On March 25, 2022, the WTT Star Challenge began in Doha, Qatar, the national table tennis sent 20 people to participate, the main players were absent, the collective withdrew for rest, but the young players who remained in the local area will continue to play, Fan Siqi, Yuan Licen and others will continue to rotate, just finished the final, and then participate in the qualification round, in addition, Zhao Zihao, Liu Weishan, Qian Tianyi are singles seeds, will directly advance to the main tournament.
The difference between the Star Challenge and the Doha Challenge is that the Doha Challenge won 400 points, the Star Challenge won 600 points, everything else is similar, or the original venue, the national table tennis men's team of 9 people participated, namely Zhao Zihao, Yuan Licen, Yu Ziyang, Liu Dingshuo, Xue Fei, Zhou Qihao, Sun Wen, Liang Guodong, Zeng Beixun, of which Liang Guodong and Zeng Beixun only played men's doubles and missed the singles match.
The top ten seeds are Calderano, Lin Yunru, Dako, Francesca, Aruna, Moregaard, Picheford, Falke and Simon. Gao Zi, Huang Zhenting, the young players of the Japanese team are mainly young players, and Zhang Benzhihe, Ito Mimachi and others are absent.
Men's doubles pairs of combination registration, need to participate in the qualifiers, Liang Guodong / Zeng Beixun and Zhao Zihao / Xue Fei out of the game, it is worth mentioning that Zhao Zihao and Xue Fei are straight board play, two straight board players team doubles is very rare, may bring unexpected surprises.
Women's singles 11 people participated, namely Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan, Fan Siqi, Zhang Rui, Shi Xunyao, Qi Fei, Zhu Sibing, Qin Yuxuan, Zhong Geman, Yang Huijing, Chen Yi, women's doubles and mixed doubles two events did not have a national table tennis combination registration, so the women's team focused on singles is good, the men's team only Zhao Zihao and Xue Fei two both, because the star challenge level is higher, so some national table tennis players did not participate.
The top ten seeds are Du Kaixuan, Diaz, Tian Zhixi, Zheng Yijing, Polkanova, Han Ying, Solja, Yang Xiaoxin, Szokos, Mitheim, in addition to Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, Miyu Kato, Meiyu Zhang Benhe continued to participate, the national table tennis team once again met the Japanese team, the young generation of the two sides began to compete, became the focus of attention of outside fans, and the 17-person qualifier began.
From Oman to the Doha Challenge, three consecutive international tournaments, the national table tennis has achieved excellent results, and now the Star Challenge has begun, a new journey has begun, 600 points still has a certain attraction, and everyone hopes to play a level and continue to improve the world rankings.
Just in the Doha Challenge, the national table tennis won 2 championships and 1 sub-championship, Yuan Lichen black to the end, won the men's singles championship, Fan Siqi and Zhang Rui will be the final, Fan Siqi laughed to the end, came to the new arena, everyone is starting again, after the main team members quit the game, it is an opportunity for young players, just see if they can grasp it, and finally let us look forward to the next performance of the national table tennis players, come on!