On March 19, 2022, the table tennis Doha Challenge continued, the national table tennis six advanced to the third round of the singles qualification tournament, Zhou Qihao lost to Xu Haidong and was eliminated, although he had a prominent performance in the domestic competition last year, but the performance of the foreign war was not good, resulting in Zhou Qihao's opportunities becoming less and less, in addition, The Japanese young player Zhang Benmei and the progress is very fast, worthy of the attention of the coaching team.
The national table tennis coaching staff arranged for the players to participate in batches, 16 people went to Singapore to participate in the Grand Slam, 23 people went to Qatar to participate in the Doha tournament, followed by the Star Challenge, the main players will participate, this month will be spent in the game, there is no time to rest.
Zhou Qihao is known as the nerve knife, with the strength to defeat any opponent, but the on-the-spot play is very unstable, he has won ma long, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship of the direct competition, the table tennis super league defeated Wang Chuqin to win the championship, but came to the international arena to perform generally, last year's world table tennis championships in the second round lost to the German famous Pol, Slovenia was eliminated by the young players from Belgium.
In the qualifying round, Zhou Qihao defeated Xu Haidong 2-3, the latter was the triple champion of the World Youth Championship, Xu Haidong won two consecutive sets 12-10, 11-6, Zhou Qihao equalized 11-7, 11-6, and xu Haidong in the decider won 11-8 to lock up the victory against Croatia's Zellico.
After Xu Yingbin lost the first set 5-11, he won three consecutive sets 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, 3-1 against India's SuvaRazula, followed by Portugal's Geraldo, and tonight there are five games, Sun Wen against Cao Wei, Zeng Beixun against Chuan Ruiji, Yuan Lichen against Casin, Xue Fei against Aleguero, Liu Dingshuo against Lin Zhaoheng.
The women's singles national table tennis four advanced to the third round of the qualifiers, Zhang Rui eliminated Uzbekistan's Kadegieva 3-0, Yang Huijing narrowly defeated Romania's Diaconu 3-2, Zhu Sibing defeated Switzerland's Moret 3-0, Shi Xunyao beat Chinese Taipei's Liu Xinyin 3-0, and tonight there are two matches, namely Fan Siqi against Chen Yi and Ziffy against Diaz.
Japanese youngster Zhang Benmei and 3-1 eliminated Singaporean star Zeng Jian, broke a cold goal, Zhang Benmeihe is Zhang Benzhihe's sister, last year's World Youth Championships achieved four crowns (U15 level), the last stop Doha regional tournament, Zhang Benmei and consecutive wins Ziffy and Qin Yuxuan, and finally lost 3-4 to Zhang Rui, this time in the first round of the qualifier 3-2 eliminated Zhonggeman, the fourth set 10-0 lead refused to handicap, single set clean opponent.
Zhang Benmeihe is 13 years old, ranked 624th in the world, Zeng Jian is 25 years old, ranked 71st in the world, whether it is the experience of the competition, or the comprehensive strength, Zeng Jian has the advantage, just in the Grand Slam, Zeng Jian and Chen Meng have played, impressive, Zhang Benmeihe played 11-7 first, Zeng Jian exploded 11-4 equaliser, and then Zhang Benmeihe won with two 11-9, and finally eliminated Zeng Jian 3-1.