Beijing time on August 2 news, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT Regular Season Challenge Tunisia station began the second day of competition. In the women's singles, World Youth Champion Shi Xunyao lost 1-3 to 14-year-old Chinese Taipei Xiaohuaye Yitian and regrettably went out. In the second round of the men's singles qualifiers, 17-year-old Lin Shidong defeated Switzerland's Stoll 3-0 to advance with Xue Fei, while Xu Yingbin lost 1-3 to Puerto Rican Player Afanador.
Shi Xunyao, 21, who won the World Youth Championship and is now ranked 82nd in the world, faced 14-year-old Chinese Taipei's Ye Yitian in the second round of qualifying, who is now ranked 327th in the world.
In the first game, Shi Xunyao played more focused, taking the lead 11-9. In the next two sets, Shi Xunyao fluctuated slightly, losing two sets in a row at 8-11 and 8-11. In the fourth set, Shi Xunyao lost 11-13 and finally lost to Ye Yitian 1-3, regrettably out.
Lin Shidong, 17, is now ranked 50th in the world and has achieved two crowns and one runner-up in three of last week's WTT regional race in Budapest. Among them, in the men's singles final, Lin Shidong defeated his teammate Xiang Peng 4-0 to win the championship; In the mixed doubles final, Lim Shi-dong teamed up with Ku Man to win 3-0 against the South Korean duo of Ahn Jae Hyun /Choi Hyo-joo to reach the top; In the men's doubles final, Lin Shidong and Xu Yingbin lost 1-3 to Chinese Taipei duo Chen Jian'an/Feng Yixin, ranking second.
In the second round of the men's singles qualifiers, Lin Shidong faced 21-year-old Switzerland's Stoll, who is now ranked 418th in the world. In the first game, Lin Shidong entered the state quickly, the high-quality arc ball made it difficult for the opponent to cope, and the Chinese youngster continued to put pressure on the opponent and took the lead 11-5.
In the second game, the pace of attack and defense on both sides was relatively fast, And Lin Shidong was multi-faceted in the standoff, and the quality of the attack was higher, winning 11-6. In the third set, Lin Shidong continued to work hard, did not give his opponent too many opportunities, and locked up the victory 11-5, thus defeating Stoll 3-0 and advancing to the third round.
Xu Yingbin, 21, was selected for the national second team in 2015 and won the Mixed Doubles Championship at the World Youth Championships in 2018 with Shi Xunyao. At this year's WTT Macau Championship, Xu Yingbin eliminated the world's first Fan Zhendong. At last week's WTT regional tournament in Budapest, Xu Yingbin finished second in men's doubles, and both men's singles and mixed doubles stopped in the quarterfinals.
In the first round of the qualifiers, Xu Yingbin lost one set to France's Picard, but then won three consecutive sets to stage a reversal, and in the fourth set, the Chinese players scored an 11-0 score. In the second round of the qualifiers, Xu Yingbin took on 25-year-old Puerto Rican player Afanador, who is now ranked 64th in the world.
In the first game, the two players competed very fiercely, the score alternately rose, the key point at the end of the game, Xu Yingbin took the initiative to attack and made a mistake, and Afanador scored two consecutive points to take the lead 13-11. In the second set, Xu Yingbin did not want to show weakness, and at the end of the inning, he shot decisively and won back a city 11-9.
In the third game, Xu Yingbin's serve effect was not good, she did not take any advantage in the standoff, and she made more mistakes, losing 3-11. In the fourth set, the Chinese players still could not find the feel, although once tenaciously approaching the score, but at the end of the game there was another mistake, 9-11 lost another set, and finally lost 1-3 to Afanador, regrettably out.
Xue Fei, 23, is now ranked 81st in the world and is facing Slovakia's Pistje in the second round of qualifying, a 38-year-old veteran who is now ranked 149th in the world. In the past two years, Pisteier has focused more on the mixed doubles arena, and last year's Tokyo Olympics and European Championships have performed well.
In this contest, Xue Fei entered the state quickly, and did not give the opponent too many opportunities in the first set, taking the lead 11-4. In the second set, the two sides clenched the score, and at the end of the game, Xue Fei played a wave of small climaxes to make the next city 11-7. In the third set, Xue Fei won 11-7 and finally defeated Pistier 3-0 to advance to the next round.