On the evening of December 11, the 2022 Table Tennis Super League Men's and Women's Team Championships were all won! Shandong Luneng won all the championships, showing great strength once again.
In the previous women's team competition, the Shenzhen team led by Shenzhen national team players Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng lost, which surprised many people. Sun Yingsha also scored 2 points! As Chen Meng lost her singles and doubles, Shandong Luneng and Shenzhen University played up and down, and finally Shandong Luneng beat Shenzhen University 3-2 to win the championship.
In this match, Chen Meng performed poorly, losing to Chen Xingtong in singles and doubles, and Luneng Wang Manyu made two appearances, winning one and losing the other. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu had a spotlight duel. In the end, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu 3-1, helping SZU to a 1-1 draw with a big score. However, Chen Meng's performance in this match was mediocre, and her last two defeats put SZU on the back foot, as Wang Manyu won easily in the final women's singles match.
In the men's team, Luneng's opponent was Shanghai Real Estate.The match also drew attention on the night of December 11, because Luneng had Ma Long, but Shanghai had two national team players, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin, and Shanghai had a lot of choices, so the Shanghai team paired up Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong in doubles, hoping to give the other team a mauling, but letting Zhou Kai have one. As a result, Shanghai's changes didn't work. In the first match, Shandong Luneng's Ma Long/Yuan Lizen combination won with a remarkable 3-2 performance over Shanghai's national player combination. Then, Luneng's Xu Yingbin added to his efforts and won 3-2 against Zhou Kai, giving Shandong Luneng a 2-0 lead and putting Shanghai in a passive position.
Although Fan Zhendong then won over Ma Long and Xu Xin won over Xu Yingbin in a 2-2 thriller, young Yuan Li-Cen won over Zhou Kai again in the final game, and eventually Shandong Luneng won the title. Shanghai's new single Zhou Kai did not perform well in this marquee battle. It can be said that Shandong Luneng consists of veteran Ma Long and young Yuan Lizen. Xu Yingbin's combination was so successful that it not only trained the newcomers, but also won the championship, which is worth celebrating. So Luneng men and women won the cup.
