The WTT Doha Star Competition is competing for the singles quarterfinals, and the national table tennis men's team has ended in the last round, leaving only Zhou Qihao and Xue Fei to have a chance to compete for the championship. Unexpectedly, Xue Fei was upset in this round of matches, losing 1-3 to Ghazni and missing the final four. You should know that in the first two rounds of the main match, Xue Fei swept the European champion Dakota and the American rising star Karnak 3-0, both world-class celebrities, and Xue Fei's state in the star game was very hot.
Unexpectedly, the game was slightly light, and the opponent was eliminated 1-3. Ghazni is not a world famous player, or even a young player who is not as good as the national table tennis player, and rarely participates in international competitions. Xue Fei, whether it is hard power or the state of the game, must be stronger than his opponent. But receiving the ball did not create pressure on the opponent, the forehand was too short, but let Ghazini seize the opportunity. Both sides scored 13:11 in the first set, and 16:14 in the last set. It's just a pity that Xue Fei can't grasp the key points and didn't drag the game to the decider, otherwise he would have a chance to win.
From the perspective of age, Xue Fei is not small, one year older than Wang Chuqin, although he has won the World Youth Championship singles championship, the best result in the adult group competition is the team champion of the Jakarta Asian Games, and his career lacks bright performance. Moreover, the main force of national table tennis did not participate in the Doha Star Tournament, which is the opportunity for non-main players to perform, but Xue Fei's cold exit wasted the opportunity, and it is even more difficult to want the main player in the future, not to mention that young players such as Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong have begun to participate in Grand Slam tournaments.
With Xue Fei out, the responsibility of the national table tennis men's team to win the championship all fell on Zhou Qihao, who will face Africa's brother Aruna in the quarterfinals. Zhou Qihao participated in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships last year, but his overall performance was average, so that he did not get the opportunity to participate in the Grand Slam this year. In the first two rounds of the star game, Zhou Qihao eliminated Freitas and Francesca, really played a beautiful game, and deserved to be his nickname of "No. 7", and finally changed the abnormal state of play some time ago.
But in the face of African star Aruna, Zhou Qihao cannot be taken lightly. In the previous competition, Aruna eliminated two national table tennis players in a row, Liu Dingshuo and Zhao Zihao. To know that Liu Dingshuo's strength is not under Zhou Qihao, Aruna's ability to win five sets is enough to prove its current competitive state. Zhou Qihao needs to play steadily, in view of the women's singles field is only Zhang Rui, once Zhou Qihao is out, the national table tennis can only win the women's singles championship at most, even if the main players do not participate, this result is also a bit disappointing. Moreover, the poor performance of the Doha Star Game directly affects the chances of non-main players to participate in international competitions in the future.