The WTT Doha Star Tournament is in the midst of a singles quarterfinal, with only 3 players left in the national table tennis team to have a chance to compete for the singles title. As early as the end of the second round, the national table tennis women's team was only Zhang Rui, and the remaining 10 players were all eliminated. Fortunately, Zhang Rui was more competitive, and the women's singles 1/8 final defeated Li Haoqing 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, retaining the hope of the national table tennis competition for the women's singles championship. The scores of the two sides are relatively close, and zhang Rui will face the winner between Chen Siyu and Bergstrom in the next quarter-finals.
It's just that Zhang Rui still has to face the siege of the 2 new stars of Japanese table tennis. In the two rounds of singles matches that ended earlier, Nagasaki Miyu and Zhang Ben mikazu were out early, but Miyu Kihara and Miyu Kato played steadily, and also eliminated a number of Chinese players. In the quarterfinals, Miyu Kihara swept Barazova 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals, worthy of being the upcoming player of the World Table Tennis Championships. Miyu Kihara has outstanding offensive ability, and the Paris cycle is expected to become the new main force of the Japanese team.
Miyu Kato's performance is no less than that of Miyu Kihara, eliminating regular season women's singles champion Fan Siqi in the first round, eliminating famous player Mitheim in the second round, and 3-1 polkanova in the quarterfinals to advance to the quarterfinals. According to the performance of the two new stars of Japanese table tennis, it is not a big problem to reach the final four, directly threatening Zhang Rui.
In the men's singles field, the performance of national table tennis was slightly stronger than that of the women's team, and Zhou Qihao and Xue Fei successfully reached the quarterfinals. Zhou Qihao encountered Germany's no. 3 main force Francesca, who eliminated the regular season men's singles champion Yuan Lichen in the second round, and the pressure facing Zhou Qihao can be imagined. After four rounds of bitter fighting, Zhou Qihao won 3-1 and finally played a brilliant record in foreign battles. With the decline of veteran Bol Athletics, Francesca will be a strong contender for the singles quota at the Paris Olympics, and Zhou Qihao can defeat strong opponents, which is conducive to gaining the second trust of the coaching staff.
Xue Fei met American rising star Kanak, sweeping his opponent 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. This star game Xue Fei broke out strongly, eliminated the European champion Dakota in the last round, and kept a clean sheet for the world's rising star in this round, which will become the favorite to win the men's singles championship. Xiang Peng, a contemporary of Xue Fei, has already participated in the Grand Slam, and Wang Chuqin was the main force of the national team as early as the last Olympic cycle, and if he can win the singles championship of the star competition, Xue Fei's opportunities to participate in the competition will only increase.
Zhao Zihao failed to pass the pass, 0-3 defeat to Africa's brother Aruna did not qualify for the quarterfinals. Aruna has been brave recently, eliminating the men's singles runner-up Liu Dingshuo at the National Games in the last round, and playing high-quality pulls with Ma Long during the Grand Slam, if it were not for the lack of systematic training, Aruna's threat would only be greater. With Zhao Zihao's exit, the national table tennis men's team is just as precarious, leaving only Zhou Qihao and Xue Fei to have a chance to reach the final. Although the Doha star game is not over, the national table tennis has repeatedly broken out of the cold, and the players are worth reflecting on.