On March 18, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT regular season challenge doha station began, the men's doubles qualifier, the top seed, former world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan was upset. In the women's singles field, the national table tennis young man Zhonggeman was eliminated by Zhang Benmeihe, the score was 2-3, the fourth set of the game, Zhonggeman lost a 0-11, which hurt morale.
In March, table tennis events are intense, the Singapore Grand Slam is underway, and Doha has already started its second tournament. In the previous Doha side matches, the national table tennis team won 4 championships and 4 runners-up, with obvious advantages and outstanding performances of young players who continued to participate in the second race.
On the first day of the qualifying round, Xu Yingbin and Cao Wei competed in the men's doubles qualifier, and the result was 3-1. The first round of the men's doubles qualifiers had a more unexpected result, former world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan and his partner were out, his partner was not Chen Jian'an, replaced by Peng Wangwei, the two lost 1-3 to the Japanese combination and Chuan Ruiji / Shen Qiaoye, unexpectedly out, the first set also lost 1-11, too miserable.
Zhuang Zhiyuan has participated in Grand Slam tournaments before and has performed quite well. However, he rushed to Doha to compete, probably in general physical condition, and the other was to change his partner, the cooperation was not very tacit, and finally out of the first round of the qualifiers. As the number one seed in the qualifiers, this is considered to be an underdog, but it is also normal, after all, the two Japanese players also have some fame and strength.
In the women's doubles arena, the national table tennis combination Qian Tianyi / Liu Weishan directly advanced to the main competition. It is worth mentioning that Zheng Yijing, who was supposed to participate in the women's doubles qualifier, and Lin Yunru, who were supposed to participate in the men's doubles qualifier, both withdrew from the tournament, and their opponents won without a fight and directly advanced.
In the women's singles field, Shi Xunyao, Zhu Sibing, Chen Yi and Qi Fei successfully passed the first round of the qualifiers, the score was 3-0, and Zhu Sibing eliminated teammate Qin Yuxuan 3-0. In addition to Qin Yuxuan's exit in the first round of the qualifiers, another young player Zhonggeman was also out, 15-year-old Zhonggeman against Zhang Benmeihe, the latter is Zhang Benzhihe's sister, the two played 5 full sets, Zhonggeman was reversed in the case of a 2-1 lead, the fourth set lost 0-11, very demoralizing, I hope this youngster summed up well, not affected.
In the men's singles arena, Xu Haidong defeated Zhang Yudong 3-0 in the derby and successfully advanced to the next round. Yu Ziyang, Liu Dingshuo, Yuan Licen, Zeng Beixun and others will also appear on the first competition day, wishing good luck to all the young players of the national table tennis!