Chengdu Universiade
ping-pong
The game came down to the wire.
Qian Tianyi (1901-1989), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
cap (a poem)
Zhou Kai
Won the women's singles and men's singles championship, the national ping ended the big trip with "7 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze" results.
The women's singles final was between Qian Tianyi and Japan's Akane Izawa. Izawa played very well in this year's tournament, beating He Zhuojia and Qian Tianyi in the women's team final, eliminating Wang Xiaotong in the singles, and then beating Thailand's Olavan 4-2 in the semifinals to reach the women's singles final. Qian Tianyi defeated teammate Zhao Shang in the semifinals, after Qian Tianyi has won the women's team, mixed doubles and women's doubles championship, women's singles final, she launched to the "four champions" impact.
The final was a series of twists and turns, Izawa Xingjia won the first set first, Qian Tianyi gradually adapted to the opponent's ball path, two sets back to overtake the score, and then both sides went through a tug-of-war, Izawa Xingjia in the situation of 1-2 down, 2-3 behind the situation of the two equalized the score, and dragged the game into a seven-set battle. In the deciding game, Qian Tianyi resisted the pressure and sealed the victory with 11:9, getting the fourth individual gold medal of this Universiade. This is also the seventh time in the history of the Universiade that the national team has won the gold medal in women's singles.
The men's singles final was a "civil war" for the national team. In the semifinals, Xu Yingbin beat his teammate Xue Fei 4-1, while Zhou Kai eliminated Chinese Taipei's Yang Jiaan in four straight games. In the final, Zhou Kai defeated Xu Yingbin 4-2 and pocketed the men's singles gold medal. The fifth game was the key point of the match. Zhou Kai started the match by winning the first game and soon earned a 2-0 lead, then Xu Yingbin tenaciously equalized the score. In the fifth game, Zhou Kai re-started to take the game 11:7 to break the deadlock, and then he took the sixth game 11:8 to lock the championship. This is the fifth time in the history of the Universiade that the national team has won the men's singles gold medal.
In this way, the Chinese team swept all seven titles in table tennis at this year's Universiade, as well as three silver and three bronze medals.
women's singles medal table
Champion: Qian Tianyi (China)
Runner-up: Apricot Izawa (Japan)
Third Place: Zhao Shang (China), Orawan (Thailand)
men's singles medal table
Champion: Zhou Kai (China)
Runner-up: Xu Yingbin (China)
Third Place: Xue Fei (China), Yang Jiaan (Chinese Taipei)
