​Romania won (8-5 vs. USA) and lost (2-8 vs. Japan) on Monday, the first day of the Mixed Table Tennis World Cup. The competition is held in the city of Chengdu (China).

Romania’s results on day one of the Mixed Table Tennis World Cup

Romania vs. USA 8-5

Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Sox vs Lily Zhang/Jizhan Liang 2-1 (11-5, 14-12, 4-11)

Elizabeth Samara vs. Amy Wang 3-0 (11-1, 11-9, 11-6)

Andrii Istrate vs. Sid Naresh 1-2 (6-11, 11-8, 7-11)

Elizabeth Samara vs. Van Song 1-2 (11-3, 8-11, 6-11)

Ovidiu Ionescu/Andrei Istrate vs. Zishan Liang/Sid Naresh 1-0 (11-9).

Romania vs. Japan 2-8

Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Sox vs. Shunsuke Togami/Tomokazu Harimoto 1-2 (5-11, 11-8, 7-11)

Adina Diaconu vs. Hina Hayata 1-2 (9-11, 11-9, 9-11)

Darius Movilianu vs. Tomokazu Harimoto 0-3 (4-11, 12-14, 7-11)

Adina Diaconu/Andrea Dragoman vs. Miwa Harimoto/Miyuu Kihara 0-1 (8-11).

• On Tuesday, Romania will play Australia (07:00 Romanian time) and France (13:00).

What you need to know about WC table tennis format for mixed teams

Order of matches: Mixed Doubles, Women’s Singles (player not participating in Mixed Doubles), Men’s Singles (player not participating in Mixed Doubles), Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles. The order of points 4 and 5 will be determined by the captain of the lower ranked team.

Matches will be played in three sets (3-0 or 2-1). The team that wins 8 sets is considered the winner. Each component can play a maximum of two matches (singles and doubles).

18 national teams participate in the competition, the Romanian team consists of Bernadette Shox (number 12), Elizabeth Samara (31), Adina Diakonu (49), Andrea Dragoman (67), Eduard Ionescu (65), Ovidiu Ionescu (111 in the world) , Andrei Istrate (141 in the world), Darius Movilianu (159 in the world), writes Agerpres.