2019 Chinese Nationals Day 8 (30 Jul): Unexpected Moments In The Opening Round Of Team Events

The opening round of the team events contributed a day of exciting actions. The newly crowned men's singles national champion Hou Yingchao leading Team Shaanxi was eliminated in the opening hurdle. So did the 3-time men's team champion (2014, 2015, 2016) Shanghai. While strong contenders of the women's team podium, Hebei and Shandong survived the 3-2 nailbiter and advanced to the quarterfinals. 

Despite extending his winning streak with a 3-1 victory over Wei Shihao of Heilongjiang, Hou Yingchao's journey at the 2019 Chinese Nationals ends when the team he's representing, Shaanxi, lost 3-1 and bowed out in the men's team round of 32. He said he will take a holiday break since he was exhausted after the grueling competitions at the Nationals.

Xu Xin's absence has certainly hurt the 3-time men's team national champion, Shanghai. The team was 3-1 defeated by Hubei with men's singles bronze medalist of this Nationals, Ma Te, joining the team this year.

Favourite of the men's team national title, PLA, is led by the 2018 men's singles national champion, Liang Jingkun. Although Liang Jingkun was dealing with a shoulder injury and had to call for a medical timeout, he secured 2 points for the team and sealed a 3-1 win over Anhui.

Hebei women's team suffered from a relatively weak third person and had a tough battle against the well-balanced Jiangsu 1. The weak spot on the team posed pressure on Sun Yingsha and He Zhuojia. After losing the doubles match, Sun Yingsha and He Zhuojia had no room for dropping a match and they made it through the round of 16 winning 3-2 narrowly.

Shandong, placing second at last year's Nationals, was on the brink of elimination in the round of 16. The strong performances of the PLA 2 coming back from 0-2 down forced Shandong to play the fifth match. Yet, anchored by Chen Meng, the favourite of the Nationals, Shandong, won 3-2 and proceeded to the quarterfinals.

Women's team quarterfinals and men's team round of 16 and quarterfinals will be coming up tomorrow.

