On March 24, 2022, Beijing time, the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Regular Season Challenge Doha ended, and Fan Siqi in the upper half won two consecutive derby battles to advance to the final. Zhang Rui in the second half of the zone defeated Meihe Zhang Ben and Miyu Kihara in a row, and also reached the final. In this way, the national table tennis locked in the women's singles championship and runner-up in advance, and Zhang Rui, who fought alone in the second half of the district, became the number one hero.
In this competition, the main players of the national table tennis were absent, and the Japanese team of Ito Mimachi, Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hirano Miyu and others did not participate. Even so, the women's singles field is still very competitive, Du Kaixuan, Zheng Yijing, Feng Tianwei, Tian Zhixi are all powerful players, and it is still very difficult for young players of national table tennis to compete for the championship. However, young players and substitute players dare to fight, once again showing the strong strength of Chinese women's table tennis.
After the end of the qualifiers, 7 national table tennis players advanced to the women's singles round of 32, after the first round, 5 people reached the top 16, 4 people in the upper half, only Zhang Rui in the bottom half. After the end of the quarter-finals, the 4 national table tennis players in the upper half of the district successfully met, and Zhang Rui in the lower half of the district still fought alone. Five national table tennis players reached the women's singles quarterfinals, and the remaining 3 seats belonged to Japanese players, which is the competitive pattern of women's table tennis.
Because the first half of the district is a national table tennis derby, it is equivalent to locking a final seat in advance, and fans can watch the game with peace of mind. In the end, Fan Siqi defeated Shi Xunyao and Qi Fei consecutively and successfully reached the final. Zhang Rui in the lower half of the zone makes us worry even more, the 25-year-old Zhang Rui is no longer a young player, she often serves as a sparring partner for the main players, and her position is a substitute player. Zhang Rui is unknown, but the key moment is worthy of our trust.
In the quarter-finals against Zhang Benmeihe, Zhang Rui first lost a round and then completed the reversal, although Zhang Benmeihe was young, but he had eliminated world champion Feng Tianwei before, and his morale was particularly strong. In this case, Zhang Rui withstood the pressure. In the semi-finals against Miyu Kihara, Zhang Rui completely took the initiative, swept the opponent after winning 4 consecutive sets, and advanced to the final. As Zhang Rui advanced to the final, the national table tennis locked in the women's singles championship and runner-up in advance, even if the main force is absent, our substitute players can also pick the beam.
Zhang Rui is undoubtedly the number one hero, she not only eliminated Zhang Benmeihe and Kihara Miyu, but also defeated Polkanova before, winning 3 consecutive rivals and getting the final seat, Zhang Rui is good!
In the men's singles field, young player Yuan Licen defeated Ghanaese Karan, Lin Yunru, Zhao Zihao and Achanta to advance to the final, and he will compete with Qiu Dang for the men's singles championship. This final seat is also very gold-bearing, after all, Yuan Licen defeated the No. 2 seed Lin Yunru, and fought hard in the semi-finals for 7 innings, narrowly defeating Achanta 4-3, and the training value is very large. I hope that Yuan Licen will continue to work hard and strive to win the championship!