The WTT Doha Star Race is still in the round of 16, and the national table tennis players have broken out one after another, resulting in fewer and fewer players who have the ability to compete for the championship. In the last regular season in Doha, Yuan Lichen and Fan Siqi won the men's and women's singles championships respectively. However, less than a week after the game, the two regular season champions were eliminated early in the star game.
Yuan Lichen met Germany's no. 3 main player Francesca in the men's singles quarter-finals, and lost 1-3 to the opponent. Yuan Licen's play has been good and bad, or lack of exercise in the competition. Francesca has been competing in the world for many years, and the Paris Olympics are expected to represent Germany in singles matches. If even Yuan Licen can't beat it, it is indeed a bit unreasonable. However, Yuan Lichen still created some difficulties for Francesca, and if he could stabilize in the fourth set, Yuan Lichen had a chance to win.
Fan Siqi's exit was the most regrettable, the first round of singles was five sets of defeat to Japanese table tennis teenager Miyu Kato. Fan Siqi has played steadily recently, reaching the women's singles finals of oman and doha regular season in a row, and the star game is naturally one of the favorites to win the championship. However, in the face of the lack of preparation of japanese players, Fan Siqi lacked aggression, did not have a strong desire to win without Kato Miyu, and finally lost out. The main players of national table tennis rarely lose to Japanese players, but non-main players often lose to Japanese table tennis players, and the gap between the main force and the non-main force is obvious.
With the end of the two rounds of singles matches, the 10 members of the national table tennis women's team have been eliminated, leaving zhang Rui alone, which is hard to believe. In the women's singles quarter-finals, Zhang Rui defeated German main Solja 3-1 to advance. Solja's singles ability is average, not as good as veteran Han Ying. Although Zhang Rui encountered a certain resistance from his opponent, his hard power was still above his opponent, and it was also the last hope of the national table tennis women's team to compete for the title. Fortunately, Zhang Rui is good at playing Japanese players, and will face the siege of Japanese table tennis players next, and Zhang Rui at least has a psychological advantage.
The situation of the Swedish men's team is similar to that of national table tennis, and the two singles runners-up of the World Table Tennis Championships are all out of the cold. The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships singles runner-up Fark lost 2-3 to India's main Ghanaese Karan, the opponent is only more capable of mixed doubles, but the singles performance is simply inferior to Fark. Unexpectedly, Fark's ability to compete for key points was too poor, and his singles performance has continued to decline in the past two years, and he has been out of the cold again after the Grand Slam.
The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships singles runner-up Moregard also lost five sets, losing 2-3 to Gassina. After all, Moregold is a post-00s young player, and he can reach the final of the World Table Tennis Championships or have the advantage of signing. The impact alone can only be a flash in the pan, and Morecod needs to strengthen the hard power of COSCO Taiwan. Originally thought that the Swedish team with two World Table Tennis Championships singles runners-up can rise again, the result of the Grand Slam and Doha Star Tournament are all upset, the Swedish team wants to compete for good results in the Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships.