In the women's singles semifinals of the WTT side event in Doha, qatar, 22-year-old Liu Weishan, who shouldered the only "anti-Japanese" responsibility, lived up to expectations and easily won the China-Japan showdown 4-0 (11-6/11-7/11-6/11-9), defeating the 16-year-old Miyu Kihara and meeting teammate Qian Tianyi in the women's singles final, and Qian Tianyi defeated teammate Shi Xunyao 4-0 (11-5/11-8/11-5/11-4) in another semi-final. Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, Miyu Mori and Akimoto, who competed in the Japanese women's singles in this regional competition, and the 4-member general were collectively wiped out by the national table tennis players!
As a low-level event, this tournament naturally cannot be compared with the ongoing Grand Slam tournament, and the champion also has 150 points in the account. Doha, Qatar, will then host two stops, the regular season challenge and the star challenge, especially the star challenge, which will be attended by the top players who have ended the Grand Slam schedule. The women's singles champion of this regional competition will unfold between Chinese and Japanese players without suspense, and as a result, after entering the semi-finals, the ratio of Chinese and Japanese numbers is 3-1, and the only suspense is whether Liu Weishan in the semifinals will block Japan's 16-year-old Miyu Kihara from rushing to the final, and the national table tennis will win the championship and runner-up in advance.
Miyu Kihara is another strange player of japanese table tennis after Mimako Ito, who won the runner-up in women's singles at the Japanese Championships and reached the women's singles final four in a challenge tournament last year. In the women's singles quarterfinals of this tournament, Miyu Kihara defeated Zhang Rui of China.
In the semi-finals, Liu Weishan faced the sinking characteristics of Kihara Miyu's backhand raw glue, resolutely sent the forehand to avoid confrontation with its backhand, because the national table tennis teammate Zhang Rui is also similar to Kihara Miyu's playing style, Liu Weishan also has contact in the usual training, and naturally has prepared a series of routine tactics to deal with raw rubber. After 4 rounds of fierce fighting, Kihara Miyu did not break through Liu Weishan's pass, in the case of the 4th innings once had hope of winning, or appeared impatient, mistakes buried a good game, with the exit of Kihara Miyu, Liu Weishan and Qian Tianyi reached the final, for the Chinese women's team to win the first and second place in the women's singles of this station.
In this match, the 4 generals sent by The Japanese players still have the upper hand in fame and international competition experience, but the young players of the national table tennis team rely on strength to win, although Zhang Benmeihe started from the qualifiers, even after Qin Yuxuan and Qi Fei, he was still the first to be out of the top 8 by Zhang Rui 4-3 hemostasis. In the ensuing 1/4 final, Nagasaki Miyu, the beauty of the long glue play, faced the national table tennis teenager Shi Xunyao, and lost 2-4, while the "screaming woman" Mori Miaoshou and Liu Weishan fought fiercely for 7 rounds and lost the semi-finals. With Liu Weishan winning another Japanese teenager Miyu Kihara in the semifinals, the Japanese players suffered a national table tennis team annihilation. In the women's doubles, the biggest hope of winning the championship, the top seeds Miyu Kihara / Miyu Nagasaki were also eliminated by Qian Tianyi / Zhang Rui 4-1 in the 1/4 finals, and the Japanese team sent half of the main players to participate, still did not take advantage of the young national table tennis players.