The men's singles semifinals are released: Wang Chuqin defeated Zhang Benzhihe 3-0, and 3 national table tennis players advanced to the semifinals

WTT Doha Men's Finals, as of the evening of January 4, the men's singles 1/4 finals ended fiercely. The last 1 game ushered in the focus of Wang Chuqin and Zhang Benzhihe, Wang Chuqin played well in this game, defeated Zhang Benzhihe 3-0, and successfully advanced to the men's singles semifinals, the semifinals against the German star Qiu Dang, and the first half by Fan Zhendong against Lin Gaoyuan.

Men's Singles semi-finals

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Qiu Dang VS Wang Chuqin【January 5-19:30】

Venue: Doha-Lusail Stadium

The first half of the semi-finals is the national table tennis civil war, Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan compete for the finals, no matter who can advance in the end, the Chinese team has locked this final spot. Liang Jingkun was eliminated in the second half, Wang Chuqin was promoted, and the two sides competed for the finals, and the Chinese team is expected to win the championship and runner-up.

Fan Zhendong 3-0 Aruna【11-6;11-9;11-4】

Recently, Fan Zhendong's performance was not stable enough, and he almost capsized in the last round, but Fan Zhendong's performance in this round was excellent, suppressing Nigerian star Aruna as a whole and defeating his opponent in three straight games. Fan Zhendong advanced strongly, and his style of play seemed to have technical restraint against Aruna, and after winning this game, he won all 5 matches against Aruna.

邱党 3-2 梁靖崑【2-11；14-12；6-11；11-9；11-6】

German star Qiu Dang broke the upset, defeating national table tennis star Liang Jingkun 3-2 and advancing to the men's singles semifinals. In this game, Liang Jingkun had a very good chance, especially in the fourth game to lead the opponent 7-4, but he did not withstand being reversed by the opponent, and the pause in the deciding game did not work.

Ma Long 2-3 Lin Gaoyuan【4-11;11-5;9-11;11-9;5-11】

In this game, the two sides also fought fiercely in five games, and Lin Gaoyuan defeated Ma Long 3-2 and advanced to the men's singles semifinals with difficulty. In this game, Lin Gaoyuan played really decisively, and his confidence in match point opportunities became stronger. In the past, the two sides have fought 7 times in international competitions, and Lin Gaoyuan has lost all of them, and this time he finally defeated Ma Long.

Tomokazu Zhang 0-3 Wang Chuqin【10-12;8-11;6-11】

This match is the finale of the men's singles quarterfinals, and both sides are top players in the table tennis world, and this matchup has attracted much attention. Tomokazu has dropped out of the top 10 in the world rankings and is currently ranked 11th, with eight international titles in his career, which is a very good result at the age of 20.

Wang Chuqin has grown rapidly in the past two years, ranking in the top two in the world, and has topped the world No. 1 in 2023. Wang Chuqin is three years older than Zhang Ben and currently has one less international title than his opponent.

First-round record: Tomokazu Haramoto had a tough first round, narrowly beating German veteran Ocharov 3-2, and the match was reversed from 2-1 down to advance. Wang Chuqin played against French teenager Felix Lebron in the first round, and Wang Chuqin played steadily and eliminated his opponent 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals.

Record: This is the 10th meeting between the two sides in history, the first 9 dialogues Wang Chuqin has a 9-2 advantage, including 6 singles dialogues Wang Chuqin has a winning record, and 3 team encounters Zhang Benzhihe 2-1. The two sides have met twice in the past 2023, with Wang Chuqin keeping clean sheets 3-0 and 4-0 respectively.

Game recap

Wang Chuqin started well in this game, quickly taking a 6-2 lead, and then Zhang Benzhihe chased 2 points in a row, Wang Chuqin calculated and decisively grabbed the points sideways, and took advantage of the situation to lead to 8-4. After that, Zhang Benzhihe had a strong offensive impact, chasing the score to 7-8, and the key ball king Chuqin scored, but he was still chased by Zhang Benzhihe to 9 draws. Then the key point Zhang Benzhihe got and pressed the game point 10-9, and then Wang Chuqin decisively grabbed the rebound and took advantage of the situation to win 12-10.

In the second game, the two sides alternately scored to 3 draws, Zhang Benzhi and violently impacted, rewriting the score to 7-5 lead, and then Wang Chuqin continued to change the line to suppress, chasing the score to 7 draws. After that, the two sides alternated scores to 8 draws, and Zhang Benzhihe chose to pause the slow rhythm. After that, Wang Chuqin was not affected, and made a firm shot to suppress the continuous score, and won the game point 10-8, and then Wang Chuqin directly twisted and scored, thus winning the game 11-8.

In the third game, Wang Chuqin continued to play strongly, quickly taking a 4-1 lead, and then Wang Chuqin made a mistake to send 1 point, and Zhang Benzhihe took the opportunity to chase 3-4. After that, the two sides formed a tug-of-war and exchanged errors, Wang Chuqin led to 6-5, and then Zhang Benzhihe still did not control the mistakes, and Wang Chuqin strongly suppressed the lead to 9-5. After that, Zhang Benzhihe recovered another 1 point, and Wang Chuqin scored a key ball to change the line to get the match point 10-6 and end the game 11-6.