On March 29, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Star Challenge continued. The men's singles field broke out, And Pitcheford's 2-0 lead was reversed, losing 2-3 to South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon, missing the quarterfinals. The men's doubles also had a big upset, with world champions Falke/Carlsson unexpectedly out and missing out of the men's doubles semifinals.
In this competition, the main players of the national table tennis temporarily gave up, and our young players will have to pick up the beams. In addition, we also have to pay attention to the performance of the opponent to lay the foundation for the next game. In recent years, the European men's table tennis has made significant progress, the men's singles Pecheford, the men's doubles Falke/Carlsson are our strong enemies, unexpectedly, they are all out of the cold under the circumstances of being optimistic.
In the men's singles field, Pickieford played against South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon, Pitcheford won two consecutive sets 11-6, 11-9, thought he could win easily, but then lost three consecutive sets 7-11, 7-11, 6-11, and was reversed and was out, missing the men's singles quarterfinals. Pitchford has beaten the national table tennis players many times, including Malone, who was his defeated player, and is indeed very strong, but this time he failed to seize the opportunity.
In another match, Huang Zhenting, who was out of the mixed doubles and men's doubles, was hit again, and he lost 1-3 to Croatian player Gassina, missing the quarterfinals. During this time, Huang Zhenting and Du Kaixuan were in a sluggish state and needed to be well adjusted.
In the men's doubles, the top seed and world champion combination Falke/Carlsson fought hard for 5 innings, losing 2-3 to Lin Yunru/Liao Zhenju, missing the final four, which was also a big cold goal. The winning Lin Yunru/Liao Zhenju will face the South Korean duo of Cho Dae-sung/Ahn Jae-hyun in the semi-finals, while the german duo of Qiu Dang/Duda will face Robertus/Jonescu in the second semi-final.
In the women's singles competition, the Japanese players performed well, and Miyu Kihara swept Barazova 3-0 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals. Another Japanese player, Miyu Kato, eliminated Polkanova 3-1 and also advanced to the quarterfinals. National table tennis only Zhang Rui broke into the women's singles quarterfinals, the difficulty of fighting for the championship is indeed relatively large, I hope she can withstand the pressure, let go, this is also a good opportunity for her to prove herself!