China’s desk tennis world primary Wang Chuqin suffered a shock defeat within the males’s Olympic singles on Wednesday, a day after having his bat damaged. Wang received combined doubles gold on Tuesday in Paris however his elation shortly turned to anger after a photographer by accident snapped his bat whereas jostling to take an image. Lower than 24 hours later, Wang went out within the spherical of 32 of the singles after a 4-2 defeat to Truls Moregard of Sweden. The Twenty sixth-ranked Moregard sank to the ground in disbelief and put his arms on his head, earlier than doing a tour of the gang, who rose in appreciation after roaring on the underdog all through. It capped a combined couple of days for Wang, 24.
Together with his enjoying accomplice Solar Yingsha they beat North Korea within the combined doubles closing, however Wang admitted he “misplaced management of my feelings a bit of” after his bat was damaged.
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Wang although refused responsible his alternative bat for his beautiful defeat to the unheralded Moregard, 22.
“It did not actually have an affect on the match,” he instructed AFP.
“It was simply that my opponent performed actually, very well.”
Wang will subsequent compete within the males’s workforce occasion.
The triumphant Moregard mentioned he “had a sense I might beat him at the moment”, having by no means achieved so earlier than in eight earlier makes an attempt.
“I’ve virtually by no means taken a set towards Wang so it is loopy to win right here on the Olympics,” the Swede, into the final 16 for the primary time, instructed AFP.
Moregard, who’s coached by his older brother Malte, mentioned Wang was not at his greatest — however mentioned it had nothing to do with the Chinese language participant’s bat.
“I feel you’ve gotten 10 rackets not less than and 500 rubbers right here, so it does not matter should you lose your bat. I imply, I do not know which one is my first or third, so it does not matter,” he mentioned.
Wang might have misplaced however China are the undoubted superpower of desk tennis and got here to the French capital having received 32 of the 37 obtainable golds because it turned an Olympic sport.
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