On March 29, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Star Challenge was underway. In the just-concluded competition, Zhao Zihao, a famous player in the national table tennis straight board, eliminated world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 3:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the men's singles round of 16. At present, there are already 4 world champions in this open tournament who have lost in singles, namely Zhuang Zhiyuan, Fark, Yu Ziyang and Liang Xiayin.
In this open tournament, because the main force of national table tennis is absent, there are not many athletes with world championship titles. In the men's singles round, Zhao Zihao faced world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan. Zhao Zihao has a strong impact, high quality of veneers, Zhuang Zhiyuan is experienced, the first game, after the two sides drew 11:11, Zhao Zihao scored two consecutive points, winning a set first in 13:11 thrilling, leading 1:0. In the second set, Zhao Zihao won 11:5, leading 2:0.
In the third set, veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan fought back to the water, relying on the ability of COSCO to hold each other, and won a set back 11:7. In the fourth set, the scores of the two sides alternately rose, the key points, Zhao Zihao took the initiative to start, dared to fight, 13:11 to lock the win, the total score of 3:1 eliminated the World Table Tennis Champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, successfully advanced to the round of 16. In this open tournament, Zhuang Zhiyuan has been eliminated in both lines, and in the men's doubles, partner Peng Wangwei also suffered a round of travel, and the grain was not harvested.
In terms of national table tennis singles, 19 people participated in the open competition, including 11 women's singles and 8 men's singles, and at present, only Zhang Rui is left in the women's singles to advance. The men's singles also include Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, and Xue Fei to advance to the round of 16. It can be said that the main force of the second line of national table tennis in the open competition of this station is lackluster and the performance is average. Next, Zhao Zihao faced Aruna, Xue Fei faced Kanek, and Zhou Qihao faced Francesca.
In other arenas, national table tennis player Yuan Lichen lost to Germany's Francesca 1:3 on aggregate. Hong Kong's Huang Zhenting defeated chipper Wang Yang 3:1 on aggregate, and Sweden's Moregard fought in five sets, losing 2:3 to Croatian veteran Garcina on aggregate and missing out on qualifying. In the first four sets, the two sides fought fiercely to a 2-2 draw. In the decider, the youngster Moregaard's mentality collapsed, and Gassina locked in the victory 11-1.
England's Pitcheford kept a 3-0 clean sheet against Denmark's Gross, who scored 16:14, 11:9 and 11:7 in three sets. Sweden's Carlberg beat a Ukrainian player 3-0 on aggregate. South Korea's Lin Zhongxun 3:0 clean sheet France's Simon, who has been in a slump this season. Lin Zhongxun won 11:8, 11:9, 11:3, three consecutive sets of 3:0.