ItATF WTT Doha Star Challenge enters the third matchday competition, the four players of the national table tennis will launch an attack on the singles quarterfinals, after two match days of the main tournament, the national table tennis only has Zhang Rui, Zhou Qihao, Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei four list of players. The third match day took the lead in the women's singles 1/8 final, the national table tennis women's singles "single seedling" Zhang Rui to meet the famous Hong Kong player Li Haoqing, this game Zhang Rui played well, although the opponent Li Haoqing also played well, but Zhang Rui finally won 3:1 to win the opponent, strong promotion to the women's singles quarterfinals.
The men's singles national table tennis performance is mixed with joy and worry, and the straight board star Zhao Zihao is not in a good state in the match against the "African brother" Aruna, he lost three consecutive sets to lose 0:3 to the opponent, and was eliminated miserably. Another straight player in the national table tennis, Xue Fei, continued his previous fiery feel, he swept the American player Canek 3:0 in three straight sets to strongly advance to the men's singles quarterfinals, it is worth mentioning that this is Xue Fei's third consecutive 3:0 in the main game. Zhou Qihao played equally well against Germany's Francesca, eventually winning 3:1 to lock in a men's singles quarterfinals spot, so that a total of three people in the national table tennis reached the singles quarterfinals.
The first match of the women's singles was played by Zhang Rui against Li Haoqing of Hong Kong, China, and the first set of the game began with a 4:4 draw, and then the two sides competed to become white-hot, the two fought from 5 draws to 9 draws, Zhang Rui scored two consecutive points to win the first set 11:9. In the second set, Zhang Rui started 0:2 behind, after stabilizing her position, she chased the score to 3:3 draw, and then the two scores alternately rose, until 7:7, Zhang Rui suddenly scored three points in a row to get the innings, Li Haoqing chased two points in a row after Zhang Rui scored, Zhang Rui won another set at 11:9. In the third set, Zhang Rui started by losing four consecutive points and falling behind 0:4, Zhang Rui rose up to chase the score to 7:9, Li Haoqing resisted the pressure at the end of the innings and scored consecutive points and pulled back a city at 11:8, Zhang Rui led 2:1 in the first three sets. In the fourth set of the game, the two sides began to fight a 2:2 draw, Li Haoqing scored two consecutive points to open the score, the first half of Li Haoqing has maintained a two-point advantage, Zhang Rui tenaciously chased the score to 7:7 draw, at the end of the game Zhang Rui took the lead in getting the match point, and finally Zhang Rui won 11:9, the total score was 3:1 to win Li Haoqing, strongly promoted to the women's singles quarterfinals.
Straight board star Xue Fei against the United States player Kanek, Chinese fans should be more familiar with Kanek, last year's World Table Tennis Championships he and Wang Manyu partnered to participate in the mixed doubles competition, the two cooperated tacitly to reach the round of 16. Xue Fei performed bravely in this competition, starting from the qualifiers, he broke through three levels in a row to advance to the main tournament, and in the first two rounds of the game, he defeated Vettel and the third seed Dako Jochik in succession, against Kanek' game, Xue Fei continued the fiery feel. In the first half of the game, the two sides played very fiercely in the first half, and after a brief stand-off, Xue Fei gradually pulled the score apart, and finally won the first place in the next city at 11:7. In the second set, Xue Fei started 0:2 behind, Kanek gradually pulled the score to 6:3, the trailing Xue Fei then suddenly broke out, he scored seven consecutive points to get the set point at 10:6, Kanek chased back two points after Xue Fei scored and won another round of 11:8 to lead 2:0. In the third set, Xue Fei started with a 2:0 lead, and then he gradually pulled the score to 5:2, and Xue Fei, who was more courageous in Vietnam, scored six consecutive points to win 11:2, and swept the American star Kanek 3:0 on aggregate to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Zhao Zihao, another famous player in the national table tennis straight board, competed with the "African Brother" for a place in the quarterfinals, Aruna eliminated the national table tennis player Liu Dingshuo in the last round of the competition, and Zhao Zihao defeated the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, both of whom were in good shape. In the first set, Zhao Zihao entered the state more slowly, Aruna gradually opened the score in the middle of the game, and Zhao Zihao, who was behind, was unable to catch up with the score, and finally Aruna took the lead in the next city 11:7. In the second set, the two sides competed fiercely, the two scores have been very tight, until the 8:8 draw, Aruna suddenly made three consecutive three points to 11:8 to the next city, the big score of 2:0 lead. In the third set, Zhao Zihao started 1:3 behind, then he chased the score to 6:6 draw, Aruna was suddenly forced to score consecutive points to open the score, although Zhao Zihao saved two match points in a row, but in the end, Aruna still won 11:9, the total score was 3:0 to sweep Zhao Zihao, Zhao Zihao became the seventh national table tennis player to go out of the Doha Challenge singles match.
Zhou Qihao faced the German toughman Francesca, from the world ranking point of view, Francesca is stronger than Zhou Qihao, Francesca eliminated the national table tennis teenager Yuan Lichen in the last round of competition, this game Zhou Qihao wants to promote the difficulty is still relatively large, fortunately, Zhou Qihao is in good shape in this game. In the first set, Zhou Qihao entered the form quickly, quickly pulled the score after a brief standoff, but then Francesca gradually tied the score, and in the final stage of the innings, Zhou Qihao firmly took the initiative and won the first set 11:9. In the second set, Francesca returned to the state, the opening score opened the point difference, and then he maintained a two-point lead, Francesca won back a set at 11:8, zhou Qihao maintained a two-point lead in the first half of the third game, at the end of the game Francesca stubbornly chased the score to 10:10, after the battle to 14:14, Zhou Qihao scored two consecutive points to win 16:14, and in the fourth game Zhou Qihao started 0:2 behind, and then he gradually reversed the score to 6:4. The more courageous he did not give the German another chance, won 11:6, won 3:1 on aggregate, and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals.