they failed to reach the finals of the World Table Tennis Team Championships after 2006, the Hong Kong women’s table tennis team composed of Du Kaiqin, Zhu Chengzhu and Li Haoqing won the bronze medal for the first time in 6 years, which is already over their quota. Finish. The army will take a short rest after returning to Hong Kong next Monday, and then prepare to participate in the Singapore Grand Slam early next month, working hard to gain Olympic points and improve their seeding rankings.

Du Kaiqin was asked for an autograph by fans after the game.Du Kaiqin was asked for an autograph by fans after the game.

Du Kaiqin was asked for an autograph by fans after the game.

To sum up this event, the three female players have tried their best and even exceeded their expectations. Du Kaiqin said: “Generally speaking, we have exceeded our tasks. For me, this is an unexpected gain, because as I said before, in today’s game against the Japanese team, their overall skills or In terms of strength, they are above us. But I think that through this game, we have all found some methods or some things that we can learn from others. I hope that we will be more confident when we play against each other again.” He has both right hand and right foot. Injured, she believes that Japanese players are better at attacking, speed, and tactics. Regarding Miwa Harimoto, who is only 15 years old, her evaluation is: “I played once in the Japanese league last year and won before. She has actually put a lot of pressure on Chinese players many times, and her playing style is relatively advanced. The entire Japanese team is the same, so this game is very meaningful. In addition, we were defeated after leading 2:0, so we can summarize some problems.”

Male fans take photos with Zhu Chengzhu.Male fans take photos with Zhu Chengzhu.

Male fans take photos with Zhu Chengzhu.

Tonight’s match against Hina Hayata is also Zhu Chengzhu’s first time playing against a Japanese player. She admitted that she has benefited a lot: “I think the level of others must be very high, but I never thought that when I played, I would feel inferior. Opportunities, but unfortunately I am never confident enough. But I feel that I have learned a lot, other people’s rotations, or rapid changes on the court.” This is also the first time Zhu Chengzhu won a bronze medal at the World Championships. He was asked what this medal means to him. , but she said with a smile: “I haven’t thought about this issue yet. I will think about it when I get home.”

The fans shouted “Sister Qing”, and Li Haoqing obediently stepped forward to sign autographs.

“Big Sister” Li Haoqing is also very satisfied with the Hong Kong team and her own performance this time: “Overfulfilled? Yes! In fact, I myself, because of so many days of training and high-intensity competition, some injuries have come out. In the past few days, The competition is quite uncomfortable. Today’s opponent (Miu Hirano) is also the most difficult type for me to deal with. I haven’t won the last few games. But I summed up the entire competition and said that I have tried my best and I am very satisfied!”

The Singapore Grand Slam will be held from the 11th to the 17th of next month. The Hong Kong team will send 3 men and 5 women to participate, including Huang Zhenting, Lam Siu-hang, Ho Junjie, Du Kaiqin, Li Haoqing, Zhu Chengzhu, Ng Yonglin and Lam Yinuo. Among them, Huang Zhenting will also compete with Lam Siu-hang and To Hoi-Kin will compete in the men’s doubles and mixed doubles. Ho Jun-kit, who injured his finger in this world table tennis team competition, will only compete with Lam Siu-heng in the men’s doubles. In addition to participating in the women’s singles, Zhu Chengzhu and Ng Yong-lam will also be partners in the women’s doubles.

Pictures and text: Vincent Busan Direct

(Original article published on the website of the Table Tennis Federation of Hong Kong, China)

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “Table Tennis World Championships | The hero of the women’s team who won the Olympic qualification and won the bronze medal: overachieved

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