After the end of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the Doha Regular Season Challenge is fiercely fought, the women's singles round of 8 has been produced, the national table tennis team has 5 players to break into the top 8, and the other 3 places belong to the Japanese players. Among them, Zhang Benzhi and his 13-year-old sister Zhang Benmeihe performed eye-catchingly, and she eliminated the Chinese world champion Feng Tianwei.
Previously, the national table tennis soldiers were divided into two ways, the main force participated in the Singapore Grand Slam competition, winning all 5 championships, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin all won 2 championships, and Chen Meng won the singles championship; other non-main players, including many young players, participated in a series of challenges in Doha and underwent full training.
In the Doha regular season challenge, Chinese women's table tennis continued to show strength. National table tennis well-known sparring partner - Ito Mimachi imitator Zhang Rui fought for five sets, 3-2 to beat Polkanova [11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6]; young player Ziffy eliminated Li Haoqing 3-2 after eliminating zheng Yijing in the first round [8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5].
In a confrontation that belonged to the youngsters of China and Japan, Shi Xunyao easily swept Nagasaki Meiyu [11-4, 11-2, 11-7] 3-0; Yang Huijing fought 5 sets to beat No. 4 seed Diaz [8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6] 3-1, and Fan Siqi eliminated Linda Bergstrom 3-1.
In the face of well-known players of foreign associations, the advantages of these non-main players of national table tennis are not large, but they dare to fight, and they can bite their teeth and persist until the final victory, showing the strong foundation of women's table tennis, and the strength of top masters such as Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu is in line.
The Japanese women's team also had outstanding performances, the most eye-catching of which was Zhang Benmeihe, who eliminated veteran Feng Tianwei 3-1 in the 4th innings of the battle and broke into the quarterfinals. With her brother Zhang Benzhihe famous in the front, Zhang Benmeihe has attracted much attention since taking the career path, and she does have talent, and now playing adult competitions can also overturn the old rivers and lakes like Feng Tianwei.
Zhang Ben's family has a very clear division of labor, his father accompanies Zhang Benzhihe to fight, and his mother personally serves as Zhang Benmeihe's coach. In the Doha straight-line competition, Zhang Benmeihe defeated 2 young players Qin Yuxuan and Qi Fei of the national table tennis; in the regular season challenge, Zhang Benmeihe defeated the national table tennis teenager Zhonggeman and also exploded 11-0; in time, Zhang Benmeihe may also become one of the main opponents of the Chinese team.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, the national table 4 will be in the upper half of the division to ensure a final seat, specifically against: Fan Siqi vs Shi Xunyao, Yang Huijing vs Qi Fei; Kato Miyu vs Kihara Miyu, Zhang Benmei and VS Zhang Rui.
At this point, the top 8 seeded players in the women's singles, Du Kaixuan, Feng Tianwei, Tian Zhixi, Diaz, Zheng Yijing, Polkanova, Yang Xiaoxin and Chen Siyu have all been wiped out. It can be seen that in the absence of the main force of national table tennis and the main force of Japan, the so-called seeded players of women's table tennis are unreliable and may be out of the cold at any time.
Can these non-main players of the national table tennis team defeat the Japanese team, which is dominated by young players, and win the women's singles championship? Let's wait and see!