After 6 days of fierce duels, in the early morning of September 4, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Bulgarian Tournament officially came to an end. Although it has experienced many fiascos before, the Chinese team finally raised its eyebrows in the foreign war this time, winning 4 championships and 3 Asian championships in one go, only the women's doubles was out early and won 1 crown by the French combination.
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Qihao, a national table tennis fierce general who has lost to foreign associations many times before, has finally risen to prominence, winning consecutive strong opponents in Bulgaria and making great achievements, and finally winning the men's singles championship; And the female table tennis star Chen Xingtong also swept the strong enemy in the final and successfully "avenged" 3 teammates, which is really good! See below for details.
1. Singles
Objectively speaking, the singles performance of the national table tennis in the first half of the WTT Bulgaria match was still somewhat thrilling, a total of 20 people signed up to participate, and only in the qualifying stage, 6 people lost outside the battle, namely Liang Yufeng, Ren Hao, Quan Kaiyuan, Gao Yang, Niu Guankai, Cao Wei, but Cao Wei later got the opportunity to "resurrect" and continued to participate in the battle, and later lost to his teammates.
After entering the main competition, the national table tennis continued to suffer defeats, Liu Yebo, Sai Linwei, Li Yuqi, Wang Yiduo, Wu Yangchen 5 people were also eliminated by the athletes of the foreign association, that is to say, the athletes who remained undefeated in the foreign war were not even half, this data is not reassuring. As for Yan Sheng, Xu Haidong, Zhou Kai, Leng Yutong, Zhu Ziyu, Chu Hanwen, and Qian Tianyi, they were invincible to their teammates.
Among all the opponents who broke through the Chinese team's defense line, Japan's Matsuyama Yuji and Romania's Diaconu were undoubtedly the two athletes who were the most threatening, because they eliminated 3 national table tennis players to advance, which was indeed a good record, but later Sering wei and Chen Xingtong blocked the impact of these two people and did not let the loss continue.
The final men's singles final was the national table tennis civil war, Zhou Qihao defeated his teammate Zhou Kai 4-2 after winning consecutive strong opponents Zhao Chengmin and Lin De, and finally won the championship of an international competition; In the women's singles final, Chen Xingtong blocked Diaconu, and she won 4-0 to defend the glory of the national table tennis women's team: congratulations to the two!
2. Doubles
In the women's doubles, the national table tennis lost more crisply, and the quarterfinals stage has been completely destroyed, of which Li Yuqi / Leng Yutong, Wang Yiduo / Chu Hanwen are all 1-3 defeats, respectively, lost to two Pairs of European combinations Wigzin / K- Wigzin (Poland), Pavard / Luz (France), and finally Pavad / Luz defeated the Singaporean combination Zhou Jingyi / Zeng Jian 3-1 in the final, and won the championship.
In the men's doubles, the national table tennis combination Xu Haidong/ Cao Wei, Zhou Kai / Ren Hao met in the final, and the former laughed 3-1 to the end; The mixed doubles final is also a contest between Chinese players, and in the end, Xu Haidong / Wu Yangchen narrowly defeated Liang Yuping / Leng Yutong 3-2, and the national table tennis team is also the champion and runner-up, awesome!
In general, the lineup of athletes in WTT Bulgaria is average, but considering that the national table tennis men's singles has been wiped out in international competitions for 5 times recently, this championship and runner-up will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the whole team, and also allow Zhou Qihao to get important experience and greatly enhance his self-confidence in foreign competitions.
However, starting from September 5, Zhou Qihao, Chen Xing and others will go to the Middle East to participate in the WTT Oman Tournament, this time the opponent of the men's singles is very strong, the South Korean team is elite, the top masters from all over Asia and Europe have also come a lot, and the pressure of national table tennis is very large! The world table tennis qualification battle between Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi will also be officially launched, and it is not yet known whose hand the deer died.
Then let's continue to cheer for the athletes of national table tennis!