Chinese social media users hit out at Fan Zhendong’s Saarbrücken teammates after defeat

Chinese social media users have hit out at the performances of Fan Zhendong’s teammates following 1. FC Saarbrücken TT’s loss to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Monday.

Reigning Olympic table tennis champion Fan won both of his matches – against Alberto Mino and Kristian Karlsson – 3-0.

However, Fan’s dominance was not enough to stop his German club team from losing 3-2.

The team’s fourth defeat of the season means the newly crowned German Cup champions slipped down the table to third place out of 12 teams. Only the top four teams qualify for the play-offs.

Fan’s performance was in stark contrast to team captain Patrick Franziska from Germany, who lost both his singles and doubles match.

Franziska’s doubles partner Eduard Ionescu from Romania also lost his singles match.

Despite the defeat, Saarbrücken heaped praise on Fan.

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