The WTT Doha Star Challenge continues to compete for the main competition, and in the men's singles 16th final, the national table tennis champion Yuan Lichen lost 1-3 to Germany's Francesca, regrettably failing to reach the round of 16. Yuan Licen just beat Qiu Dang in the Doha regular challenge a few days ago and won the gold medal in the men's singles, but this time facing the more powerful Qiu Dang teammate Francesca, Yuan Li cen could only accept the helpless reality of being out. National table tennis suffered a large-scale loss after entering the main game, Yuan Licen can not avoid the result of the outing this time, it seems that the national table tennis non-main players do have room for improvement.
After careful consideration, Liu Guoliang, Qin Zhijian and Li Falcon decided to let the main players of the national table tennis give up participating in the Doha Star Challenge to avoid encountering the influence of some factors. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen were able to return to China early to rest and better prepare for the next game. After all, the national table tennis still has the task of the Asian Games this year, if it causes injuries or other losses for a star challenge, it is obviously not cost-effective for the national table tennis. Therefore, considering the current situation, Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian made the right choice.
Non-main players of national table tennis can participate in higher-level star challenges after participating in the Doha regular challenge. However, due to the strength, experience and other reasons, coupled with the strength of the opponents in this competition are very strong, it is very difficult for the national table tennis to win the championship. Sure enough, from the beginning of the qualification round, the national table tennis has successively lost. After entering the main game, with the further enhancement of the opponent's strength, the number of national table tennis losses has also begun to increase, and many players have been eliminated. In this case, every step forward of the national table tennis is very difficult.
In the men's singles eleven-sixth final, national table tennis player Yuan Lichen faced Germany's Francesca, the main force of the German team, who has been participating in international competitions with Pol and Ochalov for many years, and has a lot of experience and strength. In the Singapore Grand Slam competition, Francesca defeated the national table tennis Olympic champion Xu Xin. Sure enough, in this game, Yuan Lichen was suppressed by the opponent, although he won the second set to equalize the score, but in the end he lost 2 consecutive sets, losing to Francesca 1-3, helplessly encountering the result of the exit, and failed to enter the men's singles round of sixteen.
Yuan Lichen just defeated Qiu Dang in the Doha regular challenge to win the men's singles title, and Francesca is Qiu Dang's teammate in Germany, but the strength is stronger than Qiu Dang. In the face of more powerful opponents, Yuan Lichen still appears to be incompetent. This is also the current situation of non-main players in national table tennis, they are still deficient in experience, details and other handling compared with foreign masters. Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian arranged for them to participate in the Star Challenge and play with these foreign masters, which can also allow them to get more competition opportunities to help them grow further.
Yuan Licen was born in 2000, the same age as Wang Chuqin, and it should be said that he is still a malleable talent. What he lacks is more opportunities to play in order to gain more experience and have better detail handling in such international competitions. I hope that Yuan Licen can sum up well after he goes back and make greater progress in the future, and I also hope that Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei and other national table tennis players will have a better performance in the next competition.