On March 29, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Star Challenge was underway. In the just-concluded women's singles competition, a big upset broke out, and the top seed in the women's singles, Hong Kong, China' famous Du Kaixuan, lost 1:3 to The Korean Chinese player Zhu Qianxi, and did not qualify for the round of 16. Zhu Qianxi, a 19-year-old Chinese player who has not yet been ranked in the world, has just competed for the South Korean team.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Qianxi is the latest naturalized athlete of the Korean women's team. In 2016, South Korean Olympic champion Liu Nankui went to the Weifang Table Tennis Training Camp in Shandong, China to select table tennis seedlings and took a look at Zhu Qianxi. At that time, Zhu Qianxi had just been shortlisted for the national table tennis youth team, and then Zhu Qianxi began to travel to South Korea to play for South Korea. She has competed in the National Table Tennis Junior Championships.
As we all know, the competition within the national table tennis women's team is fierce, and it is difficult to get ahead. After going to South Korea, Zhu Qianxi was personally guided and trained by Olympic champion Liu Nankui, and her progress was obvious. This open tournament is her international debut, and Zhu Qianxi won 3 consecutive victories in the qualifiers. In the first round of the main match, Zhu Qianxi kept a 3:0 clean sheet against Su Huiyin, and the opponent Su Huiyin only scored 9 points in three sets, and scored 1 point in the third set.
In the second round of the main tournament, Zhu Qianxi faced Du Kaixuan, the top seed in women's singles. Du Kaixuan is experienced and currently ranks eighth in the world, having just beaten Wang Manyu and defeating Liu Shiwen and others. In the first set, Du Kaixuan took the lead and won the first set 11:6. In the second set, Zhu Qianxi began to counterattack, pulling back a set at 11:9, and the two sides drew 1:1. Next, Du Kaixuan made many unnecessary mistakes and did not understand Zhu Qianxi's ball path.
Zhu Qianxi, relying on the advantages of the ball and the first three boards, easily won two consecutive sets at 11:8, 11:3, and defeated the top seed Du Kaixuan 3:1 on aggregate to successfully advance to the women's singles round of 16. I have to say that Olympic champion Liu Nankui knows pearls, and the young general Zhu Qianxi is indeed a good seedling. Next, Zhu Qianxi will face Brazil's Bruna, the opponent is not strong, and the Chinese player Zhu Qianxi is expected to go further.
The German-Chinese player Shan Xiaona faced India's Batra, who was eliminated by Batla in a row of 11:6, 11:7, 11:8 in the case of the first game victory. Batra also eliminated Qian Tianyi in the first round of the main tournament. Next, Batra faced the Chinese player Han Ying, who defeated Japan's 13-year-old Zhang Benmeihe on aggregate.