On March 22, 2022, the table tennis Doha Challenge continued, the first eight finalists of the national table tennis singles were born, 26-year-old Yang Huijing became a dark horse, fought hard for five rounds to win, and finally eliminated the world's ninth Diaz, and then expected to meet teammate Qi Fei, for many non-main players, the opportunity to go out to participate is more rare, this time Yang Huijing also hopes to prove herself through foreign wars.
National table tennis women's singles today there are five people to impact the top eight seats, men's singles only Zhao Zihao and Yuan Licen two people, Yang Huijing 26 years old, ranked 219th in the world, she and Zhu Yuling, Fan Siqi is a fellow countryman, in the domestic competition has a good performance, this time is also to get the opportunity to go out to participate, through the qualification round to advance, the first round of 3-2 elimination of teammates Liu Weishan, the next will play against Puerto Rico youngster Diaz.
Diaz is 21 years old, ranked 9th in the world, ranked the fourth seed in the women's singles, second only to Du Kaixuan, Feng Tianwei, Tian Zhixi, is a young player with great potential, before she had followed the national table tennis training, participated in the table tennis super league, was guided by Liu Guoliang, last year's World Table Tennis Championships Diaz lost 2-4 to his friend Sun Yingsha, bringing a deep impression to many fans, Diaz's advantage is very strong.
For the situation of Diaz, the national table tennis coaching team is still more familiar, after all, they have trained together before and participated in the table tennis super league, but Diaz does not know Yang Huijing, so although the opponent has strong strength, Yang Huijing still has a great chance of winning.
The difference in strength between the two is not large, but Diaz is experienced, has a strong ability to hold each other in the middle and far distance, the quality of the veneer is very high, Yang Huijing is still not dominant in this regard, the first set Diaz strengthened the offensive, suppressed Yang Huijing's backhand, and soon got the set point at 10-6, Yang Huijing chased 2 points in a row, Diaz took the initiative to grab the ball to score, taking the lead at 11-8, Yang Huijing fell into a bitter battle.
In the second set, Yang Huijing stepped up her offensive attack, hoping to bring more impact to Diaz through the changes in the first three boards, Diaz snowboard quality is extremely high, it is indeed more difficult, Diaz took a 4-1 lead, Yang Huijing chased 8 draws, scored 3 consecutive points to win the game 11-8, and then Diaz blasted 11-6 to seize the opportunity, Yang Huijing did not want to show weakness, came to the end of the set to seize the opportunity, and equalized the score at 11-9.
Diaz's senseless mistakes in the decider gradually increased, Yang Huijing slammed out 11-6 to lock in the victory, and finally won 3-2 against Diaz, advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals, waiting for the winner of teammate Qi Fei and Hong Kong's Li Haoqing, which is also the first time yang Huijing eliminated the world's top 10 players in the international arena, and finally hoped that she would continue to cheer and strive for good results in the next performance.