On March 24, 2022, the table tennis Doha Challenge continued, the national table tennis trio advanced to the final, impacting the singles championship, the women's singles Zhang Ruihui Fan Siqi, successfully won the championship and runner-up, the men's singles youngster Yuan Lichen narrowly defeated India's famous Achanta 4-3, is expected to be black to the end, Yuan Lichen, Zhang Rui, Fan Siqi are from the qualifiers to the final, although the world ranking is not high, but the personal ability is very strong.
Yuan Licen is a young player who focuses on the cultivation of national table tennis, he once became famous in the Table Tennis Super League, starting from this year to get more opportunities, going out to participate in international competitions, although the world championship is only 264, but everyone knows that it is not in line with his strength, in the Doha branch competition, Yuan Licen won the men's singles runner-up, when he lost four consecutive sets in the final, and finally lost to teammate Zhao Zihao.
Coming to the Doha Challenge, Yuan Licen became a dark horse, starting from the qualifiers, winning seven consecutive games to advance to the men's singles final four, knocking out the second seed Chinese Taipei famous Lin Yunru, defeating Zhao Zihao in the last round, the semi-final against India's Achanta, the latter 39 years old ranked 41st in the world, Achanta play is very distinctive, the game experience is very rich, is a more difficult opponent.
In the first set, both sides scored 5 points, Yuan Lichen gradually adapted to the rhythm of Achanta, scored 6 consecutive points to blast 11-5 to take the lead first, in the second set Yuan Lichen took advantage of the chase to get a 4-2 lead, Achanta chased 5 draws, both sides scored 3 points, Achanta scored 3 points to win 11-8, Achanta through the change of technique and tactics, slow down the rhythm to achieve a certain effect, Yuan Lichen is still experienced and limited by the opponent.
In the third set, Yuan Lichen improved the quality of the veneer, bringing more pressure to Achangta, Yuan Lichen took a 4-1 lead, Achanta chased 5-6, Yuan Licen scored consecutive points, and soon blasted out 11-6 to color, in the fourth set Yuan Lichen fell behind to chase 6-7, Achangta called a timeout, after returning Achangta equalized 11-7, in the fifth set Yuan Lichen was suddenly dropped, Ah Changta played 11-5 to win another set.
Next Yuan Licen led 2-0 and lost 3 points in a row, the off-court coach was Lin Gaoyuan in charge of coach Liu Heng, he saw that the situation was not good and decisively called a timeout, disrupting the rhythm of the opponent, after returning Yuan Licen completed the counterattack, came to the end of the set to lead 7-5, Achangta chased to 10 draws, Yuan Lichen withstood the pressure, scored 2 points in a row to win 12-10, the seventh set of both sides did not pause, so hope to win the game with a bang.
The two sides fell into a battle in the decider, the score alternately rose, Yuan Lichen scored 2 points in a row of 8 draws to get 10-8 match points, and then won 11-9, and finally eliminated Ah Changta 4-3, fighting for seven sets to advance to the men's singles final, Yuan Lichen won eight consecutive wins, and he won one more game is the championship.