On March 19, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Regular Season Challenge was underway. In Doha this month, there will be three consecutive Open tournaments, namely the Doha Regional Open, the Regular Season Challenge, and the Star Challenge. Regular challenge masters such as Yun Yun, Hugo, Lin Yunru, Aruna, Dako, Francesca, Falk, Simon, Huang Zhenting, Du Kaixuan, Feng Tianwei, Tian Zhixi and other table tennis celebrities all participated.
In terms of national table tennis, Liu Guoliang's coaching team arranged 23 people to participate, 12 people in the men's singles, only Zhao Zihao directly advanced to the main competition in the men's singles, and the other 11 people needed to participate in the qualification round. In the first round of the qualifiers, zhang Yudong, a national table tennis player, and Yu Ziyang, the world champion, were eliminated and suffered a round of qualifying. At present, Yu Ziyang is in a very poor state, facing the nominee, he still can't get results.
Next, the second round of the men's singles qualifier continued, with national table tennis player Xu Haidong facing teammate Zhou Qihao. Xu Haidong has won the World Youth Championship, Zhou Qihao has participated in the World Table Tennis Championships, and Zhou Qihao has achieved well in the team competition, beating Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and other main players.
In the first game, Xu Haidong and Zhou Qihao were caught in a fierce battle, because it was a contest between teammates, so the two were very familiar, and they fought strongly at the beginning, after a 10:10 draw, the young player Xu Haidong scored two consecutive points, and won a round first at 12:10. In the second set, Zhou Qihao made many unnecessary mistakes, and Xu Haidong chased after the victory to win another set at 11:6, leading 2:0.
In the third set, Xu Haidong started 3:0. Zhou Qihao was forced into a desperate situation and began to fight, chasing the score to 4:5. Zhou Qihao tied, and the two sides drew 6:6. Zhou Qihao scored 9:7. At 10:7, QiHao successfully won the set point. In the end, Zhou Qihao won a set 11:7, and fell behind 1:2.
In the fourth set, Zhou Qihao gradually regained his form, winning another set at 11:6, and the two sides drew 2:2. The game entered the decider, the decider, Xu Haidong led 2:0. In the end, World Youth Champion Xu Haidong locked up the victory 11:8, eliminating Zhou Qihao 3:2 on aggregate. The three men's singles of the national table tennis were eliminated, namely Yu Ziyang, Zhou Qihao, and Zhang Yudong.
In another men's singles qualifier, national table tennis player Xu Yingbin faced India's Suravayura. In the first set, the young player Xu Yingbin was ill-prepared and made more unnecessary mistakes, and the Indian player won the first set 11:5, leading 1:0. Next, Xu Yingbin began to reverse, winning three consecutive sets at 11:7, 12:10, 11:7, and the total score was 3:1 to reverse the Indian players and successfully advanced.