On September 6, 2022, the table tennis WTT Oman Tournament continued, the national table tennis 6 players played in the men's singles qualifier, the first two rounds ended with an eight-game winning streak, six 3-0, Liu Yebo and Niu Guankai each lost a set, the Japanese team suffered the first defeat, and Shen Qiao was also eliminated.
Oman is a regular level challenge, winning 400 points, the whole process adopts a 5-game 3-win system, some foreign association masters participate, the men's singles championship is more difficult, while the number of doubles registration combinations is too small, there is a situation of direct promotion to the top eight bye, the national table tennis men's team 7 people registered to participate, Zhou Qihao won the main tournament seat, the other six team members from the qualification tournament began to play, good luck did not get to the same district.
The singles qualifiers were three rounds, Xu Haidong, Niu Guankai, Saling Wei, Liang Yufeng bye, Liu Yebo swept saudi Arabia's Al ShariIf 3-0, Yan Sheng defeated Oman's Arles 3-0, Xu Haidong and Yan Sheng were straight board play, men's doubles Bull Champion Kai / Selinwe 3-0 eliminated the Qatari combination Ofani / Rayami to advance to the main match, the first round drew to the Qatari combination, the result lost suspense in advance.
The strength of the opponents in the second round has improved, Yan Sheng swept austria's Levinko 3-0, Liang Yufeng eliminated saudi Arabia's Alhadravi 3-0, Xu Haidong beat Iran's Hamid 3-0, Selinwe 3-0 to win France's Roland, just before the Bulgarian tournament, Xu Haidong won the men's doubles and mixed doubles events, And Selinwe's good results brought deep impressions to fans.
Niu Guankai eliminated the Japanese player Shen Qiaoye 3-1, the first set of Shen Qiao also lagged behind to chase to 10 draws, Niu Guankai withstood the pressure, scored 2 points in a row to 12-10 first, and then Shen Qiao was not willing to show weakness, banged out 11-4 to win a set, the third set of both sides scored 9 points, Niu Guankai seized the opportunity, to win 11-9, the fourth set Niu Guankai took advantage of the chase, banged out 11-6 to end the game, this foreign war is not easy to win.
Liu Yebo defeated the Italian veteran Stoyanov 3-1, the first set of the two sides fell into a fierce battle, once came to 19 draws, Liu Yebo scored 2 consecutive points, to win 21-19, and then Stoyanov did not want to show weakness, to 13-11 equalizer, but still Liu Yebo was better, to 11-9, 14-12 to win two consecutive sets to end the game, both sides played the last two points in four sets, Liu Yebo resisted the pressure at the key moment.
In the third round, Xu Haidong played against Ecuador's Alberto, Selin wei against India's Desai, Niu Guankai against Iran's Hodayi, Yan Sheng against Chinese Taipei's Peng Wangwei, Liang Yufeng against India's Manaf, Liu Yebo against Denmark's Lin De, who reached the bulgarian men's singles final four and finally lost to Zhou Qihao, and six members of the national table tennis team are about to hit the main stage.