Liu Shiwen, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning all successfully defended the championship title for the Chinese Women’s Team in this year’s World Team Championships. It was actually a sweep victory for the Chinese Team but the process was not very ideal. Li Xiaoxia was stretched into a decider. According to Kong Linghui, it was not their lucky match but good thing they are dominant.
Tencent Sports. The Chinese Women’s Team was the winner in the World Team Championships but Kong Linghui thinks that luck wasn’t on their side in the final match. The Women’s Team event ended with China and Japan in the finals. Liu Shiwen was the first player and swept Ai Fukuhara. The second match was between Li Xiaoxia and Kasumi Ishikawa. The Chinese Women’s Team head coach Kong Linghui expected Kasumi Ishikawa to have big changes in the competition, after all she would want to have a breakthrough.
Indeed, Kasumi Ishikawa forced the Grand Slam champion Li Xiaoxia into the decider. “This was the first time that Kasumi Ishikawa gave her a lot of pressure.” Kong Linghui said.
As the coach, Kong Linghui also had some backup plan incase something will turn out wrong in the second match. “If we lost the second match, we can still play. I arranged Ding Ning for the third match because last year, she was able to win very comfortably against Mima Ito twice.” He added. But after three matches, China won against Japan. “Actually, luck wasn’t so good to us during the whole match in the finals but our entire team is dominant.” Kong Linghui concluded.
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