Detailed Results

2019 Chinese National Champinoships -- Women's Team R32
3-4	Guangxi	0-3	Shanxi
	Jiang Yue / Zhao Lin	1-3 (-7,-6,9,-8)	Zhang Youjia / Lyu Tingting
	Guo Ruichen	0-3 (-9,-9,-3)	Wu Yang
	Zhao Lin	2-3 (9,16,-9,-4,-7)	Lyu Tingting
4-6	Heilongjiang	3-1	Sichuan
	Che Xiaoxi / Zhang Binyue	0-3 (-9,-8,-8)	Guo Lin / Yu Yifan
	Wang Manyu	3-0 (7,10,12)	Yuan Yuan
	Zhang Binyue	3-0 (5,4,6)	Yu Yifan
	Wang Manyu	3-0 (9,6,9)	Guo Lin
11-12	Zhengzhou	3-0	Guangdong
	Qin Xiaoce / Liu Yalin	3-1 (-7,4,7,9)	Huang Yingqi / Zhang Meizhu
	Wang Chang	3-1 (10,9,-6,9)	Zhang Chi
	Liu Yalin	3-2 (4,7,-12,-5,20	Zhang Meizhu
13-14	Jiangsu 2	3-0	Hunan
	Li Zeyan / Zhao Shang	3-2 (2,8,-9,-8,6)	Zhang Xiaoyu / Hu Xizi
	Kuai Man	3-0 (6,7,11)	Zhu Sibing
	Zhao Shang	3-2 (-5,7,5,7)	Hu Xizi
19-20	Shanxi	0-3	Jiangsu 1
	Wang Yiduo / Li Fan	0-3 (-7,-4,-6)	Zhang Qiang / Qian Tianyi
	Sun Jiayi	2-3 (-5,-5,3,6,-7)	Shi Xunyao
	Li Fan	1-3 (-7,9,-6,-5)	Qian Tianyi
21-22	Henan	3-1	Fujian
	Zhu Jiaxi / Ma Wanhan	3-1 (7,12,-9,8)	Shen Sifang / Wang Xinxin
	Yuan Xuejiao	2-3 (-9,6,-9,6,-11)	Li Rensijia
	Ma Wanhan	3-0 (8,7,9)	Wang Xinxin
	Zhu Jiaxi	3-1 (4,11,-12,6)	Li Rensijia
27-28	Beijing 2	3-0	Yunnan
	Li Jiayuan / Sun Chen	3-0 (4,3,4)	Sun Xiaotong / Chen Xiaozhu
	Guo Yuhan	3-0 (9,9,8)	Liu Ming
	Sun Chen	3-0 (9,7,7)	Chen Xiaozhu
29-30	PLA 2	3-0	Tibet
	Huang Fanzhen / Liu Xi	3-0 (4,9,12)	Cai Yiming / Xu Jiarui
	Sun Mingyang	3-0 (6,3,8)	Zhu Peiyu
	Liu Xi	3-0 (2,10,4)	Xu Jiarui
2019 Chinese National Champinoships -- Women's Team R16
1-4	Liaoning	3-0	Shanxi
	Li Jiayi / Wang Yidi	3-1 (6,-7,6,8)	Lyu Tingting / Zhang Youjia
	Chen Xingtong	3-0 (5,3,4)	Liang Jiayi
	Wang Yidi	3-0 (5,4,4)	Zhang Youjia
5-8	Heilongjiang	3-1	Hubei
	Zhang Binyue / Che Xiaoxi	1-3 (-8,-3,10,-10)	Zuo Yue / Sun Yizhen
	Wang Manyu	3-0 (6,8,4)	Zhang Rui
	Che Xiaoxi	3-2 (-6,-10,3,7,8)	Sun Yizhen
	Wang Manyu	3-0 (8,7,6)	Zuo Yue
9-11	Beijing 1	3-2	Zhengzhou
	Zhang Xiangyu / Qin Yuxuan	2-3 (-9,-5,10,7,-3)	Liu Yalin / Qin Xiaoce
	Zhang Zhao	3-1 (-7,7,8,11)	Wang Chang
	Qin Yuxuan	3-1 (10,-6,12,6)	Qin Xiaoce
	Zhang Xiangyu	0-3 (-10,-2,-8)	Wang Chang
	Zhang Zhao	3-0 (9,13,7)	Liu Yalin
13-16	Jiangsu 2	0-3	PLA 1
	Li Zeyan / Zhao Shang	0-3 (-5,-10-5)	Chen Ke / Mu Zi
	Kuai Man	0-3 (-9,-8,-8)	Zhu Yuling
	Zhao Shang	1-3 (-9,-3,4,-7)	Mu Zi
17-20	Hebei	3-2	Jiangsu 1
	He Zhuojia / Zang Xiaotong	1-3 (-14,-8,11,-3)	Shi Xunyao / Zhang Qiang
	Sun Yingsha	3-1 (-12,6,5,8)	Qian Tianyi
	Zang Xiaotong	0-3 (-2,-8,-4)	Zhang Qiang
	He Zhuojia	3-2 (8,-10,4,-9,6)	Qian Tianyi
	Sun Yingsha	3-0 (7,3,2)	Shi Xunyao
21-24	Henan	2-3	Tianjin
	Zhu Jiaxi / Ma Wanhan	1-3 (-7,6,-5,8)	Qi Fei / Mu Jingyu
	Yuan Xuejiao	3-1 (9,-9,4,3)	Liu Weishan
	Ma Wanhan	0-3 (-9,-8,-9)	Mu Jingyu
	Yuan Xuejiao	3-0 (4,13,4)	Qi Fei
	Zhu Jiaxi	2-3 (9,-0,12,-6,-8)	Liu Weishan
25-27	Sichuan 1	2-3	Beijing 2
	Yang Huijing / Guo Yan	0-3 (-2,-8,-6)	Li Jiayuan / Sun Chen
	Fan Siqi	2-3 (-7,-8,10,8,-5)	Guo Yuhan
	Guo Yan	3-0 (8,8,4)	Sun Chen
	Yang Huijing	3-1 (5,-2,9,4)	Guo Yuhan
	Fan Siqi	1-3 (-5,10,-5,-4)	Li Jiayuan
29-32	PLA 2	2-3	Shandong
	Huang Fanzhen / Liu Xi	0-3 (-7,-14,-7)	Wang Xiaotong / Gu Yuting
	Sun Mingyang	0-3 (-7,-6,-3)	Chen Meng
	Liu Xi	3-1 (9,5,-10,6)	Gu Yuting
	Sun Mingyang	3-0 (6,8,7)	Wang Xiaotong
	Huang Fanzhen	1-3 (-9,8,-2,-8)	Chen Meng

