National Table Tennis Continuous Combat! Doubles split and reorganized to play Tunisian Shidong led the men's singles
The 2023 WTT Regular Challenge has just come to an end in Lagos, and the Tunisia tournament will start on June 20. Li Yake, who finished second in the women's singles in Lagos, received a wild card in the women's singles main draw in Tunisia and did not need to start from the qualifying round. Zhou Qihao, who won the men's singles championship, will continue to participate, and Lin Shidong, who participated in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, will also participate in the men's singles competition.
In the WTT Regular Challenge Lagos station, which ended in the early morning of June 19, Guoping reached five finals and finally won two championships and three runners. Among them, Zhou Qihao defeated Germany's Ochalov 4-1 to win the men's singles championship; Xiang Peng/Liu Weishan defeated the Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi 3-1 to win the mixed doubles title. The remaining three finals were all China-Korea matchups, with South Korea winning three consecutive games to win the triple crown, women's doubles Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin defeated Fan Siqi/Liu Weishan 3-1, men's doubles Zhang Yuzhen/Lim Jong-hoon defeated Yuan Licen / Xiang Peng 3-1, women's singles Shin Yubin defeated Lee Yake 4-2, South Korea became the biggest winner of the tournament with 3 titles and 1 runner-up.
As soon as the Lagos station concludes, the Tunisian station will start. Li Yake, who started in the qualifying round in Lagos, made it all the way to the women's singles final, and although she failed to win the championship, she still received a Tunisian wild card before the final and did not need to play the qualifying round again. The other four players, Zang Xiaotong, Guo Yuhan, Yang Yiyun and Wang Xiaotong, will continue to play from the qualifying round, Wang Xiaotong reached the women's singles semifinals in Lagos, and lost to Li Yake in the semifinals and did not qualify for the final.
Compared with Lagos, the number of Tunisian national table tennis players in the men's singles increased to 10, Lin Shidong returned to the men's singles arena, and he partnered Xu Yingbin in the men's doubles in Lagos to reach the final four. In this competition, Lin Shidong will partner Yuan Licen in the men's doubles. In addition to Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Xiang Peng, Zhou Qihao, Liang Jiang, Xu Haidong and Liu Dingshuo directly advanced to the main round, and Chen Yuanyu, Cao Wei and Sun Wen started from the qualifying round. In Lagos, the national table tennis men's team only Zhou Qihao broke into the final four and finally won the championship.
In addition to Lin Shidong/Yuan Licen, Xiang Peng's partner Cao Wei and Zhou Qihao's partner Liang Yancang played in the men's doubles at this station, and Zhou Qihao/Liang Yancang started from the qualifying round. The women's doubles and mixed doubles lineups have also changed, with women's doubles Fan Siqi/He Zhuojia, Liu Weishan/Guo Yuhan starting from the qualifying round, mixed doubles Liu Weishan playing with Liu Yebo in this station, and Xue Fei/Fan Siqi, Liu Dingshuo/He Zhuojia starting from the qualifying round.