In the mixed doubles semifinals of the Doha Star Match, 36-year-old Chinese actress Yuan Jiannan and Lebison defeated Spain's Robles/ Xiao Yaoqian 3-1 (12-10/11-6/9-11/12-10), while the world-ranked Chinese Taipei duo Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing defeated the Romanian duo of Jonescu/Szokos 3-0 (11-6/11-8/11-8), so that the top 2 seeds of this station successfully met the mixed doubles final. The Chinese Taipei duo is expected to win the mixed doubles title in two consecutive stops.
Of the four pairs that reached the mixed doubles semifinals, the most powerful were the Chinese Taipei duo lin yunru /Zheng Yijing, who reached the final at the recent Singapore Grand Slam tournament and lost to China's Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to finish second, winning the Doha Challenge last week. France's Yuan Jiannan /Lebison are currently ranked No. 3 in the world, the Tokyo Olympic third place battle is to lose to Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing to finish 4th, and Yuan Jiannan also defeated Ito Mimako in the Singapore Grand Slam. Jonescu/Szokos and Roblers/Xiao Yaoxi are both strong players in the European mixed doubles, and it is more coincidental that Robles and Jonescu are still men's doubles partners and have finished runners-up at the World Championships in Budapest.
Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing and Jonescu / Szokos in the competition, the former's first three board technology and close platform connection is more smooth and fast, the latter's medium and far platform holding ability is relatively strong, the whole game, Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing always insisted on striving for the first three boards, the implementation of quick battle and quick decision tactics, not with the opponent to play more than one shot, Szokos / Jonescu also played a lot of stalemate in the game in the pull fast tear, but the key points are not stable enough, and the final top seed won 3-0.
France's 36-year-old veteran Yuan Jiannan appears to be old and strong on the field, although there is no performance in the country, after arriving in France, she quickly became a sister of the French women's team, and the women's singles of the Grand Slam field eliminated Ito Mimachi, using the advantages of high horses to control the landing point, forcing Ito Mimachi to make mistakes in defense. Yuan Jiannan/ Lebison eliminated medal-winning favourites Du Kaixuan/Huang Zhenting in Hong Kong, China, in the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the semi-finals, Yuan Jiannan/ Lebison and the Spanish combination Robles / Xiao Yaoqian dueled, Xiao Yaoqian in the Spanish group is also a Chinese player, Spanish table tennis in the past mainly relied on naturalized Chinese players to produce results, He Zhiwen represented the Spanish men's table tennis to play many Olympic Games and World Championships, and now Xiao Yaoqian also supported the façade of the entire Spanish women's team. The whole game process is still anxious, but Yuan Jiannan and Lebison are more tacit in the grasp of key points, the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings are all 2-point wins and losses, but the French combination won 2 of them, and finally defeated the Spanish combination 3-1 to reach the mixed doubles final.
Looking forward to the final, Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing has a greater advantage, and is expected to win again than Yuan Jiannan / Lebison after the Tokyo Olympic Games!