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05/01/2015 QOROS 2015 World Table Tennis Championships (Click here to access this section)
A debut as a pairing, China Xu Xin in partnership with Korea’s Yang Haeun won the Mixed Doubles title at the QOROS 2015 World Championships in Suzhou on the evening of Friday 1st May.
Occupying the no.5 seeded position in the competition, at the final hurdle they beat the Japanese combination of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa, the no.20 seeds, to claim the title.
Impressively, Xu Xin and Yang Haeun won in four straight games (11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6).
The Mighty Forehand
The problem for the Japanese duo, as it is for all who confront Xu Xin, was stopping the Chinese star’s devastating forehand top spin; Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa found that feat a step too far.
Undoubtedly, Xu Xin was the team captain but playing consistently, keeping the ball on the table, Yang Haeun created the opportunities for the Chinese star to end the point in style.
Higher than Expected
“Yang Haeun played beyond the level I expected; her performance was quite outstanding”, said Xu Xin, who was equally praiseworthy with regards to the efforts of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa.
“They played very well; yesterday they beat Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong, the reigning champions; that was a very good performance”, added Xu Xin. “Actually, when I saw the draw I thought there was a possibility that we might play Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa in the final.”
Good Communication
Equally, Yang Haeun was delighted with the performance.
“We had little time to practise”, she said. “However, I think one of the main reasons for our success was that we communicated well.
Pleased to Reach Final
Defeat for Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa but I suspect if you had told them one week ago that they would reach the final, they would have been more than pleased with that outcome.
Both Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa were not crestfallen, they were realistic.
“It is a life changing moment for me”, said Maharu Yoshimura. “It is a big moment in my career.”
Birmingham 1977
Equally Kasumi Ishikawa was positive.
“We lost but it is 38 years since a Japanese pair reached the final of the Mixed Doubles event at a World Championships”, she said. “We are not that disappointed.”
The last Japanese pair to reach a Mixed Doubles final at a World Championships was the combination of Tokio Tasaka and Sachiko Yokota in 1977 in the English city of Birmingham; they were beaten in the final by the French partnership of Jacques Secretin and Claude Bergeret (21-17, 21-14, 21-17).
Meanwhile, the most recent occasion when a Japanese pair won the title was in Munich is 1969. Nobuhiko Hasegawa and Yasuko Konno beat colleagues Mitsuru Kohno and Shaeko Hirota to claim the title (21-17, 21-19, 21-19).
First Time
Success for Xu Xin and Yang Haeun means they have established their own niche in table tennis history.
It is the first time that China and Korea has combined to win a doubles title of any kind at a World Championships and the first time either nation has struck doubles gold when not partnering one of their own.
Three Games
Furthermore, Yang Haeun is the first Korean to win the Mixed Doubles title since Yoo Namkyu and Hyun Junghwa won in 1989 in Dortmund when beating Zoran Kalinic and Gordana Perkucin, in the final. Zoran Kalinic and Gordana Perkucin represented Yugoslavia.
Notably in 1989, the Mixed Doubles event was best of three games, Yoo Namkyu and Hyun Junghwa won in straight games (21-7, 21-13).
Yokohama
Of course for China it is much more recent; in 2009 in Yokohama, Zhang Chao and Cao Zhen beat colleagues Hao Shuai and Mu Zi to claim gold (11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8).
Further Back in Time
However, the time gap is much greater since a pair formed by two players from different national associations won the Mixed Doubles title at a World Championships.
The most recent is the success achieved in 1954 by Ivan Andreadis who represented Czechoslovakia and partnered Hungary’s Gizella Farkas; at the final hurdle they beat Japan’s Yoshio Tomita and Fujie Eguchi to secure the top prize (21-17, 19-21, 21-15, 23-21).
Now just over 60 years later, Japan again had to settle for runners up spot; in Suzhou new champions were crowned, Xu Xin and Yang Haeun.
By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor
A debut as a pairing, China Xu Xin in partnership with Korea’s Yang Haeun won the Mixed Doubles title at the QOROS 2015 World Championships in Suzhou on the evening of Friday 1st May.
Occupying the no.5 seeded position in the competition, at the final hurdle they beat the Japanese combination of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa, the no.20 seeds, to claim the title.
Impressively, Xu Xin and Yang Haeun won in four straight games (11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6).
The Mighty Forehand
The problem for the Japanese duo, as it is for all who confront Xu Xin, was stopping the Chinese star’s devastating forehand top spin; Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa found that feat a step too far.
Undoubtedly, Xu Xin was the team captain but playing consistently, keeping the ball on the table, Yang Haeun created the opportunities for the Chinese star to end the point in style.
Higher than Expected
“Yang Haeun played beyond the level I expected; her performance was quite outstanding”, said Xu Xin, who was equally praiseworthy with regards to the efforts of Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa.
“They played very well; yesterday they beat Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong, the reigning champions; that was a very good performance”, added Xu Xin. “Actually, when I saw the draw I thought there was a possibility that we might play Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa in the final.”
Good Communication
Equally, Yang Haeun was delighted with the performance.
“We had little time to practise”, she said. “However, I think one of the main reasons for our success was that we communicated well.
Pleased to Reach Final
Defeat for Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa but I suspect if you had told them one week ago that they would reach the final, they would have been more than pleased with that outcome.
Both Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa were not crestfallen, they were realistic.
“It is a life changing moment for me”, said Maharu Yoshimura. “It is a big moment in my career.”
Birmingham 1977
Equally Kasumi Ishikawa was positive.
“We lost but it is 38 years since a Japanese pair reached the final of the Mixed Doubles event at a World Championships”, she said. “We are not that disappointed.”
The last Japanese pair to reach a Mixed Doubles final at a World Championships was the combination of Tokio Tasaka and Sachiko Yokota in 1977 in the English city of Birmingham; they were beaten in the final by the French partnership of Jacques Secretin and Claude Bergeret (21-17, 21-14, 21-17).
Meanwhile, the most recent occasion when a Japanese pair won the title was in Munich is 1969. Nobuhiko Hasegawa and Yasuko Konno beat colleagues Mitsuru Kohno and Shaeko Hirota to claim the title (21-17, 21-19, 21-19).
First Time
Success for Xu Xin and Yang Haeun means they have established their own niche in table tennis history.
It is the first time that China and Korea has combined to win a doubles title of any kind at a World Championships and the first time either nation has struck doubles gold when not partnering one of their own.
Three Games
Furthermore, Yang Haeun is the first Korean to win the Mixed Doubles title since Yoo Namkyu and Hyun Junghwa won in 1989 in Dortmund when beating Zoran Kalinic and Gordana Perkucin, in the final. Zoran Kalinic and Gordana Perkucin represented Yugoslavia.
Notably in 1989, the Mixed Doubles event was best of three games, Yoo Namkyu and Hyun Junghwa won in straight games (21-7, 21-13).
Yokohama
Of course for China it is much more recent; in 2009 in Yokohama, Zhang Chao and Cao Zhen beat colleagues Hao Shuai and Mu Zi to claim gold (11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8).
Further Back in Time
However, the time gap is much greater since a pair formed by two players from different national associations won the Mixed Doubles title at a World Championships.
The most recent is the success achieved in 1954 by Ivan Andreadis who represented Czechoslovakia and partnered Hungary’s Gizella Farkas; at the final hurdle they beat Japan’s Yoshio Tomita and Fujie Eguchi to secure the top prize (21-17, 19-21, 21-15, 23-21).
Now just over 60 years later, Japan again had to settle for runners up spot; in Suzhou new champions were crowned, Xu Xin and Yang Haeun.
By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor
