Day 1 Results: Men's Team & Women's Team -- 13th Chinese National Games Prelims

Day 1 Results: Liu Shiwen's 2 Points Didn't Turn into Victory

In Day 1 of the Prelims of the 13th Chinese National Games, Women's team and Men's team events start the jam-packed competition schedule.


In the women's side, Liu Shiwen from Team Guangdong fought hard in the match against Team Henan. Despite winning 2 points for the team, it is not enough to beat Team Henan. She did not play in the match against Team Heilongjiang, which has competitive young players like Wang Manyu and Che Xiaoxi. Group 4, Team Shandong, with Chen Meng, Gu Yuting and Liu Gaoyang, is out of the league, making a clean sweep in the first day.

In the men's side, Ma Long from Team Beijing is still recovering from his injury and did not play in today's competition. However Team Beijing with Yan An and 16-year-old future star, Wang Chuqin, is still too strong to be defeated. In Group 4, the 'Group of Death', Team Guangdong has a close match against Team Sichuan. Lin Gaoyuan, the main player of Team Guangdong did not play in the match because of a cramping back pain. Zhang Chao, the 32-year-old veteran beat Zhu Linfeng and Lai Jiaxin of Team Sichuan, winning 2 crucial points for Team Guangdong. What a shaky start of 3-2 for Team Guangdong! 

The results are as follow:



Women's Team Results after 2 Draws

Men's Team Results after 2 Draws

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