On March 24, 222, the WTT Regular Season Challenge in Doha reached the final day. There will be five events: women's singles final, men's singles final, women's doubles final, men's doubles final and mixed doubles final. Fan Siqi and Zhang Rui, young players of the Chinese table tennis team, entered the women's singles final to ensure that the Chinese team won the women's singles championship and runner-up. The new generation of young player Yuan Licen played well this time, reaching the men's singles final and will face Germany's Qiu Dang.
Due to the relatively low level of the regular challenge, CCTV Sports Channel did not arrange live broadcasts. Fortunately, both the "China Sports" and "Migu Video" platforms will be broadcast live. It can be viewed from both mobile phone and computer. It is recommended to use Migu video to watch the live broadcast, because you can watch it without being a member.
WTT Regular Season Challenge Doha Schedule on March 24 (Beijing time):
16:00 Women's Singles Final: Fan Siqi vs Zhang Rui
Zhang Rui is a horizontal shot of the reverse raw glue, which is similar to the Japanese Ito Mimako. Zhang Rui is also one of the imitators of Ito Mimachi of the Chinese table tennis team. In the women's singles quarterfinals, Zhang Rui defeated Zhang Benzhihe's sister Zhang Benmeihe. Zhang Benmeihe defeated Singapore's Feng Tianwei in the second round of women's singles, which can be said to be a rapid progress. Zhang Rui has defeated Zhang Benmeihe for two consecutive weeks, which is a bit of a nemesis. In the women's singles semifinals, Zhang Rui defeated Japan's Miyu Kihara. Ensured a meeting with Fan Siqi in the women's singles final.
Fan Siqi was promoted to the first team of the national team in 2019. He has been a teammate of Zhang Ruidang for many years and knows each other better. Therefore, Zhang Rui's raw glue playing method does not have much advantage for Fan Siqi. Compared with the two, Zhang Rui has a slight upper hand.
16:50 Men's Singles Final: Yuan Lichen vs Qiu Dang (Germany)
Yuan Licen, a 22-year-old youngster, won the singles championship of the National Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2015 and entered the Chinese table tennis team. It is the leader of the new generation. In the previous Doha regional competition, Yuan Lichen won the men's singles runner-up and the mixed doubles runner-up. This time in good shape, reaching the final, the possibility of winning the championship is very high.
Qiu Dang was the son of Qiu Jianxin. Qiu Jianxin was originally a Chinese table tennis player and now teaches in Japan. He has coached Japan's first-class players such as Mizutani Hayabusa, Tomokazu Zhang, and Yoshinori Ishikawa. In the Singapore Grand Slam tournament, Qiu Dang and Du Da reached the men's doubles semifinals, and finally lost 1-3 to Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin. It can be seen that the strength of the Qiu Party is still very strong.
On the whole, the strength of the young general Yuan Licen is still superior. For young players, the psychological factor of the final is the key, and whether they can calm down and fight for their opponents will determine the outcome of the game.
17:40 Women's Doubles Final: Miyu Kihara / Miyu Nagasaki (Japan) vs Chen Siyu / Huang Yihua (Chinese Taipei)
18:30 Men's Doubles Final: Walter/Ault (Germany) vs Falke/Carlson (Sweden)
19:20 Mixed Doubles Final: Zheng Yijing / Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei) vs GhanaEseKaran / Batra (India)