The ITTF Oman Challenge continued, sending a large squad of Chinese teams to perform well as a whole, with six men's singles players advancing to the quarterfinals, women's singles eight-nation table tennis players also occupying half of the country, and four pairs of doubles combined to reach the men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles final four. In today's first mixed doubles semi-final competition, the national table tennis duo Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin played well, and it took less than 20 minutes to sweep the Chinese Taipei combination of Li Xinyou / Zheng Yijing 3:0 in three straight sets to advance to the mixed doubles final. They will face the Indian duo of Camat/Taka in the final, who swept the Hungarian duo of Esekki/Imre 3-0 in three straight sets to advance to the final. Since the women's doubles semi-final is a "civil war" between two Indian pairs and two Chinese combinations, it is certain that the women's doubles final will also be played between China and India. In the men's doubles semifinals, the only pair of national table tennis pairs, Lin Shidong / Xiang Peng, defeated the Romanian combination of Jonescu / Dalis 3:1 to advance to the final, so that there will be national table tennis players in the three doubles event finals.
Mixed doubles semi-finals, the national table tennis combination Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin to meet the Chinese Taipei combination Li Xinyou / Zheng Yijing, Zheng Yijing is a master of mixed doubles events, she and Lin Yunru partner ranked first in the mixed doubles world, but this competition Zheng Yijing partner is Li Xinyou instead of Lin Yunru, the comprehensive strength to play some discount, Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin eliminated teammate Liang Jingkun / Ku Man in the last round of competition to advance to the final four. In the first set, Chen Xingtong/ Wang Chuqin played well, the two scored consecutive points to open the score, the backward Li Xinyou / Zheng Yijing attacked frequently, and finally the national table tennis combination won 11:3 and won the first set, the second game of the Chinese Taipei combination Li Xinyou / Zheng Yijing scored three consecutive points to lead 3:0, the backward Wang Chuqin / Chen Xingtong chased the score continuously and chased the score to 6:6 draw, and then Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin scored five consecutive points to win another set at 11:6. The first half of the third game was similar to the second set, Li Xinyou / Zheng Yijing took a 3:0 lead at the beginning, Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin stubbornly pulled the score to a 6:6 draw, and then the two sides came and went to alternate the score, Chen Xingtong / Wang Chuqin won at the end of the game with a narrow victory of 11:9, and the total score was 3:0 to sweep the opponent and advance to the mixed doubles final.
In the men's doubles semifinals, Lin Shidong/ Xiang Peng faced the Romanian duo of Jonescu / Dalis, and in the first set, the two national table tennis players played actively, and the two took a big lead at the beginning, and then Lin Shidong / Xiang Peng extended the score to 9:3, and finally the two took the lead 11:4 first. In the second set, the national table tennis combination Lin Shidong / Xiang Peng took a 3:1 lead at the beginning, and then the two firmly occupied the initiative, Jonescu / Dalis did not have much to do in the face of the sharp attack of the national table tennis player, Lin Shidong / Xiang Peng won another set 11:4. In the third set, Ionescu/Dalis played well, while Lin Shidong/Xiang Peng had a relaxed mentality, the Romanian combination took the opportunity to win back a set at 11:5, and the two sides played very fiercely in the fourth set, and the national table tennis combination withstood the pressure at the end of the game to win 11:9 by two points, and the total score was 3:1 to win Ionescu/Dalis to advance to the men's doubles final.
Women's doubles semifinals, the national table tennis two pairs Chen Xingtong / Qian Tianyi, Zhang Rui / Ku Man two in advance of the fire, no matter who wins and who loses, the national table tennis combination will not lock in a women's doubles final seat, their final opponent is a pair of Indian combinations, the women's doubles other semi-final will be between two Pairs of Indian pairs Eshika / Sutilta and Akula / Selena, it is certain that the women's doubles champion of this competition will be produced between Chinese players and Indian players. Although there are not too many top players participating in this Oman Challenge, but it can play in the final of two sports on the international field, which also shows that Indian table tennis has developed quite well in recent years, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for national table tennis, only when more and more countries attach importance to the sport of table tennis, the influence of table tennis in the world will become more and more large, and national table tennis will receive more and more attention.