In the Men's Doubles qualifying round of the WTT Doha Star Challenge, Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito defeated Hong Kong's Yao Kwan Tao/Chan Ho Wah 3-1. In this game, Zhang Benzhi and the overall strength of the combination is stronger and can grasp the key points, Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua The combination does not have an advantage in the service link, although they can bite the score but always can't get the key points, or the strength is weak.
The Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua combination started the game directly 6-0 in the first game and entered the state relatively quickly. The duo knew that if they didn't get started, they probably wouldn't win a single game. Tomokazu Zhang and Shinozuka Oden were slow to enter the state, and directly lost the first game 4-11 quickly, and it was too late to chase the score.
In the second game, the game fell into a stalemate in the score, and the scores of the two sides kept rising alternately, and after 5-5, Zhang Benzhi and his forehand pressed the backhand to lead 6-5, and the opponent asked for a timeout. Then Yao Juntao pulled a straight forehand, and Chen Haohua scored a short score to 7-7. Daden hit a forehand, and scored three points in a row with a sideways attack on the backhand with his forehand, and won the game point 10-7.
Shinozuka Oden received the serve and split a long backhand and won the second game 11-7. The tactics of both sides were very targeted in this game, and after Tomokazu Haramoto was tied with the score, Shinozuka Daiden's continuous forehand attacks disrupted the opponent's attacking rhythm.
The combination of Yao Juntao / Chen Haohua is not fast, and Zhang Benzhi and the combination have more tacit understanding in attacking one after the other, and they are more in place in terms of running connection. In the third game, Yao Juntao received the serve and fell behind 2-4, and Chen Haohua rubbed a long backhand to tie the score. Daden made a quick backhand attack and hit a forehand in the middle to overtake the score 6-4.
Zhang Benzhihe ate the serve, and the forehand retreated from the net and was chased by the opponent to 7-7. Shinozuka Dadeng quickly brought a straight ball with a forehand, and pulled a wide angle to get the game point 10-8, Chen Haohua continued to receive the serve and swing short, causing Daden to make a mistake and directly tie the score. After that, the scores of the two sides rose alternately until 14 draws, and Shinozuka Daiden received the serve and hung a forehand in a straight line to win the key point 16-14.
Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua originally overtook the score 14-13, but Yao Juntao's forehand attack was high and the opponent tied the score, which affected the offensive rhythm of the pair, and thus lost the third game. This game also became a watershed moment in this game, and Zhang Benzhi and the combination did have a lucky factor in scoring the key points.
Shinozuka Daden lost more points in the handling of the ball, and Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua also decisively grasped this point, and only then did they catch up with the score when they fell behind in the third game. However, the pair has always been behind and chasing points, and can only tie the score, but they do not have the absolute ability to overtake the score.
In the fourth game, Chen Haohua's backhand was fast with a large angle, Da Deng's forehand was spinned, and Zhang Benzhihe's serve scored 5-2 to start the game. Yao Juntao fell behind 3-7 with a backhand attack, and Zhang Benzhi and the long forehand position expanded the score to 9-4. Chen Haohua rubbed a long straight line to chase 2 points in a row, and Shinozuka Daden fought a short triangle, and won the fourth game 11-6 with a forehand to wipe the net.
In this way, Zhang Benzhihe successfully entered the next round, and it was not easy to win this game as a whole. The main reason is that the Japanese men's doubles pair itself is generally competitive, and its presence in the international arena is far less than that of the Korean doubles pair, which may also have something to do with the low quality of Japanese players' singles.
The height of the Japanese players is not dominant, and they are indeed at a disadvantage when competing in the middle and far platforms. This is still the case against Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua, if they play against the Korean pair, they will be swept directly. In the next round of doubles qualifying, Tomokazu will face the Iranian duo of Alamiyan and Alamian. The twin brothers defeated Tomokazu Zhang in this year's Asian Games, and they are simply nemesis.
It should be said that the pair has a psychological advantage in the face of Zhang Benzhihe, the pair's backhand attack is very distinctive, and the quality of the single cricket is also excellent, and the next round of doubles matches against Zhang Benzhihe combination may be victorious, because the winner between the two sides can enter the main match, and there is indeed no way back.
At the same time, the Japanese Table Tennis T-League is also underway, and Yan An's Okayama Club was defeated 1-3 by Kinoshita Tokyo Club. In the first set of the doubles match, Kinoshita Tokyo FC's Matsushima Teruku/Kawa Ruiki defeated Hao Shuai/Tian Tian Hibiki 2-0, winning the first game 11-10 and the second game 11-9, all by key points.
Matsushima Teruku is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he has shown a strong competitiveness in both the international and domestic arenas. Veteran Yan An swept Hagiwara Keichi 3-0 in the second set, and Yan An won the first game 11-3 directly. The opponent lost the key points 10-11 in the second game, and Yan An didn't give the opponent a chance to win 11-6 in the third game.
It can be seen that the strength of the competitors is average, and although Yan An's state has declined, he still wins easily. Matsushima Terukor, who played in the third set, defeated Hao Shuai 3-0, and this set was the real focus of the battle, Matsushima Teruku won the first game 11-3 easily, and won the next two games on the key points.
Although Hao Shuai is a veteran in his 40s, his overall competitiveness is still quite outstanding. Because he had already played the first set of the doubles, he could relax a little bit for his teammates to play in the second set. Takaki Niwa lost 2-3 to Yuya Oshima of the Tokyo club in the third set, and Takaki Niwa lost three games in a row with a 2-0 lead, which was really undeserved.
Yan An made meritorious contributions to the Okayama Club in this game and became the only player to win, which is indeed worthy of praise.