2019 Chinese National Champinoships -- Men's Team R32
5-6	Shanxi	2-3	Liaoning 2
	Li Cheng / Ma Jinbao	0-3 (-4,-7,-9)	Geng Linyu / Liang Guodong
	Chen Kailiang	1-3 (10,-3,-12,-6)	Wang Haocheng
	Ma Jinbao	3-2 (-7,5,-5,9,8)	Liang Guodong
	Chen Kailiang	3-0 (6,4,9)	Geng Linyu
	Li Cheng	2-3 (-6,9,-3,8,-12)	Wang Haocheng
11-12	Hubei	3-1	Shanghai
	Xi Sheng / Xue Fei	2-3 (9,8,-10,-8,-7)	Sun Zheng / Shang Kun
	Ma Te	3-2 (6,10,-8,-3,-3）	Zhao Zihao
	Xue Fei	3-1 (9,-5,5,9)	Shang Kun
	Xi Sheng	3-2 (5,5,-6,-8,-12)	Zhao Zihao
13-14	Jiangsu	3-0	Hebei 2
	Zhang Yudong / Sun Wen	3-2 (7,-8,-7,10,7)	Wang Yining / Liang Yanning
	Cao Yantao	3-0 (12,7,9)	Liu Siyan
	Sun Wen	3-0 (3,8,7)	Liang Yanning
19-20	Hunan	3-1	Shandong
	Zhu Jinpeng / Long Yi	3-1 (9,7,-8,10)	Li Yue / Li Jiaqi
	Zhu Yi	3-0 (2,12,9)	Han Xinyuan
	Long Yi	0-3 (-6,-3,-5)	Li Jiaqi
	Zhu Yi	3-2 (9,-7,14,-10,8)	Li Yue
21-22	Anhui	1-3	PLA
	Zhou Xijun / Zhang Chaoyue	1-3 (-5,-9,5,-3)	Zhou Kai / Xu Chenhao
	Ba Yongbo	0-3 (-5,-8,-3)	Liang Jingkun
	Zhang Chaoyue	3-2 (-8,7,6,-10,8)	Xu Chenhao
	Zhou Xijun	0-3 (-6,-9,-4)	Liang Jingkun
27-28	Guangxi	2-3	Tianjin
	Ren Bowen / Wang Linkun	3-0 (13,8,9)	Song Jiawang / Gao Yang
	Cai Wei	1-3 (-7,8,-6,-10)	Hao Shuai
	Wang Linkun	0-3 (-7,-8,-7)	Gao Yang
	Cai Wei	3-0 (8,8,7)	Song Jiawang
	Ren Bowen	1-3 (-4,8,-14,-7)	Hao Shuai
29-30	Heilongjiang	3-1	Shaanxi
	Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin	3-1 (4,-9,7,4)	Liao Hongran / Sai Linwei
	Wei Shihao	1-3 (-4,4,-9,-7)	Hou Yingchao
	Xu Yingbin	3-2 (-8,7,-9,8,4)	Sai Linwei
	Wei Shihao	3-2 (-6,-10,10,7,7)	Liao Hongran

You may be interested in:
Draws & Results (live scoring)
Mixed Doubles
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Team
Women's Team
AND The 2019 Chinese Nationals Guide provides an overview of the competition format, schedule, how you can watch and links related to the Chinese Nationals, so you won't have to miss a thing if you can't watch it all.