In the WTT branch series panaghurishtai station, the national table tennis successor Zhou Qihao defeated teammate Zhou Kai to win the men's singles championship of the competition, and also hit back at the outside world's doubts. Unfortunately, however, this championship does not change the fate of Zhou Qihao's current men's national table tennis team. Lin Gaoyuan qualified for the World Table Tennis Championships through the selection competition, while Zhou Qihao did not even qualify for the selection competition, and this contrast is also regrettable.
At last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Ma Long and Xu Xin chose to rest, and the national table tennis men's team sent Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao to participate. However, Zhou Qihao, who participated in such an international competition for the first time, was divided into the lower half of the zone alone, he was not able to withstand the pressure, and the loss to Ball led to the loss of the national table tennis in the second half. Fortunately, Fan Zhendong, who finally broke out of the other half of the division, won the championship and saved the gold medal for the national table tennis.
National table tennis has always attached great importance to foreign war performance, which is also an important reason why Zhou Qihao is not valued. In the last leg of Olomouc, Zhou Qihao lost in the semifinals against Japan's Makoto Yoshimura, who is ranked very low in the world. This also made Zhou Qihao suffer a lot of questions from the outside world, after all, the opponent's strength is not very strong, and Zhou Qihao has not been able to seize the opportunity. For the national table tennis successor, he was also determined to prove himself in the game of Panaghurishtai.
Zhou Qihao performed very well in this game, even if zhou kai won 1 set first, Zhou Qihao did not panic, quickly stabilized his position, and finally defeated Zhou Kai in reverse and won the men's singles championship of Panaghurishtai station. For Zhou Qihao, the championship points are enough to give him a favorable position in the latest edition of the world rankings. However, the title came a little late and did not help him in his bid for a place in the World Table Tennis Championships.
At the same time that Zhou Qihao won the championship, Lin Gaoyuan won the championship of the team selection competition and took the last place in the World Table Tennis Championships. And Zhou Qihao, because the previous world ranking was too low, did not even get the opportunity to audition. Looking at the selection method of the women's team, Ku man won the women's singles championship, but he still had to wait for the result of Qian Tianyi and Chen Xingtong's match in Oman. I don't know why the national table tennis men's team can't adopt this way to give Zhou Qihao a chance?
For Zhou Qihao, opportunities have to be spelled out by themselves. This time, although he lost the World Table Tennis Championships roster, I believe that if he can continue his state at Panaghurishtai Station, he will still have the opportunity to re-represent the national table tennis in the World Series in the future.