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Coming up this weekend, on 15 & 16 April, the Chinese men's team and women's team members will gather in Huangshi and compete in the 2018 WTTC warm-up match. The match is designed to prepare the World Team members for the forthcoming World Championships touched down in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May. The Chinese team has undergone 26 days of closed-door training. It's now the moment of truth as we are about to see how prepared the Chinese players are.This post will include updates (draws, results and live stream) of day 1 of the competition.
Live Stream Schedule (GMT+8)
15 April
14:30 Men's Team 1 Vs Men's Team 4 [Zhibo TV 1]
14:30 Women's Team A Vs Women's Team B [Zhibo TV 2]
19:30 Men's Team 2 Vs Men's Team 3 [Zhibo TV 2]
19:30 Women's Team B Vs Women's Team C [Zhibo TV 1]
Only members of Zhibo TV can get access to the live streams listed above. Non-members can try Huangshi Public channel to watch the competition live at 14:30 & 19:30 (GMT+8).
Results
15 April
14:30 Men's Team 1 3-0 Men's Team 4
Xu Xin 3-0 Fang Bo (11-8, 11-9, 12-10) [Watch it here]
Fan Zhendong 3-1 Yan An (12-14, 11-2, 11-8, 11-2) [Watch it here]
Ma Long 3-1 Xia Yizheng (12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6) [Watch it here]
Fan Zhendong Vs Fang Bo
Xu Xin Vs Yan An
14:30 Women's Team A 3-0 Women's Team B
Wang Manyu 3-2 Liu Fei (4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4) [Watch it here]
Zhu Yuling 3-0 Zhang Rui (11-6, 11-2, 11-6) [Watch it here]
Ding Ning 3-0 Chen Ke (11-8, 11-9, 11-6) [Watch it here]
Wang Manyu Vs Zhang Rui
Zhu Yuling Vs Liu Fei
19:30 Men's Team 2 0-3 Men's Team 3
Lin Gaoyuan 1-3 Liang Jingkun (12-10, 9-11, 14-16, 4-11) [Watch it here]
Wang Chuqin 1-3 Xu Chenhao (6-11, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11) [Watch it here]
Xue Fei 2-3 Zhou Yu (4-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 3-11) [Watch it here]
Lin Gaoyuan Vs Xu Chenhao
Wang Chuqin Vs Liang Jingkun
19:30 Women's Team C 1-3 Women's Team B
Sun Mingyang 1-3 Liu Shiwen (11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 5-11) [Watch it here]
Hu Limei 0-3 Chen Meng (9-11, 5-11, 11-13) [Watch it here]
Wang Yidi 3-2 Sun Yingsha (11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9) [Watch it here]
Sun Mingyang 2-3 Chen Meng (6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 2-11) [Watch it here]
Hu Limei Vs Liu Shiwen
The semifinals will take place on 15 April at 14:30 and 19:30 while the finals are scheduled on 16 April at 19:30 (GMT+8). World Team members women: Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu; men: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin are assigned into Team A (1) and Team B (2) in position 1 and 4 respectively. The following is the draw of the warm-up match.
Updates will be made when there are further details about the match. As for now, you might want to re-visit the process of how was the World team being selected.
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