hello thanks for joining us on sports Scene alive from beijing
i'm mike fox
we began in chengdu where host nation china got their hands on their Swaythling Cup for the tenth consecutive time
after sweeping past germany in the men's final on the ittf world team championships
sunday's final is a repeat and marks the sixth time these two have faced each other in the final contest with china prevailing on all previous occasions
world number one fangendong opens the master 5 final strongly and storms into a two game lead against the 36 ranked benedict duda
the reigning world champion then completes the straight games win 11-8 11-8 again and then finally 11-9
olympic gold medalist Malong goes against dantio in the second and dominates the first two games 11-9, 11-6
Germany standout performer and newly crowned european champion goes 7-5 ahead in the third
with a powerful forehand before grabbing it 11-9
however Ma who turns thirty four in ten days
and fantaskly wins the fourth game 11-1 and gives the PRC a 2-0 lead
and finally Wang chin chin defeats k Stumper 11- 8, 11-7, 11-44 in the third
China wrap up the man's title
not only do they lift the cup for the tenth time in a row
it's also a record twenty second time overall
before this final i was really anticipating it and very excited
it is true that i've been through some difficulties ups and downs
but they were very good experiences to prepare for this competition
germany's chill won the european championship recently and is really a tough opponent
as everybody saw we both played very well
and input a lot of pressure on me with the quality of his back handy shots throughout our match
for me i want to thank the fans who came here to support the chinese national team
even amid the ongoing pandemic
we truly felt like we had all the advantages of competing at home
so thank you all very much
while china's coach chinchi jian was obviously thrilled with his team's performance after winning the final
and discussed what the victory means at the post-event press conference
this is my first time lifting a Swaythling Cup as a head coach
and i feel like this title means a lot to us the cup is heavy as it has six layers
and my hands are still numb from holding it for a long time
we achieved this result through the efforts of several generations
as a chinese table tennis team prospered for decades
and we continue to go beyond
five players performed very well during the competition
from the opening match in the group stage until the final
this athletes represent three generations of chinese table tennis players
and we can see Malong acting as a spiritual leader which the other players are able to follow