Men’s Singles
Ma Long (China) was seeded number one and heavy favourite. He started well, making his way to the semi-final, with two whitewashes and a comeback win over Jeoung Young-Sik (South Korea). The shock in the section came as Quadri Aruna (Nigeria) made the quarterfinals, knocking out Chuang Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei). Waiting for Long in the semi-final would be Jun Mizutani (Japan) who came through with less ease. Long would take the first three sets in the semi-final before Mizutani began a comeback by taking the next two. Long would win the sixth set and head to the final. In the third quarter, it was the two seeded players who struggled their way to the quarter-final as Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) came up against Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus). It was a fascinating affair, including a set that finished 19-17, won by the eventual victor in Samsonov. It looked like a shock might be about to occur in the fourth quarter when Koki Nawa (Japan) took the first set of the quarter-final, but Zhang Jike (China) would come back to win four straight. It would be the two Chinese players in the final as both won pretty comfortably. After a close first set, Ma Long was comfortable, winning all four sets in the final.
🥇Ma Long 🇨🇳
🥈Zhang Jike 🇨🇳
🥉Jun Mizutani 🇯🇵
Men’s Team
China were the heavy favourites and cruised through to the final without dropping a match. It was South Korea who they beat in the semi-final, having impressed themselves against Sweden in the quarter-finals. Germany were the second seed but never looked in top form, dropping games against Chinese Taipei and Austria. Buoyed by two comfortable wins from Jun Mizutani, they were beaten by Japan in the semi-final. Mizutani would win a game against Xu Xin, but it was nowhere near enough for Japan as they only managed to take one set off China in the final.
🥇China 🇨🇳
🥈Japan 🇯🇵
🥉Germany 🇩🇪
Women’s Singles
The top seed in the women’s draw was also comfortable, as Ding Ning (China) made her way through to the medal rounds without dropping a set. Joining her was Kim Song-I (South Korea) who engaged in classic games, including beating the number four seed Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) in seven sets before long games with Chen Szu-Yu (Chinese Taipei) and Yu Mengyu (Singapore). Just as impressive in the bottom half of the draw was Li Xiaoxia (China) and Ai Fukuhara (Japan) neither of whom dropped a set in making the semi-finals. Xiaoxia continued her run with a straight sets win and would come up against Ning. Although Xiaoxia took a three-two set lead, it was not enough as Ning overcame her compatriot to win gold.
🥇Ding Ning 🇨🇳
🥈Li Xiaoxia 🇨🇳
🥉Kim Song-I 🇰🇵
Women’s Team
Once again, China were heavy favourites and they managed to outperform the men’s team, winning all matches 3-0 and only losing two sets. It was a tournament without many shocks, Austria best Germany as a lower seed. Then in the semi-final, Germany took Japan into the fifth match and Han Ying beat Ai Fukuhara to send Germany to the final.
🥇China 🇨🇳
🥈Germany 🇩🇪
🥉Japan 🇯🇵
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