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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 the updates (draws, results and live stream) of day 2 of the competition.
Live Stream Schedule (GMT+8)
16 April
19:30 Men's Team 1 Vs Men's Team 3 [Zhibo TV 1]
19:30 Women's Team A Vs Women's Team B [Zhibo TV 2]
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 19:30 (GMT+8).
Results
16 April
19:30 Men's Team 1 3-1 Men's Team 3
Fan Zhendong 3-1 Zhou Yu (7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8) [Watch it here]
Xu Xin 1-3 Liang Jingkun (2-11, 5-11, 11-8, 8-11) [Watch it here]
Ma Long 3-1 Xu Chenhao (4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6) [Watch it here]
Fan Zhendong 3-2 Liang Jingkun (13-11, 10-12, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7) [Watch it here]
Xu Xin Vs Zhou Yu
19:30 Women's Team A 2-1 Women's Team B
Ding Ning 0-3 Chen Meng (8-11, 2-11, 11-13) [Watch it here]
Zhu Yuling 1-3 Liu Shiwen (11-9, 11-13, 7-11, 8-11) [Watch it here]
Wang Manyu 3-1 Chen Xingtong (13-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9) [Watch it here]
* Only 3 matches were played in the women's team match because players were a bit tired after the closed-door training. The national team coaches decided to cut down the competition schedule to avoid the risk of injury.
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 and Team B 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:
Check out results for day 1
Read: 2018 WTTC Warm-Up Match: Day 1 Updates
Re-visit the process of how was the World team being selected.
Read: In Translation: Chinese Squad for 2018 WTTC Offers Consistency or Controversy
Xu Xin's loss was totally unacceptable! He has three or four BH variations that work! No excuses when you had Wang Hao, Ma Lin and Liu Guoliang as mentors. Well played Liang Jingkun! When the crowd is cheering for Liu Shiwen at the next table you suck!
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