Since only three players could be fielded for the final of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships between the Chinese National Table Tennis Team and the Japanese Team, the lineup chosen for this round was: Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin.
The first match featured Fan Zhendong against Shunsuke Togami. Although he encountered some challenges in the second game, Xiaopang still took the match 11-5, 12-10, 11-4, securing the first point.
For the second match, the coaching staff did not assign Ma Long, who held a higher world ranking, but instead handed the heavy burden to the young Wang Chuqin, matching him against his old rival Tomokazu Harimoto. Harimoto was currently ranked 4th in the world and Wang Chuqin 12th, but Wang Chuqin had played against Harimoto the most times within the team and boasted the highest win rate against him.
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