On March 22, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Regular Season Challenge was underway. What is going on is the first round of the individual main event. The Open Tournament is still full of masters, and many athletes have gone to Doha to participate in the regular challenge after finishing the Singapore Grand Slam tournament. Individual champions will receive 400 points. In the Doha regular season challenge, the top seed in the men's singles is Brazil's Hugo, and the top seed in the women's singles is Du Kaixuan from Hong Kong.
In the just-concluded match, the top seed in the women's singles, Hong Kong, China's Du Kaixuan, broke out of the cold, losing 1:3 on aggregate to Sweden's nobody Bergstrom, suffering a round of travel. For such a result, Du Kaixuan was also frustrated and expressed helplessness. It is worth mentioning that after the victory of Sweden's Bergstrom, he threw the racket on the ground and celebrated the victory madly, after all, he defeated the top seed in the women's singles.
In the first set, Du Kaixuan was in good shape, on the first three boards, Du Kaixuan had a clear advantage, after a 9:9 draw, Du Kaixuan scored two consecutive points, winning a set first at 11:9, leading 1:0. In the second set, Du Kaixuan's unnecessary mistakes increased, and Sweden's Bergstrom easily won a set at 11:5, Bergstrom had a lot of strength, she was a sharpshooter, and the rotation was very strong.
In the third set, Du Kaixuan still had many unnecessary mistakes, and the two sides held each other,and Du Kaixuan lost too many points. Bergstrom easily won another set 11-4 to give a 2-1 lead. In the fourth set, Du Kaixuan strengthened the change of landing point and rhythm, but Sweden's Bergstrom frequently fought and scored, and the success rate was very high, Bergstrom locked up the victory 11:7, and eliminated the top seed Du Kaixuan 3:1 on aggregate, successfully advancing to the round of 16.
It is worth mentioning that In the World Cup in Singapore last year, Wang Manyu, the world champion of national table tennis with a total score of 3:0 and 0 clean sheets, showed good competitiveness. Du Kaixuan is currently ranked seventh in the world and is the number one seed in this open tournament, which is a big favorite to win the championship. Another Hong Kong player, Su Huiyin, also suffered a round of travel, and lost to the national table tennis teenager Shi Xunyao 2:3 on aggregate, and did not qualify.
In the match that ended later, Li Haoqing of Hong Kong, China, fell three straight sets to 11:7, 11:7, 11:9, the total score of 3:0 clean sheets against Chinese Player Zhang An, successfully advanced to the women's singles round of 16. At present, only Li Haoqing is left in the women's singles of Hong Kong, China. Puerto Rican teenager Diaz also made a 3:0 clean sheet against The Portuguese Chinese player Fu Yu, successfully advanced to the women's singles round of 16.