On the afternoon of March 27, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Competition is about to usher in the first day of competition, because the national table tennis mixed doubles, women's doubles have not registered, the men's doubles has been completely destroyed to end the battle, so now only the singles championship can be fought for.
According to the arrangement, the women's team's new stars Fan Siqi and Liu Weishan will soon face Japan's strong enemies Miyu Kato and Miyu Nagasaki, while the men's team's direct shooting star Cho Zihao will compete with the third runner-up winner of the South Korean World Table Tennis Championships, Ahn Jae-hyun! As for the seed players, Lin Yunru and Zheng Yijing will play in the mixed doubles competition, but unfortunately, there is no national table tennis combination to play against them this time, and the point of view has also dropped a lot.
Please see below for detailed schedules.
A total of 16 people participated in the qualifier duel in the Doha Star Tournament, and only 7 people successfully broke through in the singles event, and also lost 5 foreign battles, as for the doubles "only seedling" Zhao Zihao / Xue Fei was a round of travel out, it was indeed a heavy loss. After entering the main competition, the competition is bound to become more intense, and on March 27, the national table tennis will also usher in the challenge of more strong players.
At 16:00 p.m., Fan Siqi, the women's singles champion of the last doha regular season, appeared on the scene and played against Japan's famous Miyu Kato, who although the results were not good, but the record was also good, and he had defeated Chen Meng, Ito Mimachi, and Hayata Hina, which is worth watching out for!
At 16:40, Zhou Qihao, the main player in the men's singles of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, will appear to compete with Portugal's Apollonia, whose style of play is very delicate, and Zhou Qihao needs to avoid too many mistakes.
At 17:20, seed player Qian Tianyi appeared on the scene and played against the Indian women's table tennis "first sister" Batra. Batla once beat the national table tennis combination Wang Yidi / Liu Weishan in the women's doubles competition, the women's singles level is also good, especially the backhand long rubber offensive play is rare in the table tennis world, so Qian Tian must find out the opponent's return ball rotation, don't be disrupted.
At 18:00, the direct shooting player Xue Fei will face Brazil's Vito, and the difficulty is average. At 22:00, Liu Dingshuo will play against the runner-up of the men's doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships, and Zhang Rui will fight with the Portuguese Chinese player Shao Jieni - Ionescu has limited singles strength, and Shao Jieni's level among European Chinese players is not very high, so if the two matches of national table tennis are played normally, there is not much of a problem in promotion.
At 22:40, Ziffy faced Germany's Sebin, with a general difficulty. At 23:20, Yuan Lichen played against Muhannadi, a local Qatari player, and if he lost, it was a big upset.
At 00:00 a.m. on March 28, Cho Zi-ho will usher in a strong duel with Ahn Jae-hyun - An Jae-hyun once cried at the World Table Tennis Championships Zhang Ben Zhihe, not long ago at the WTT Grand Slam Tournament to force Fan Zhendong into a desperate situation, is a very difficult opponent, Zhao Zihao must play the advantage of straight-hitting play, otherwise once he withdraws from Taiwan, An Jae-hyun's forehand pulling ability is very strong.
At 00:40, Liu Weishan will compete with Former Japan Women's Doubles World Number One Player Mizu Nagasaki, who also defeated the national table tennis world champion Zhu Yuling and the Japanese Olympic champion Ito Mimachi in the women's singles competition, Liu Weishan is facing a serious challenge!
Overall, the main pressure on the Chinese team on the first day of the main tournament was still from Japanese and Korean players, and the threat of Miyu Kato, Miyu Nagasaki and Ahn Jae-hyun was significantly greater. But even so, we still can't ignore the threat of other opponents, after losing so many field battles in the qualifiers, no one would have expected that Thai athletes could defeat our players.
So will there be anyone in the next national table tennis who will lose the game? Who will advance to the next round? The answer will soon be revealed, let's wait and see what happens: come on, Team China!