On March 28, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Star Challenge ended the first day of competition, and four big cold spots broke out throughout the day. In the men's singles field, the national table tennis rival Perlson was swept out. In the women's singles field, Zhang An, who has recently been in a slump, was eliminated by low-ranking players. In the mixed doubles arena, the two pairs of seed combinations lost one after another, and the winning favorite Huang Zhenting/ Du Kaixuan once again encountered a round trip.
In this Star Challenge, the national table tennis did not participate in the mixed doubles event, and the top seeds Lin Yunru/ Zheng Yijing and Huang Zhenting / Du Kaixuan were recognized as the favorites to win the championship. Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, but Huang Zhenting / Du Kaixuan encountered another round of travel, facing the German combination Qiu Dang / Miltheim, Huang Zhenting / Du Kaixuan lost 1-3, and encountered a round of travel again.
In the last Olympic cycle, Huang Zhenting/ Du Kaixuan was a fierce rival of Xu Xin/ Liu Shiwen, and won the tour mixed doubles championship. In this Olympic cycle, Huang Zhenting/Du Kaixuan should also be the main opponent of national table tennis, but the state is not as good as before, which is surprising. Judging from the course of the game, Du Kaixuan's style is soft, his ability to play against the wind is not too strong, and the play of the two is also very unstable.
In addition, the German combination Francesca / Sorja also suffered a round of travel, since the Olympic Games were reversed by Mizutani Hayabusa / Ito Mishimasa, Francesca / Solja collapsed, this time facing Jonescu / Szokos, the German combination lost 1-3, upset and did not qualify for the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
At present, four seats have been born in the mixed doubles quarterfinals, with Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing and Haberson/Polkanova in the top half competing for the top four seats, and the German combination of Qiu Dang/Miltheim and Yonescu/Szokos competing for the top four seats.
In the men's singles field, The Swedish power player Persson was swept by the French young player Cassin, the Swedish men's table tennis is the fierce opponent of Chinese men's table tennis, Falke, Carlsson, Persson are representative figures. But from the current situation, the threat of these three people is even less than that of young generals such as Moregold and Carlberg. In addition, we must pay attention to the French men's table tennis, in addition to Simon Gautz, Lebison, but also the emergence of Cassin, Alex Leblon, Felix Leblon and other young players, the overall strength has been greatly improved.
In the women's singles field, Zhang An continued to slump, this time lost to a very low ranking chipper, the score was 1-3, Zhang An had shined in the World Cup, but now he has encountered a round of travel, and he also needs to summarize well!