The 17-year-old national table tennis player soared 156 places in the world rankings, and Kuman won two consecutive victories! Xiang Peng won 3 consecutive sets to reverse. The 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament continues, in the second round of the singles qualifiers, the two national table tennis 00 youngsters played the triumphant song, Ku Man and Xiang Peng have won successively, as long as the two win one more game can advance to the main tournament. In the previous WTT regular season challenge in Oman, Xiang Peng's partner Lin Shidong won the men's doubles championship, and xiang Peng also defeated Wang Chuqin in the men's singles field, and finally lost to Liang Jingkun 2-3, which shows that Xiang Peng's performance is still very good.
Both Xiang Peng and Kuman will start from the qualifiers, with Xiang Peng narrowly beating Alamyan 3-2 in the first round and Against Denmark's Lind in the second round. In the first set, Xiang Peng started 3-1, and then Xiang Peng also extended the score to 6-3, but Linde played very tenaciously, did not let Xiang Peng pull the point difference, when Xiang Peng took the lead 10-7 to get the set point, there was a mistake, Linde seized the opportunity to score 5 consecutive points, 12-10 first set. In the opening stage of the second set, Xiang Peng was still not in the state, there were some mistakes, and the two also entered a battle, fortunately, Xiang Peng stabilized his position in time and won a set back at 12-10. In the third set, Xiang Peng gradually adapted to the opponent's playing style and soon won another set 11-5. In the fourth set, Xiang Peng had fully occupied the initiative on the field, locking in the victory 11-3, thus winning 3-1 on aggregate and advancing to the final round of qualifying.
The 17-year-old youngster Kuman played a one-day double match against France's Migut. In the first set, the two fought fiercely, and the score was a 7-7 draw, and at the end of the set, Kuman took the lead and won the first set 11-8. In the second set, Kuman stepped up his attack and Migott gradually fell behind, and Kuman soon won another set 11-4. In the third set, Kuman had fully found his form, locking in the win 11-3 and thus sweeping the opponent 3-0 on aggregate. In the second round of the qualifiers, Ku Man against the host Singapore player Shu Linxi, the first set, Ku Man showed a strong desire to win, 8-2 lead, and then Shu Lin Qian chased 4 points, at the critical moment, Ku Man scored 3 points in a row, to win the first set 11-6. In the second set, the two were still fiercely contested in the opening stages, and when the score was tied to 4-4, Kuman scored five consecutive points to take the lead, and soon won another set 11-6. In the third set, Kuman didn't give his opponent too many chances and ended the game 11-7.
In the end, Kuman swept Shu Linxi 3-0 on aggregate to advance to the final round of the women's singles qualifier, and Kuman won 3-0 in two consecutive matches, which shows that Kuman's strength is still very strong. It is worth mentioning that with the women's singles champion in Oman, Kuman made his world ranking soar by 156 places to 131st, ranking 12th among all Chinese female players.