On March 31, Beijing time, the ITTF Doha Star Challenge is underway. At present, the list of the top four singles has been released. In terms of national table tennis, 19 singles players signed up to participate, and the result was that the whole army was destroyed, and no one was promoted to the four strong lists. Such a result, I believe many people are unexpected. Although Liu Guoliang's coaching staff is the main player, Zhou Qihao, Liu Dingshuo, Zhao Zihao, Qian Tianyi and others can be called the second-line main force of national table tennis.
In the men's singles semifinals, Africa Cup champion Aruna faced South Korea's Lim Joong-hoon, and Swedish world champion Carlsson faced Croatia's Gasina. In the women's singles semifinals, chipper Han Ying faced Japan's Miyu Kato, and Chinese Taipei's Chen Siyu faced Japan's Miyu Kihara. It is worth mentioning that African players Aruna National Table Tennis Liu Dingshuo, Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, can be described as unprecedented.
The entire March schedule was very intensive, not only the second-line players of the national table tennis did not perform well, but a large number of table tennis masters were also lackluster. In the men's singles, Hugo, Lin Yunru, Dako, Francesca, Moregaard, Pichford, Falke, Simon Huang Zhenting and other seeded players all missed the singles semifinals. The only men's singles seeded player is Aruna, and the other three are all successful players in the qualifying round. Aruna is not far away, single-handed, and in a commendable spirit.
At present, the mixed doubles final match has been released. In the semi-finals, the second-seeded French duo of Le Besson/Yuan Jiannan faced the Spanish duo of Roberts/Xiao Yaoqian. Le Besson/Yuan Jiannan is a mixed doubles final four at the Tokyo Olympics and has been in good shape lately, especially Yuan Jiannan, who upset Ito at the Singapore Grand Slam tournament. At the beginning of the match, Le Besson/Yuan Jiannan won two consecutive sets 12:10, 11:6, and the Spanish combination won one set 11:9 in the third set. In the fourth set, Le Besson / Yuan Jiannan locked in the win 12:10, and the aggregate score was 3:1 to advance to the final.
In another match, top seed Lin Yunru Zheng Yijing faced world table tennis runner-up Ionescu and European champion Szokos. Lin Yunru Zheng Yijing is the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the two have a clear advantage, winning three consecutive sets with 11:6, 11:8, 11:8, and the aggregate score is 3:0 to easily advance to the final. In this case, the mixed doubles final is the top seed Lin Yunru Zheng Yijing, facing the second seed Le Besson/Yuan Jiannan, and the former second seed will meet the final.
In the five individual events, 19 members of the national table tennis were completely destroyed. The men's doubles championship has been released, and the German Dudaqiu Party defeated Lin Yunru Liao Zhenting 3:2 on aggregate to win the championship. The women's doubles champion belonged to Miyuki Kibara in Nagasaki, Japan, who defeated Chinese Taipei Lee Yu-ching Zheng Yijing 3-0 on aggregate. Miyuki Nagasaki won two consecutive women's doubles titles with 1,000 points.