On March 21, 2022, the Table Tennis Doha Challenge continued, the national table tennis coaching team sent 23 people to participate, the main team members were absent, 11 people participated in the singles main match, in addition to the men's doubles Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin, women's doubles Liu Weishan / Qian Tianyi, Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin 3-1 reverse The South Korean combination Ahn Jae Hyun / Cho Dae Sung, the first to advance to the quarterfinals, the South Korean team men's doubles all out, only Ahn Jae Hyun / Cho Dae Sung participated.
Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin is a fixed combination, long-term partner to participate in international competitions, last year's National Games won the men's doubles bronze medal, Cao Wei also partnered Wang Manyu to win the mixed doubles runner-up, this time the two singles results are average, in the qualifiers by the teammates eliminated out, only the last men's doubles event, Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin won two consecutive qualification matches, the first round against the South Korean combination An Jae-hyun / Zhao Dacheng, ushered in the foreign war test.
Ahn Jae-hyun has a prominent performance in the Grand Slam, playing with Fan Zhendong to the decider, Cho Dae-sung once partnered with Shin Yu-bin to defeat Olympic champions Mizutani Hayabusa / Ito Mimachi to win the mixed doubles championship, plus the South Korean team in the men's doubles event, with strong strength, last year's World Table Tennis Championships Jang Yu-jin / Lim Jong-hoon won the runner-up, Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-so once ranked first in the world, so it is normal for the two pairs to win.
Doubles adopted a 5-set 3-win system, the first set Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin did not adapt to the opponent's playing style, delayed to enter the state, An Jae-hyun / Zhao Dacheng stepped up the offensive, soon blasted 11-7 first to take the lead, and then Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin adjusted the state, by improving the quality of the snowboard to master the rhythm of the game, won three consecutive sets of 11-4, 11-5, the fourth set Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin 8-10 behind to score 4 consecutive points, to win 12-10.
In the end, Cao Wei/ Xu Yingbin eliminated the South Korean team of Ahn Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-sung 3-1 to advance to the men's doubles quarterfinals, waiting for the winner of the Czech combination Polanski / Sirusek and Puerto Rican combination Afanador / Gonzalez, the Japanese combination Ofso Qiaoya / and Chuan Ruiji won three consecutive sets 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, 3-0 against the host team Wahab / Khalil, and then unsurprisingly against Falk / Carlsson.
Although the Doha Challenge is only 400 points, but the gold content is very high, some famous players of the foreign association will participate, the main force of national table tennis is absent, and the coaching team sends young players to participate, the purpose is very clear, that is, to let everyone practice instead of the game, sharpen themselves through actual combat, increase experience at the same time, strive to get more points, improve the world ranking, of course, there is also the meaning of assessment through foreign battles.
This time Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin eliminated An Zaixian / Zhao Dacheng to advance, is undoubtedly a good start, for the two young players, the number one opponent is the Swedish combination Falke / Karlsson, the latter is last year's World Table Tennis Champion, who can laugh to the end is looking forward to.