On March 25, 2022, the competition of the WTT Star Challenge in Qatar began in Doha. Round 1 of the men's and women's singles and doubles qualifiers will be played. 11 Chinese youngsters played. More interesting is the men's singles qualifier Zhou Qihao against Japan's Tanaka Yuji, the women's singles qualifier Chen Yi against Zhang Benzhihe's sister Zhang Benmeihe. In addition, Fan Siqi, who has just won the regular season challenge women's singles championship, will also play in the qualifiers.
A number of major players in national table tennis who previously participated in the Singapore Grand Slam withdrew from the Qatar Star Challenge, which made this competition fade a lot. The national table tennis players who have withdrawn from the Qatar Star Challenge are: Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Xiang Xiaopeng, Xu Haidong, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Ku Man, Liu Shiwen, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi.
CCTV Sports Channel did not arrange a live broadcast. Please watch the live broadcast through the two platforms of "China Sports" and "Migu Video". In particular, it is very convenient to watch the live broadcast through the mobile phone installation APP.
Qatar Doha Star Challenge March 25 live schedule (Beijing time):
19:00 Women's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Fan Siqi vs Akula
19:00 Women's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Yang Huijing vs Wang Xinru
19:35 Women's Singles Qualifier Round 1
20:10 Men's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Xue Fei vs Akuzu
20:45 Men's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Zhou Qihao vs Tanaka Yuji
21:20 Women's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Chen Yi vs Zhang Benmeihe
21:55 Women's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Zhu Sibing vs Mariam
22:30 Men's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Yu Ziyang vs Mudit Dani
22:30 Men's Singles Qualifier Round 1 Liu Dingshuo vs Alexis LeBron
March 26 at 00:35 a.m. Men's Doubles Qualifying Round 1 Liang Guodong / Tsang Bee Hoon vs Akuzu / Kahinba
WTT Star Challenge Doha National Table Tennis Lineup:
1. Men's singles
Zhao Zihao, Yuan Licen, Yu Ziyang, Liu Dingshuo, Xue Fei
Zhou Qihao, Sun Wen
2. Women's Singles
Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan, Zhang Rui, Fan Siqi, Yang Huijing
Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Qi Fei, Qin Yuxuan, and Zhong Geman
Zhu Sibing
3. Men's Doubles
Zhao Zihao/Xue Fei, Liang Guodong/Zeng Beixun