On July 20, Beijing time, the ITTF Budapest Regional Tournament was underway. At present, the list of 16 strong singles has been released. In terms of national table tennis, 6 singles players were eliminated, 2 doubles players were eliminated, and a total of 8 people were eliminated in the first round. In this open competition, Liu Guoliang's coaching team arranged 18 people to register for the competition, including Xiang Peng, Ku Man, Liu Dingshuo, Lin Shidong and other powerful players.
In the men's singles, the straight-line star Zhao Zihao was not in good shape, facing the French 15-year-old Le Boren, Zhao Zihao lost four consecutive sets and did not qualify. Zhao Zihao was once hailed as the successor of Xu Xin, the olympic champion of national table tennis. But the career is high and low, and Zhao Zihao is now 25 years old, which should be the year of the fight. Straight-line star Xue Fei was defeated by teammate Yuan Licen and had no chance to advance. Xue Fei was once the world youth championship men's singles champion, earlier than Wang Chuqin became famous, but at present, Wang Chuqin has become the main team of the national table tennis men's singles, and Xue Fei's low-level open is still a round of travel. The performance of world champion Yu Ziyang was lamentable, and Yu Ziyang lost to South Korean youngster Huang Minxia 2:4 on aggregate, and had no chance to qualify.
Xiang Peng is the top seed in the men's singles, and Xiang Peng successfully advanced to the first round with a 4:2 overall victory over India. Zhou Qihao defeated india in four consecutive sets to advance to the final. National Table Tennis World Youth Championship champion Xu Yingbin fought hard in the first round, facing the Finnish player Ola, Xu Yingbin fought hard for seven rounds to win thrillingly, after winning, Xu Yingbin was relieved, excitedly threw away the racket, vented the emotions in his heart, and could not calm down for a long time. Lin Shidong defeated Japanese world champions Makoto Yoshimura, Liu Dingshuo, Sun Wen and others to advance smoothly.
In the women's singles, straight board player Qi Fei lost to teammates Zhang Rui, Wang Tianyi, and Zhu Sibing all lost to the Japanese chippers and did not qualify. In the Japanese women's singles, Mori Sakura-sho, Nagasaki Miyu, chipper Hitomi Sato, Hashimoto Noka, Shibata Sasuke, Haruka Koshimi, Mikazu Akira Akimoto, Miyu Hirano and other 8 people won all to advance. In particular, the young player Zhang Benmei and the upset defeated the world champion Liang Xiayin, and the future can be described as unlimited potential. In addition, the 59-year-old Ni Xialian, a Chinese from Luxembourg, also successfully qualified for the first round.
In this open tournament, the main player of the national table tennis women's singles was absent, choosing to participate in a higher level championship, Hirano Miyu can be called a big favorite to win the championship. Today, the national table tennis women's single also ushered in a tough battle, the granule player He Zhuojia will face south Korea's Choi Hyo-joo, Shi Xunyao will face Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian, Zhang Rui will face Japanese chipper Hashimoto Fan Naoka, and Ku Man will face Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu.