On March 28, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Star Challenge was underway. What is going on is the battle for the top 16 seats in the individual event. On the male side of national table tennis, Xue Fei, Yuan Licen, Zhao Zihao, Liu Dingshuo and Zhou Qihao successfully advanced. But in the men's singles round, all five people ushered in a hard battle. Xue Fei faced European champion Dacco, Yuan Lichen faced European champion Francesca, and Liu Dingshuo faced African champion Aruna.
Zhou Qihao faced European champion Freitas and Zhao Zihao faced world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan. The narrow road meets the brave to win, and the national table tennis men's singles player needs to fight out. The first to start was the match between Xue Fei and Dako. In the first set, Xue Fei started 3:2. In the middle of the game, Dacco chased the score to a 5-5 draw. In the key sub-link, the score of the two sides alternately rose, 9:9 draw. Xue Fei scored two consecutive points, winning the first set 11:9 and leading 1:0.
In the second set, Xue Fei gradually entered a good situation, played very steadily, and started with a 4:1 lead. Dako made more senseless mistakes, and Xue Fei opened the score gap 7:3. Darko made a sideways mistake and Xue Fei led 9-3. In the end, Xue Fei won the set point 10:3, and with a bang, Xue Fei locked up the victory 11:3, leading the European champion Dakota 2:0.
In the third set, Dako began to fight, and the momentum was very strong. After scoring, Dako frequently roared, Xue Fei's mentality fluctuated, there were many unnecessary mistakes, and Dako started with a 5:1 lead. In the middle of the game, Xue Fei stabilized his position and chased the score to 4:6. Xue Fei chased the score to 7:8. Dako made a mistake, and Xue Fei successfully equalized the score, and the two sides drew 9:9.
Without missing a chance, Xue Fei won the match point 10:9, and in the end, Xue Fei locked up the victory 11:9, and the total score was 3:0 clean sheets for European champion Dako, taking the lead in advancing to the men's singles round of 16. After the victory, Xue Fei waved his racket to celebrate the victory. Straight player Xue Fei is expected to become the successor of Olympic champion Xu Xin.
In another match, Swedish world champion Carlsson defeated Chinese Taipei youngster Liao Zhenting 3:1 on aggregate to advance to the men's singles round of 16. In the first set, Karlsson easily won the first set 11:4 to lead 1:0. In the second set, Liao Zhenting won a thrilling set at 12:10, and the two sides drew 1:1. Subsequently, Carlsson won two consecutive sets 11:5, 11:7, and won 3:1 on aggregate to advance.