On February 27, 2022, the table tennis Oman Tournament began, the first match day, the national table tennis 18 people played in the singles qualifier, the three young players ended the game, Yuan Lichen and Ku Man were 3-0 to win the opponent to advance, head coach Li Falcon was personally out of the horse, as Ku Man's off-field guidance, which shows the importance that the coaching team attaches to this young player, Zhu Sibing performed poorly, and lost to the Australian player Chi Minheng was eliminated.
Yuan Lichen, 21 years old, ranked 387th in the world, once won Ma Long, the first round against German youngster Stuber, the latter had a prominent performance in last year's World Youth Championships, the first two sets Yuan Lichen were caught in a bitter battle, through the grasp of key points to win 13-11, 11-9, the third set Yuan Lichen banged out 11-5 to end the game, and finally eliminated Stuber 3-0 to advance to the next round, against Brazil's Eric.
In addition to Yuan Licen, the other men's singles players of national table tennis are all qualified bye, directly from the second round, some players enter the main competition, the highest attention is the three main forces Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, and then participate in grand slam events.
The women's singles trio ended the match, Kuman was 18 years old, ranked 288th in the world, once defeated Chen Meng, partner Fan Zhendong won the mixed doubles runner-up, last year's World Youth Championships won the triple crown, the first round against the Czech Republic's Braskova, Kuman 11-3, 11-7, 11-3 quick final, blasted a 3-0 victory over Blaskova to easily qualify, and then she needed to wait for the winner between the French player and the Indian player.
Chipper Zhu Sibing 21 years old, no world ranking, she is a young player specially recruited by the national table tennis coaching team from the provincial team, because it is a special way of playing to win Chen Xingtong, was personally named by Li Falcon, the first round against the Australian player Chi Minheng, 35 years old ranked 544th in the world, Zhu Sibing has no practical experience, the chipping style of play is mainly defensive, Chi Minheng Although the ranking is not high, but the experience is very rich.
The first two sets Zhu Sibing lost in the key points, because of his own unnecessary mistakes missed the opportunity, Chi Minheng won two consecutive sets 13-11, 11-9 to take a 2-0 lead, the third set Ofi Minheng scored 3 consecutive points, Zhu Sibing called a timeout adjustment, after returning Chi Minheng expanded the point difference to 5-0, and then Zhu Sibing also fought backwaters, the effect was not good, and finally Chi Minheng blasted out 11-7 to end the game, 3-0 to win Zhu Sibing.
This is the first foreign game that the national table tennis lost in Oman, Zhu Sibing participated in the international competition for the first time, I feel that she is particularly nervous, which has a certain impact on the on-field play, but Chi Minheng does have a strategy to cut the ball, Zhu Sibing lost the game is not an accident, I hope that she will sum up well after she returns, and strive to achieve good results in the next game, the coaching team sent a young general to practice on behalf of the game, not afraid of their loss.