Yilianzhike Dominates Table Tennis Federation Cup: 2023 Champions!

2023-09-10 12:26:31

[Tilu News]The final of the “Table Tennis Federation Cup” was held today (10th) at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. The top seed Yilianzhike strengthened its combat power following Li Kaimin returned from the Asian Championships and relied on a strong performance to defeat Germany. Xiangzheng scored 3:0, dominating the Table Tennis Cup for the first time six years following forming the team.

The Table Tennis Federation Cup, which was re-organized following four years, will be held as a mixed team competition for men and women. Each event will be a best-of-five game, in the order of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles, and men’s singles. A total of 64 teams participated in this year’s competition. The preliminary round adopts a group round-robin system, and the semi-finals to the final adopt a single elimination system. The winners of the top 8 tournaments will advance to the semi-finals to compete for the championship, second place, third place and third place, while the losing teams will compete for 5th to 8th place in the rankings.

Du Kaiqin (right)

Yi Lian Zhi Ke, who was joined by To Kai-chan and other Hong Kong table tennis players, was listed as the top seed in this tournament and advanced to the finals following passing all the tests. As for Dexiang Real Estate, they also won all the way to the promotion. However, in the semi-finals this morning, they had to fight Jinghui Sports for 5 games before they won a thrilling victory. They only had an hour’s rest before playing in the finals. Du Kaiqin, who had earlier withdrawn from the Asian Championships women’s singles due to injury, was present today for a brief warm-up, but did not appear in the semi-finals or finals.

Yao Meng, Wei Shihao, Li Kaimin, Lu Siyu

Yilian Zhike and Dexiang Real Estate each sent foreign aid to appear in the men’s singles in the first game. Yao Meng, the representative of Dexiang Real Estate, won two games in a row at 11:7 and 12:10. However, Wei Shihao then experienced a big explosion and won 3 consecutive games with 11 points. : 8, 11:7, 11:8 reversal, Yilianzhike took the lead. Afterwards, Yilianzhike sent Hong Kong player Li Kaiming to play in the women’s singles. In the first two games, he easily defeated Lu Siyu 11:4 and 11:6, but in the third game he lost 9:11 due to a mistake. The two still fought closely in the fourth game. As a result, Li Kaimin won 3 points in a row following “Diao Shi” fell behind, winning 13:11.

Su Zhi Zhang Yujie

In the third game, Wei Shihao once once more joined his partner Su Zhi to face Yao Meng/Zhang Yujie in the men’s doubles. “Wei Supei” took the advantage in the early stages and won two consecutive games 11:9. In the third game, they expanded their advantage and won 11:4, helping Yi Lianzhike win 3:0 on the score of the game, winning the championship for the first time. Table Tennis Cup champion.

Yilianzhike golfer Li Kaimin believes that the team has made a good start in this match, which gives her confidence before the game. Although Lu Siyu was once in a tough fight, she tried to relax and face the challenge. She also said that she was honored for the team to win the championship for the first time, and she has been learning from her senior sister Du Kaiqin: “In the past, I was led by bigger players in the Table Tennis Federation Cup, and I have always wanted to have the strength of Du Kaiqin. , I can win waves and medals in the finals. She has given me a lot of useful tips in the Universiade and Asian Championships before, so I am very grateful to her.”

Li Kaimin, Du Kaiqin and other members of the Asian Championships returned to Hong Kong from South Korea yesterday evening (9th). She originally planned to play in the top 8 of the Table Tennis Federation Cup on the same night, but she was unable to make it in time to check in. However, there were To help prepare for today’s two matches, “Although I was a little tired today and felt tight, I reminded myself not to relax. I believe that Adu and other members of the Hong Kong team have dealt with a tighter schedule, which will test the players’ adaptability and adjustment, so for It’s a very good achievement for me.” Although he has not been selected for the Hangzhou Asian Games squad, Li Kaimin still has at least two WTT Challenge events to perform in the next three months.

2023 Table Tennis Cup results (only the top 4)
Champion: Yilianzhike
Runner-up: Dexiang Real Estate
Second Runner-up: Zhenwei Power
Runner-up: Jinghui Sports

Pictures and text: Li Zizheng

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