On March 28, 2022, the table tennis Doha Star Tournament continued, the first singles round of 16 seats of the national table tennis was released, the straight board star Xue Fei defeated slovenian star Dacko 3-0, the upset eliminated the third seed to advance, and the German player Qiu Dang, who was also a straight board play, completed a super reversal, 0-2 behind and won three consecutive sets, and finally eliminated India's Achanta 3-2.
Xue Fei 23 years old, ranked 140th in the world, he is a young player trained by the national table tennis coaching team, once won the Men's Singles Championship of the World Youth Championship, but in recent years, the results are average, there is no too eye-catching performance, this time Xue Fei registered two projects, men's doubles partner Zhao Zihao, the first round of the qualification lost to Walter / Gross, the male alone to defend the upper half, the first round of 3-0 victory over Brazil's Vitor.
Slovenian star Dako 23 years old, ranked 13th in the world, he is the third seed of men's singles, eliminated the national table tennis teenager Lin Shidong in the Grand Slam, the European Championship defeated Sweden's famous Moregold to win the championship, the recent progress is very fast, The quality of The Dako's backhand is extremely high, and at the same time has a strong ability to hold between the cosmopolitan and Taiwan, Xue Fei challenges Dako, or to play his own advantages, through the first three boards to limit the opponent.
Last year's Olympic Games Dako eliminated Zhang Benzhihe, into the men's singles quarterfinals, his competition experience is more abundant, the first set Xue Fei entered the state faster, to achieve a 5-2 lead, Dako won a stable position to chase 5 draws, Xue Fei scored 3 points to 8-5, and then the score alternately rose, to 9 draw Xue Fei seized the opportunity, scored 2 points in a row to win 11-9, Xue Feitai was more dominant, Liu Heng served as the national table tennis off-court coach.
In the second set, Xue Fei took advantage of the situation to chase, 2 draws to score 4 points 6-2 lead, and then Xue Fei led the way in an all-round way, bombed out 11-3 to win another set, Dako, although the COSCO Taiwan has a strong ability to hold each other, but there are too many unnecessary mistakes in the stage, the stability is poor, the third set of Dako has a backwater battle, to take a 6-1 lead, Xue Fei chased to 7-8, Dako called a timeout, and after returning Xue Fei chased to 9 draws, followed by 2 consecutive points, ending the game at 11-9.
In the end, Xue Fei defeated Dako 3-0, advanced to the men's singles round of 16, knocked out the third seed, and then played against the winner of Croatia's Pukar and American Player Canek, Xue Fei performed well this time, hoping that he would continue to work hard and strive for better results.
At the same time, the German player Qiu Dang against India's famous Achanta, in the last stop Doha Challenge, Qiu Dang won the men's singles runner-up, Achanta reached the final four, both of them lost to the national table tennis player Yuan Lichen, the first two sets of Achanta were won 11-7, and then Qiu Dang blasted 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 consecutive sets, and finally reversed Achanta 3-2 to advance to the men's singles round of 16.