On March 19, 2022, the table tennis Doha Challenge continued, the national table tennis coaching team sent 23 people to participate, of which 20 need to participate in the qualification round, only Zhao Zihao, Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan are seeded players, the first round of the qualifiers, the women's singles rising star Zhong Ge Man unfortunately lost out, lost to the Japanese teenager Zhang Ben Meihe, this is her third recent victory over the national table tennis players, before winning Qin Yuxuan and Qi Fei.
Zhang Benmeihe is 13 years old, ranked 624th in the world, she is zhang Benzhihe's sister, won the U15 level four crowns at last year's World Youth Championships, the last stop Doha side game, Zhang Benmei and Lian won Qin Yuxuan and Qi Fei, two national table tennis young players, and finally lost 3-4 to Zhang Rui, indeed Zhang Benmeihe is very impactful, first of all, very young, followed by good forehand, and finally experienced in the game.
National table tennis of the same age, want to win her is indeed difficult, 15-year-old rising star ZhonggeMan is last year to the second team, in the national youth tournament to achieve good results in the selection, Zhonggeman Zhang Benmei and 2 years old, the two are almost the same batch of players, the first set Zhang Benmei and 10 draws scored 2 points in a row, to win 12-10, and then Zhonggeman stepped up the offensive, banging out 11-8, 11-7 consecutive wins, to achieve a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth set, Zhang Benmei suddenly dropped the line, Zhang Benmeihe scored 10 points, 10-0 to get the set point, and then she refused to give up points, directly blasted out 11-0, the decider two sides fell into a battle, the score alternately rose, Zhang Benmeihe narrowly won 11-9, and finally eliminated Zhonggeman to advance, and then played against Singapore's famous Zeng Jian, who performed well in the Grand Slam tournament, and had a fierce battle with Olympic champion Chen Meng.
This game is worth summarizing, Zhonggeman led 2-1, the fourth set directly lost 11 points in a row, was Zhang Benmei and clean sheets, indeed she just came out to participate in international competitions lack of experience, in this regard Zhang Benmeihe did have a certain advantage, and finally achieved a hard five sets of difficult promotion.
At the same time, the women's singles qualifiers were played by the national table tennis team four consecutive 3-0, Ziffy swept the French player Camille 11-3, 11-4, 11-2, Chen Yi defeated Singapore's Xu Kaixin 11-5, 11-3, 11-4, Shi Xunyao beat Romania's Cinchier Olzan 11-6, 11-4, 11-6, and chipper Zhu Sibing eliminated teammate Qin Yuxuan 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.
At present, the national table tennis players are participating in batches, the main players are also in Singapore to participate in the Grand Slam, and then go to Doha, Qatar to participate in the Star Challenge, other young players play the Doha Regional Tournament, the Doha Challenge continues, these four tournament levels are different, the Grand Slam championship won 2000 points, the Star Challenge 600 points, the Doha Challenge 400 points, doha Branch Tournament 150 points.