The ITTF WTT Doha Star Challenge continued, the national table tennis players suffered heavy losses, two male singles players have lost in the quarterfinals, and the straight board star Xue Fei won one set in the match against Croatian star Gassina and then lost three consecutive sets of 1:3 on aggregate. And Zhou Qihao did not play well in the game of "Africa's first brother" Aruna, he lost three consecutive sets of aggregate score 0:3 to Aruna, missing the men's singles semifinals. It is worth mentioning that this is the third consecutive game in which Aruna beat the national table tennis players, in the previous two rounds of the game he defeated Liu Dingshuo and Zhao Zihao, Aruna "three consecutive kills" of the national table tennis players after the head to advance to the men's singles final four, so that the national table tennis men's singles is "completely destroyed". And the subsequent appearance of the women's singles player Zhang Rui also failed to save face for the national table tennis, in the match with The famous Chinese Taipei player Chen Siyu, Zhang Rui won first and then lost, the total score of 1:3 was not against the opponent, did not qualify for the final four, the national table tennis women's singles also suffered "total annihilation".
National table tennis straight board star Xue Fei to meet the Croatian star Gasina, this game Xue Fei is in good shape, the first three rounds of the game he is a straight three sets to win the opponent, including the second round of the game eliminated the third seed Dako Yuchik, although Xue Fei's world ranking is lower than Gasina, but the comprehensive strength of the two is almost the same, the victory or defeat depends on the on-field play. In the first game, the two sides competed fiercely, and Xue Fei scored consecutive points at the end of the game to take the lead at 13:11.
In the second set, Xue Fei started with a 2:1 lead, Gasina scored consecutive points to overtake the score to 4:3, the trailing Xue Fei then stubbornly chased the score to a 7:7 draw, Xue Fei scored a point and then lost four consecutive points, And Garcina won a set back at 11:8. In the third set, Xue Fei started in a sluggish state, Gasina scored six consecutive points to lead 7:1, Xue Fei scored three consecutive points to force the score to 4:7, Gassina stabilized his position and won four consecutive points to win another set at 11:4, the big score was 2:1, the fourth game backwater Xue Fei started to take a 5:1 lead, the backward Gasina then gradually chased the score to 7:7 draw, and then the game entered a scorched state, at the end of the game Xue Fei failed to seize the opportunity to lose 14:16, the total score was 1:3 lost to Garcina, missed the men's singles final four.
After Xue Fei was out, all the hopes of the national table tennis men's singles were pinned on Zhou Qihao, Zhou Qihao was in the same good state of this game, he broke through three levels in a row to reach the quarterfinals, Zhou Qihao and the "African brother" Aruna competed for the top four, this game Aruna can be called the "nemesis" of national table tennis, before the two rounds of competition he defeated Liu Dingshuo, Zhao Zihao, this game is Aruna's third consecutive showdown against national table tennis players, before the game fans have high hopes for Zhou Qihao, it is regrettable that this game Zhou Qihao lost to Aruna.
In the first set of the game Zhou Qihao started poorly, Aruna was consecutive points to open the score, he once took an 8:2 lead, the backward Zhou Qihao woke up like a dream, he continued to chase points to close the score, unfortunately Zhou Qihao started too far behind, and finally he lost the first set 8:11. In the second set, the two sides began to draw 3:3, Aruna scored three consecutive points to open the score, and the vietnamese and more courageous Aruna finally went down 11:8 to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, the two sides began to draw 3:3, Zhou Qihao scored two consecutive points to open the score, Aruna gradually equalized and overtook the score, and finally Aruna won 11:7, swept Zhou Qihao 3:0, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Women's singles youngster Zhang Rui and Chinese Taipei star Chen Siyu competed for a place in the final four, Zhang Rui is in good shape this time, she won the previous rounds of competitions more easily, and Chen Siyu's state is also good, she also broke through three levels in a row to reach the quarterfinals, and Zhang Rui's game Chen Siyu is also eager to go further. In the first set, Zhang Rui started 1:3 behind, and then she stubbornly chased the score to a 5:5 draw, and Zhang Rui gradually opened up the point difference in the middle of the game and won the first set at 11:9. In the second set, the two sides began to draw 2:2, Chen Siyu scored four consecutive points to open the score, and Chen Siyu won the first set 11:4.
In the third set, Zhang Rui's state did not improve, the beginning was 2:6 behind, and then she made more mistakes and failed to narrow the point difference, Chen Siyu won another round with 11:4, the big score was 2:1, and zhang Rui started 1:3 behind in the fourth game, although she called a timeout in time, but her offensive state still did not improve, and finally lost another round at 4:11, the total score was 1:3 against Chen Siyu, and she did not win the women's singles final four. At this point, all the players of the national table tennis have all ended the doha star challenge journey, this competition has a total of 19 people to participate in the singles competition, only 10 people played in the singles main competition, after four rounds of competition, the national table tennis rarely suffered "the whole army".