Today, March 30, the WTT Doha Star Tournament reached the men's and women's singles quarterfinals. However, it is very regrettable that the three players of the Chinese team, Xue Feizhou Qihao and Zhang Rui, were not able to advance to the final four, so that the national table tennis team was completely destroyed in the Doha Star Tournament. Just after winning the men's and women's singles titles, Fan Siqi Zhang Rui and Yuan Licen both reached the final, and this time suffered a fiasco. It seems that the non-main players of national table tennis are still not stable enough.
The first today was Xue Fei, who played against Croatia's Gasina, only to lose his advantage in the first set, and was pulled back by Garcina in the second and third sets. And he didn't take his chances in the fourth set, losing the game 1-3 and missing out on the final four.
This was followed by a match between Zhou Qihao and Aruna, who lost three consecutive sets 8-11, 8-11, 7-11 and failed to advance to the next round. I feel that whether it is the first three boards or the stalemate and the use of tactics, Zhou Qihao has no better way, so losing to Aruna is also convinced.
It is worth noting that Aruna has no coach at all, ranked 14th in the world, and has come to this point with his love of table tennis and hard training. This is a very self-disciplined athlete, this time he won Liu Dingshuo Zhao Zihao and Zhou Qihao to advance to the final four, such a result is also quite good. Zhou Qihao can beat Ma Long and Fan Zhendong but can't beat Aruna, can't beat Ball, Houston lost to Ball, is it a problem of less experience in the big game or is it a problem of himself or a coach?
The last to appear was Zhang Rui, her opponent was Chen Siyu of the Chinese Taipei team, and as a result, Zhang Rui lost three consecutive sets of three 4-11 sets in a 11-9 situation, so that the Chinese team was completely destroyed and no one could advance to the final four.
Some fans commented that after seeing it now, they know how much pressure the main players are under. In short, in the absence of the main players to participate, the national table tennis did not keep the glory of the national table tennis, but what is the problem in the end? Is it that there are not enough coaches, or that the players do not work hard, or that they are given fewer opportunities to compete? Or is there something wrong with their own strength?