On the evening of March 30, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Competition Men's Singles Final Four list was officially released! Surprisingly, the top 4 seeded players Hugo, Lin Yunru, Dako and Francesca were not qualified, and only 1 of the top 8 seeds advanced to the semi-finals, that is, The African fierce Player Aruna, who won 3 athletes in a row.
With Xue Fei losing 1-3 to Garcina, Zhou Qihao losing 0-3 to Aruna, and the women's single Zhang Rui out, the Chinese table tennis team has been completely destroyed, missing the championship of all events, not even an athlete who has scored in the top four, it is really a miserable loss! See below for details.
As of March 30, there were only 3 players left to participate in the singles competition, and as a result, the women's team "Dumiao" Zhang Rui lost to Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu, while the only 2 athletes on the men's team to advance to the quarterfinals, Zhao Zihao and Zhou Qihao, also broke the sand.
Xue Fei's side, facing the 35-year-old Croatian veteran Gasina, he played very hard in the first set, it was difficult to win 13-11, but then he lost 3 consecutive sets of 8-11, 4-11, 14-16, especially the last set was missed, and it was a pity to lose.
Relatively speaking, Zhou Qihao's side lost more crisply, facing a 3-2 narrow victory over Liu Dingshuo, 3-0 sweeping Zhao Zihao to promote Nigeria's fierce general Aruna, Zhou Qihao did not win a game to end the battle, and each set did not even hit the key points (8-11, 8-11, 7-11), the whole process was suppressed, Aruna this time is really a complete outbreak!
As for the other two matches, it is also a big downfall - lin yunru, the no. 2 seed and no. 6 in the world, after losing to South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon at last year's World Table Tennis Championships, this time he lost 1-3 to the other side (11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 7-11), while his coach, former olympic champion of national table tennis, Wei GuanQingguang, looked in the eyes and was anxious, but he had no choice.
As for the top seeder, Brazil's Hugo, who is ranked No. 3 in the world, lost 1-3 to Sweden's Karlsson (5-11, 4-11, 11-7, 7-11): Although Karlsson is the world champion, it is a men's doubles event, and he is already on the decline in the men's singles, but this time he played very well and taught the younger Hugo a lesson.
In the next semi-final battle, Carlsson will face Garcina, and Aruna will face Lin Zhongxun: everyone is very strong, considering their performance in the first few rounds, it is not surprising who wins the championship! So who do you think will have the last laugh? Feel free to leave a message and write your own predictions!