3 national table tennis players advanced to the final! After 00, the dark horse fought hard for 7 rounds and narrowly won, and the world's 4th was out of the cold. The 2022 WTT Qatar Doha Regular Season Challenge Singles Semifinals have all ended, and the national table tennis has a total of 3 people to reach the final, of which there are two women's singles, namely Zhang Rui and Fan Siqi, which means that the national table tennis has won the championship and runner-up of the women's singles in advance; the men's singles is only Yuan Licen, but due to the number one seed, the Brazilian star Hugo, who is currently ranked no. 4 in the world, is out of the cold, so Yuan Lichen still has great hope of impacting the championship.
In the men's singles semifinals, Yuan Licen, a dark horse after the national table tennis 00, played against India's 39-year-old veteran Achanta. In the first set, the two fought fiercely in the opening stages, and when the score was 5-5, Yuan Lichen scored 6 consecutive points to win the first set 11-5. In the second set, the two were still fiercely contested, and when the score was 8-8, Achanta scored three consecutive points to win back an innings of 11-8. In the third set, Yuan Lichen maintained the lead all the way, winning another set 11-6. In the fourth set, Achanta stepped up his attack to equalize the aggregate at 11-7. In the fifth set, Achanta was even more full of firepower, and soon won 11-5, with an aggregate score of 3-2. In the sixth set, the competition between the two has entered a white-hot stage, the score has been drawn many times, and when the score is 10-10, Yuan Lichen resisted the pressure to score 2 points in a row and won 12-10. In the decider, Yuan Lichen once again got the key points, locked up the victory 11-9, thus narrowly defeating Achanta with an aggregate score of 4-3, taking the lead in advancing to the men's singles final and playing against Germany's Qiu Dang.
In the women's singles final 4, the national table tennis occupied 3 seats, namely Zhang Rui, Qi Fei, Fan Siqi, and another Japanese player, Kihara Miyu. In the previous quarter-finals, Zhang Rui defeated Japan's Miwa 3-1, and in the semifinals, Zhang Rui welcomed another Japanese player, Miyu Kihara. In the first set, Zhang Rui and Kihara Miyu played a difficult game, when the score battle was 10-10, Zhang Rui decisively scored 2 points in a row to win another set at 12-10, after which Zhang Rui completely controlled the initiative on the field, winning three consecutive sets of 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, thus defeating Kihara Miyu with an aggregate score of 4-0 and taking the lead in advancing to the women's singles final.
In another women's singles semifinal, Fan Siqi and Ziffy launched a Chinese derby, the first set, Fan Siqi took the lead in the state, and soon won a set 11-4 first, but Ziffy gradually found a feel from the second set, winning two consecutive sets of 11-5, 11-7, and the total score was 2-1. In the fourth set, Fan Siqi once again occupied the initiative on the field and won 11-7. In the fifth set, the two fell into a tug-of-war, the score alternately rose, and at the critical moment, Fan Siqi grasped the key points and won the set 12-10. In the sixth set, Fan Siqi did not give Ziffy too many opportunities, and soon ended the game 11-6, thus winning 4-2 on aggregate and will face Zhang Rui in the final.