On March 22, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT regular season challenge in Doha ended the first round of women's singles competition, and the round of 16 was officially released. Five members of the national table tennis team advanced to the round of 16, including Fan Siqi, Qi Fei, Zhang Rui, Yang Huijing and Shi Xunyao. The first round of the women's singles gave birth to 3 big cold doors, only 13-year-old Zhang Benmei and the elimination of the famous Mattlova, which made people shine. Zhang Benmeihe will challenge world champion Feng Tianwei in the next round.
In the first round of women's singles, Qian Tianyi withdrew due to injury, in this case, there are still 5 people in the national table tennis to advance to the round of 16. Fan Siqi eliminated Batla 3-0, Shi Xunyao eliminated Su Huiyin 3-2, Yang Huijing narrowly defeated Liu Weishan 3-2, Qi Fei eliminated Zheng Yijing 3-0, and Zhang Rui eliminated Czech Baraskova 3-1.
Although the main players of Chinese women's table tennis and Japanese women's table tennis did not participate in the competition, the substitutes and young players of these two teams still played very well. Five members of the national table tennis team advanced to the women's singles round of 16, and the Japanese team also had 4 people who successfully broke through. Nagasaki Miyu fought hard for 5 innings, eliminating Chen Siyu 3-2. Miyu Kato also fought hard for 5 innings, narrowly defeating Shao Jieni 3-2. In addition, Miyu Kihara beat Barazova 3-1.
The biggest surprise came from Zhang Benmeihe, who is only 13 years old and is the sister of Zhang Benzhihe, her world ranking is 624, while her opponent Matrova is 31 years old, ranked 31st in the world, and is an experienced and powerful veteran. As a result, Zhang Benmei won 3-1 and broke into the round of 16, breaking out of the big cold. It's hard to imagine that a young player can achieve such a result in the adult group competition, and Zhang Benmeihe seems to be at ease.
The first round of the women's singles broke out 3 big cold doors, in addition to Zhang Benmei and the elimination of Matrova, the other is Ziffy 3-0 elimination of Zheng Yijing. Women's singles top seed Du Kaixuan lost 1-3 to Sweden's Bergstrom, which was also a big surprise. With Du Kaixuan and Zheng Yijing out, world champion Feng Tianwei and South Korea's Tian Zhixi became the favorites to win the championship, and the No. 2 seed Feng Tianwei eliminated the famous Su Tasini 3-1, and Tian Zhixi swept teammate Choi Hyo-joo 3-0.
The women's singles second round matches are as follows:
Top half: Bergstrom vs Fan Siqi, Shi Xunyao vs Nagasaki Meiyu, Diaz vs Yang Huijing, Li Haoqing vs Qi Fei
Lower half: Yang Xiaoxin vs Miyu Kato, Miyu Kihara vs. Tian Zhixi, Polkanova vs Zhang Rui, Zhang Benmei and vs Feng Tianwei
Good luck to the 5 young players of the national table tennis team!