On March 29, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Star Challenge was underway. In this open tournament, the list of 16 strong singles has been released. In terms of national table tennis singles, 19 people signed up to participate, and as a result, there are currently 3 men's singles players, namely Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, Xue Fei, and only Zhang Rui is left in the women's singles to advance, and as many as 15 people have been eliminated. Next, the 4 members of the national table tennis will usher in a hard battle.
In the just-concluded match, liu Dingshuo of national table tennis faced the African Cup of Nations men's singles champion Aruna. Liu Dingshuo once won the runner-up in men's singles at the National Games and has a certain hard power. In fact, Liu Dingshuo and Aruna had a match at this year's Oman Open, when Liu Dingshuo kept a 3:0 clean sheet against Aruna. Today, Aruna is much more prepared. The aggregate score was 3:2 against Liu Dingshuo.
In the first game, Aruna took the lead with an excellent forehand arc spinning ball, Aruna has great strength, the quality of the shot is very high, and has the ability to wrench wrists with table tennis masters. Liu Dingshuo had many unnecessary mistakes, and Aruna easily won the first set 11:6, leading 1:0. In the second set, Liu Dingshuo strengthened the control of the ball in the table and began to move Aruna left and right, Liu Dingshuo successfully won a set at 11:9, and the two sides drew 1:1.
In the third set, the two sides fell into a battle, the score did not open the gap, after the 10:10 draw, Liu Dingshuo took the initiative to start, scored two consecutive points, 12:10 to lock up the win, the big score 2:1 lead. In the fourth set, Aruna strengthened the quality of the snowboard, the quality of the return ball was higher, and won another set at 11:9, and the two sides drew 2:2. In the decider, Liu Dingshuo's mentality fluctuated significantly, and Aruna seized the opportunity to lock in the victory 11:8, and defeated Liu Dingshuo 3:2 on aggregate.
In this way, Aruna defeated Liu Dingshuo 3:2 on aggregate and successfully advanced. It is worth mentioning that Aruna does not have an off-field coach, he competes alone and alone in every race, and Aruna is self-funded, no team, and it is not easy to participate in the competition. Aruna has beaten two consecutive men's table tennis singles players, and in the Singapore World Cup match, Aruna beat world champion Liang Jingkun 3:1 on aggregate.
In such a situation, Aruna can have such results, which is really remarkable. In other arenas, Zhou Qihao, a national table tennis player, defeated Portugal's Freitas 3:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced. Zhao Zihao, a straight-line star, defeated world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 3:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the round of 16 of the men's singles. Unfortunately, Zhou Qihao and Zhao Zihao are in the same district, and only one of the two can advance to the final four.