On the night of October 24, the first final match of the men's team event of the 2023 National Strong Teams Table Tennis Tournament took place between the Hai Duong and T&T table tennis teams.
In the third match - the match that decided the most prestigious gold medal of the tournament, young player Nguyen Duy Phong of Hai Duong faced his senior Le Dinh Duc of T&T. Being highly appreciated, the veteran player of T&T quickly won the first set. However, Nguyen Duy Phong played better and better and maintained his mentality as well as his attacks to score points very well. With the advantage of youth, attacking both left and right, Nguyen Duy Phong equalized in the second set and made a surprising but convincing comeback to win 3-1 against his senior of the national team. This victory of Nguyen Duy Phong helped his Hai Duong male table tennis teammates have an overwhelming 3-0 victory over their opponent T&T.
In the opening match, Hai Duong player Nguyen Duc Tuan played first, meeting Dinh Anh Hoang. Having known each other well from training together in the national team for many years, the match between the two players had to go to the 5th set. Although always in a chasing position, Nguyen Duc Tuan still won 3-2.
In the following match, Doan Ba Tuan Anh of Hai Duong also had an important 3-1 victory over Le Tien Dat with a score of 3-1.
With a 3-0 overall victory, Hai Duong table tennis team won the first gold medal at the 2023 National Strong Team Table Tennis Tournament. At this tournament, Hai Duong table tennis team has 13 athletes and 2 coaches, the team set a target of winning 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
The 2023 National Table Tennis Tournament for Strong Teams will take place in Tien Giang from October 21-29.
Today, October 25, the tournament continues with men's doubles, mixed doubles, women's singles and men's singles.
Some pictures of the match between tennis player Nguyen Duy Phong (Hai Duong) and Le Dinh Duc (T&T).Source: Table Tennis
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