On July 7, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana competition is underway. What is underway is the battle for the top four places, and the national table tennis mixed doubles has won a big victory, Liang Jingkun, Qian Tianyi, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Yidi and others have successfully advanced to the top four list. The final four seats in mixed doubles go to Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting To Kai Chuan.
In the women's doubles, National Table Tennis Chen Meng Wang Manyu faced the multinational team Barazova Matrova. Chen Mengwang Manyu are both Olympic champions, whether it is doubles or singles, the strength is very strong, the two are strong, and it is also the coaching staff for the Paris Olympic Games, with foresight, planning the layout in advance. As a result, the two did not play well today and started badly, losing a game first at 5:11.
In the second game, her opponent Matrova Barazova won another game 11:8 to lead 2-0. In the third game, Chen Mengwang Manyu woke up from a big dream and won a game at 11:4. In the fourth game, Chen Mengwang Manyu continued his efforts, putting a lot of pressure on his opponent in the first three boards and Zhongyuantai, winning another game at 11:6, and the two sides drew 2:2.
In the tiebreaker, opponent Matrova Balazova led 3:0, and Chen Mengwang Manyu played very tenaciously, chasing 4:5. Then the opponent asked for a timeout, after the timeout, Chen Meng made another mistake, consecutive mistakes Chen Meng also shook his head and sighed, hit his head with a racket, and finally, the opponent Matrova Barazova sealed the victory 11:8, and the total score was 3:2 to defeat the top seed of National Table Tennis Chen Meng Wang Manyu.
This should be the biggest upset since the start of the competition, did not expect that the two Olympic champions of national table tennis Chen Mengwang Manyu lost to the transnational team Matrova Barazova, to know that the opponent is also a temporary match, which also reminds the national table tennis coaching staff that women's doubles matching is also very important, not one plus one equals two. In order to prepare for the Paris Olympics, the national table tennis doubles need to continue to be honed.
In the other women's doubles match, Luxembourg's Charenath Nate faces Sweden's Bergstrom/Karlberg. Ni Xialian Nate is the bronze medalist of the World Table Tennis Championships, once ranked third in the world, especially Ni Xialian, experienced, the two fell three straight sets, 11:9, 11:5, 11:4 to win three consecutive games, the total score of 3:0 won a big victory, clean sheet, successfully advanced to the final four. In the semifinals, Ni Charenat faced Balazova Matrova.