On March 19, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Regular Season Challenge was underway. This month in Doha, three consecutive open tournaments were held, and the Doha regular challenge masters such as Yun, Du Kaixuan, Tian Zhixi, Feng Tianwei, Zheng Yijing, Polkanova and other famous players all participated. Individual champions will receive 400 points directly. After the regular season challenge, there is still a star challenge to continue.
In terms of national table tennis, Liu Guoliang's coaching team arranged 23 people to participate, including 11 women's singles, Liu Weishan, Qian Tianyi and two directly advanced to the main competition, and the other 9 needed to participate in the qualification competition. In the first round of the qualifiers, the national table tennis players Qin Yuxuan and Zhongge Man were eliminated. Among them, Zhonggeman lost 2:3 to Japan's Zhang Benmeihe. In the fourth set, Zhonggeman was beaten 11-0 by Zhang Benmeihe.
In the second round of the women's singles qualifier, Japan's Zhang Benmei and Singapore's Zeng Jian. The latter was a native of Loudi, Hunan. She began playing at the age of 6 and later entered the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing, where she became the sister of Zhang Yining and Li Jiawei. Later, due to the fierce competition of the national table tennis women's team, Zeng Jian went to Singapore to play, and Zeng Jian is now 26 years old and is the main player of the Singapore women's team.
Zhang Benmeihe is only 13 years old this year, facing the 26-year-old table tennis star Zeng Jian, he seems to be unrelenting. In the first set of the game, Zhang Benmeihe with excellent front three board attack, frequent forehand scores, after scoring, Zhang Benmeihe liked to be the same as his brother Zhang Benzhihe, completely released the pressure and emotions, clenched his fists and shouted, in the end, Zhang Benmeihe won the first set 11:7, leading 1:0.
In the second set, Zeng Jian adjusted his state, took the initiative to start, and pulled back a set at 11:4, and the two sides drew 1:1. In the third set, Zhang Benmeihe once again took the initiative, frequently attacking and scoring, 11:9, Zhang Benmeihe won another set, and the big score was 2:1. Veteran Zeng Jian was obviously unexpected and somewhat ill-prepared. In the fourth set, Zhang Benmei and a drumbeat, locked in the victory 11:9.
In this way, 13-year-old Zhang Benmeihe defeated the 26-year-old Singaporean star Zeng Jian with a total score of 3:1 and successfully advanced to the third round of the women's singles qualifier. It should be known that Zhang Benmei and recently defeated three national table tennis players in a row, namely Qin Yuxuan, ZhongGeman, and Qi Fei. Among them, Ziffy is already a player in the first team of national table tennis, 22 years old this year. After beating the older players many times, Zhang Benmei and self-confidence are accumulating.