In the early morning of March 29, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Tournament ended the second day of competition, the Chinese team suffered heavy losses, 19 people played in the singles match has lost to only 4 people, the foreign war has been continuously broken by European and African players, the current men's team also has Zhou Qihao, Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei, and the women's team is only Zhang Rui.
As for the foreign association, the words are also unpopular, world champion Fark, world runner-up Moregaard, women's singles top seed Du Kaixuan and others have all been out, and the other 2 world champions Liang Xiayin and Zhuang Zhiyuan have also been eliminated. The next singles will continue the third round of competition, the national table tennis 4 people ushered in the strong enemies Francesca, Aruna, Kanek, Su Huiyin challenge, or will break out a vicious battle again!
See below for details of the game and the latest fixture schedule.
The Chinese team in this Doha Star Tournament is indeed a series of defeats, 16 people played in the qualifiers, and 9 people did not qualify, of which 5 were defeated in foreign battles. In the first round of the main round, the national table tennis lost 3 foreign games, the men's team was only 5 people, the women's team was 2 people, and as a result, these 7 athletes lost nearly half in the second round, and 3 lost to foreign association athletes, including:
Women's table tennis direct shooting new star Kuman lost 0-3 and was swept by Monaco Chinese Player Yang Xiaoxin; Yuan Lichen, who just won the men's singles championship in the WTT Doha regular season a few days ago, failed to survive the German rival Francesca and lost 1-3; Liu Dingshuo, the runner-up of the men's singles at the National Games, fought hard for 5 rounds and was won 3-2 by African Nigerian Player Aruna.
As for the other 4 foreign games, the national table tennis players did not drop the chain again: the women's singles "single seedling" Zhang Rui reversed the German Olympic runner-up Solja 3-1, once again making a great contribution (the first two competitions defeated Japan's strong opponent Zhang Benmeihe), and now has become the last hope of the Chinese women's singles championship.
In the men's singles, Zhou Qihao defeated Portugal's famous player and European singles champion Freitas 3-1; Xue Fei swept Slovenian rising star and European singles champion Dacko 3-0; Zhao Zihao defeated the national table tennis rival and Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan in 4 sets to advance.
In terms of foreign associations, Falke led India's Ghanaese Karan 2-0 but did not grasp it, and the result was reversed by the opponent's 3-2 big reversal; Moregold led Croatian veteran Gasina 1-0, 2-1, the result was also lost, and the last set was also hit by a 1-11 difference; Du Kaixuan was tragically reversed by the Korean Chinese teenager Zhu Qianxi, who did not have a world ranking, and once again made a round of travel.
As for Hugo, Lin Yunru and others, they all easily swept their opponents and successfully advanced to the singles round of 16. However, The Korean women's table tennis sister Tian Zhixi played very hard, 0-2 behind three consecutive sets to reverse japan's Mori Sakura; and the German Chinese straight-up star Qiu Dang also staged the same plot, and finally defeated India's veteran Achanta 3-2 to advance.
On the afternoon of March 29, the Doha Star Tournament will continue to play the singles round of 16 duels, and the specific arrangements of the national table tennis are-
At 15:35, Zhang Rui appeared to meet the famous Hong Kong star Li Haoqing, the normal play is not very difficult, I hope not to have too much psychological baggage; 16:15, Xue Fei vs. American rising star Kanek, this opponent has improved very fast in recent years, and has also won Lin Yunru and others before, absolutely can not be underestimated!
Also at 16:15, Zhou Qihao will face Francesca, Zhao Zihao will face Aruna, these two games are estimated to be difficult to play, there is also a possibility of losing, I hope that the two national table tennis players can calmly deal with it, and strive to "avenge" their teammates.
So can the national table tennis "four-person squad" continue to work hard and impact the singles champion of this competition? The suspense is still there, let's cheer them on together!