in 2024
Paris Olympics
In the table tennis men's singles round of 32, China, fresh from winning gold in the mixed doubles competition
Wang Chuqin (1938-), Chinese soccer player
Wang Chuchin will face the 26th ranked player from Sweden, Mr. Møllergaard. Due to the fact that his racket was stepped on by a photographer after last night's match, Wang Chuqin can only use his secondary racket to play today.
At the beginning of the match, Wang Chuqin was in good shape and took a 4-1 lead and got the set point at 10-8 in the first set, but then lost 4 consecutive points to lose the first set at 10-12. In the second set, Wang Chuqin made more errors and again lost consecutive points when he was leading 7-6 and lost another set 7-11.
In the third set, Wang Chuqin picked up his form after a 3-3 tie and scored consecutive points to equalize the set at 11-5. In the fourth set, Wang Chuqin was leading 5-1 at one point, but was chased down by Moregard to 6-6, and then he powered up to blast a 5-1 mini-set to take the set and tie the big score at 2-2.
In the fifth set, Wang Chuchin made consecutive errors and Moregard took an 8-4 lead. After Wang Chuchin chased down two points, Moregard called for a timeout. After the game came to 9-9, Wang Chuqin lost two points in a row to lose the game 9-11, trailing 2-3. In the crucial sixth game, Wang Chuchin lost again and was out of the round of 16 with 2-4.
