On March 31, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Star Challenge ended the penultimate matchday competition, and three big cold spots broke out throughout the day. The three seeded players in the singles field, Tian Zhixi, Lin Yunru and Calderano, were out one after another, and Lin Yunru not only went out in the men's singles field, but also suffered defeats in the men's doubles final, missing two championships in a row.
In this competition, the main force of the national table tennis temporarily withdrew, the main players of the Japanese team did not participate, in this case, the Young Japanese players profited, the representative figures are Nagasaki Miyu and Kihara Miyu, the two partnered in the women's doubles, 3-0 easily won the championship. In addition, Miyu Kihara eliminated Yang Xiaoxin 3-1 to advance to the women's singles final four, and played Against Chen Siyu in the semifinals.
There is also a player in the Japanese team who broke into the women's singles final four, that is, Kato Miyu, she eliminated the seeded player Tian Zhixi 3-1, from the ranking of the two, this is considered to be a cold goal, but Kato Miyu is indeed very strong, worthy of our attention. The winning Miyu Kato will play Against Han Ying in the women's singles semifinals, and in the absence of the main national table tennis players, the Japanese team is very likely to win the women's singles championship.
The men's singles field exploded two big cold goals, the top seed Calderano and the second seed Lin Yunru were all out. Caldrano lost 1-3 to Sweden's Karlsson, who will face Croatian player Gasina in the semi-finals. Lin Yunru lost 1-3 to South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon, missing the final four, and the winning Lim Jong-hoon will face Aruna in the semi-finals.
Young player Lin Yunru is a three-time winner, as a popular champion in men's singles, it is indeed a bit of a surprise that he did not qualify for the final four. In addition, Lin Yunru also lost the men's doubles championship, and his partner Liao Zhenju lost 2-3 to the German duo Qiu Dang/Duda, ranking second. Lin Yunru has grown into a fierce rival of national table tennis, and it is a pity that he failed to seize the opportunity in the absence of the main force of national table tennis this time.
On the last matchday, Lin Yunru partnered Zheng Yijing in the mixed doubles final against France's Lebezon/Yuan Jiannan, which was his last chance to compete for the title.
According to the schedule, the last matchday took the lead in the singles semi-finals, followed by Han Ying against Miyu Kato, Chen Siyu against Miyu Kihara, Karlsson against Garcina, and Aruna against Lin Zhongxun. Then there will be the mixed doubles final, the women's singles final, and the men's singles final, and I wish all the players good luck!