In the group stage, Zhang Anxian lost to Shokos of Romania with 1-4, and then defeated Diaz of Puerto Rico with 4- 1 to compete for the second place in the group. After the game started, Zhang An played very well. She won the first game with 12 to 10, and then won the second game with 1 1-8. Hirano Miwoo later pursued the victory and pulled back a game with 1 1-8 in the third game.
In the next two games, Miyuki Hirano always gained the upper hand, winning again with 1 1-8, and the total score was suspended in a draw. In the crucial fifth game, Hirano Miwoo won with 1 1-8, and overtook with 3-2. In the sixth game, Zhang An found the feeling again, 1 1 5, and the two were tied 3-3.
When the game went to the seventh game, Zhang An led by 5-/kloc-0. Ye Ping Meiyu scored 3 points in a row, and Zhang An's coach told her to pause. Subsequently, Zhang Anlian scored 3 points, expanding the score advantage to 8-4. Zhang An won the match point with a score of 10 to 5, and won with a score of 1 1 5. In this regard, Zhang An defeated Ping Ye Miyuki, the current world champion of the Japanese team, 4-3, becoming the biggest first upset since the opening of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup. Ping Ye Miyuki, who is regarded as a talented girl in Japan, is out.