On September 3, 2022, the table tennis WTT Bulgaria tournament continued, the singles round of 16 was released, the national table tennis 10 people advanced, only Chu Hanwen lost to teammate Qian Tianyi, the world champion Chen Xingtong was in good shape, two consecutive 4-0, Zhou Qihao needed to resist the pressure again, whether the men's singles could win the championship, the most critical was to defeat South Korea's Zhao Shengmin.
Four advanced to the men's singles round of 16, Zhou Qihao eliminated Italy's Muti 4-1, Zhou Kai swept Germany's Stuber 4-0, Salemwei narrowly defeated Singapore's brother Zhou Zheyu 4-3, Cao Wei defeated Hungary's Szudi 4-2, of which Cao Wei lost to Japan's Matsuyama Yuji in the qualifiers, and later became a lucky loser substitute, he had the opportunity to meet with teammate Zhou Kai to compete for the final seat.
The South Korean team only has Zhao Shengmin, the Japanese team and Tahara Shogo, the national table tennis has the opportunity to win the top four seats, but the difficulty is larger, the upper half of the district has a Danish brother Gross, Chinese Taipei famous Chen Jianan, the lower half of the south Korean player Zhao Shengmin, the opponent is the Czech men's singles champion, Zhou Qihao resisted the pressure, ushered in the foreign war test, there is no doubt that Zhao Shengmin became the number one opponent of the national table tennis men's team in this tournament.
It is worth mentioning that Selingwei played well in both stops, continuously passed the qualification test to advance, ending the japanese player Matsuyama Yuji's winning streak, making a great contribution to the whole team, in the same district, except for teammate Zhou Qihao and South Korean player Zhao Shengmin, it is difficult for other players to bring pressure to him, and it should be no problem to maintain a stable performance to reach the top four.
Men's Singles Round of 16: Top Half Gross vs Shogo Tahara, Cao Wei vs Ursu, Zhou Kai vs Aum, Chen Jian'an vs Akuzu, Bottom Half Linde vs Pan Yaoen, Selin Wei vs Majoros, Zhao Shengmin vs RiMudenko, Zhou Qihao vs Desai.
Six advanced to the women's singles round of 16, Chen Xingtong swept South Korea's Li Dorn 4-0, Leng Yutong eliminated Romania's Dragoman 4-2, Qian Tianyi beat teammate Chu Hanwen 4-0, Li Yuqi beat Croatia's Ye ge 4-0, Wang Yiduo beat Singapore's Wang Xinru 4-0, Wu Yangchen defeated France's Pauline 4-2, and the championship was most likely to be produced between Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi.
The level of the regional tournament is low, there are too few opponents with strength, the South Korean team Lee Eun-hye, Yoon Hyo-bin can not be underestimated, and then there is the Swedish chipper Linda, these three people are relatively difficult to play, this performance has nothing to do with the qualification of the World Table Tennis Championships, to see the results of oman, Chen Xingtong is 4-0 to sweep the opponent, and is currently warming up through the competition to prepare for the seat.
Women's singles round of 16 out: Chen Xingtong vs Su Pei Aya, Pi Kelin vs Weggersin, Zeng Jian vs Lu Price library, Qian Tianyi vs Leng Yutong, li Yuqi vs Diakonu in the second half, Wang Yiduo vs Li Enhui, Wu Yangchen vs Yin Xiaobin, Linda vs Zhang Xuan.