The 'Great Wall' Is Lower, Emerging Powerhouse Appears...World Table Tennis, Upward Leveling Clear

The 'Great Wall' Is Lower, Emerging Powerhouse Appears...World Table Tennis, Upward Leveling Clear

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The trend of international table tennis at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships is upward leveling. Korean table tennis has accepted two bronze medals and homework.

South Korea won a bronze medal in mixed doubles with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) and Shin Yoo-bin (copyright) at the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships on the 25th (Korea Standard Time), and Shin Yoo-bin and Yoo Han-na (Posco International) won a bronze medal in women's doubles.

Despite the generational change transition period that the main players faced after stepping down, they are said to have achieved meaningful results by winning two bronze medals.

However, don't worry. With the upward leveling of table tennis, the number of players is increasing. In Europe, France has emerged as an emerging powerhouse, and traditional powerhouses Germany and Sweden have also started stretching again. Japan and Taiwan have also advanced to the point where they can threaten China's stronghold.

China was also surprised by the ambush's force. China has seen significant changes in its members since last year's 2024 Paris Olympics, with Marueng and Pan Jian-dong in men's and Chen Meng in women's teams. Instead, new faces such as Lin Tung (world No. 1) in men's team and Kuaiman (world No. 5) in women's team got a chance.

However, the new faces are far below their skills compared to the existing Chinese aces, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingxia and Wang Man Yu.
The aftermath led to a blow to 'China under the Emperor'.

China failed to produce a medalist in men's doubles as Lin Zhengzi (Taiwan) lost to Lin Yun-ju and Cao Zhengzi (Taiwan) in the quarterfinals. In mixed doubles, Lin was also beaten by Maharu Yoshimura and Satsuki Odo (Japan) in the quarterfinals.

Korea was also hamstrung by surprise attacks. Men's doubles players Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun, who expected a medal, packed earlier than expected after losing to Mohamed Elbeali and Yusef Abdelaziz of Egypt in the round of 32.

Egypt, which was still considered a ping pong frontier, continued its strides even after beating South Korea and reached the quarterfinals.

There were cases of opposition, too. Lee Eun-hye (copyright) and Kim Na-young (Posco International) defeated Jeong Yi-jing and Li Yu-jun (Taiwan) in the round of 16 women's doubles, and Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange) defeated Felix LeBrun (France), the bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics, in the round of 16 men's singles.

Although Shin Yu-bin and Yu Han-na have been formed for only two months, they beat world No. 1 Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi (Japan) in the quarterfinals of women's doubles.

Regardless of ranking and recognition, the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period has opened, which is no wonder no matter who wins. Even China allowed an unexpected change, so it was impossible to guarantee Korea's victory in the preliminary round even in strong doubles.

Seok Eun-mi, head coach of the women's national team, said, "These days, video platforms such as YouTube have developed, so even countries called the periphery closely analyze the video of good players and quickly follow the technology," adding, "When I came to this tournament, there is still a level difference to use the same, but the difference has narrowed significantly."

An official from the table tennis community also said, "Even after the round of 32, almost all games except Chinese games went up to six to seven games. Winning or losing is not as easy as that. As the game was decided from a subtle difference, basic skills and mentality became more important." 온라인카지노

In a situation where it is not easy to chase China, Korean table tennis should prepare more closely for the next, as it has to be checked by its pursuers.

In addition to the basics, he will have to establish strategies to fit the new trend and find the best doubles combination.

Oh Sang-eun, the men's team coach, and Seok Eun-mi, the women's team coach, already have complicated training plans after the Doha Asian Games. Oh said, "We are planning to train men's team players with skills such as racket control and defense."

Coach Seok predicted that he would continue to transplant fast table tennis focused on forehand attacks.