On January 8, Beijing time, the first stop of the 2024 WTT tournament started, the Doha Star Match, although this tournament is a star match, it still attracts almost all the world's masters to participate, and the national table tennis is naturally no exception, all the main forces plus 6 powerful players participated, only Yuan Licen needs to participate in the men's singles qualifying round.
Today is the first day of the competition, starting from the qualifying round, the Japanese pair Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito need to play the qualifying round, in fact, Tomokazu Zhang has not played men's doubles in the international competition for a long time, except for the Chengdu mixed team competition on-court partner, after all, he focuses on singles and mixed doubles.
On the one hand, Shinozuka is unlikely to qualify for the Olympics, and Tomokazu Zhang is mainly a singles player in the Olympic team, and this time it is mainly to drive Shinozuka Daito. They will face Hong Kong's Yiu Kwan Tao/Chan Ho Wah.
In the first game, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daiden was in trouble at the beginning, and the score was always behind, and various mistakes continued, and soon lost the first game 4-11. In the second game, the two readjusted, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead and hit some good shots, the score was in the lead of 5-3, and then maintained the lead, 11-7 to pull back a game.
In the third game, the two sides played fiercely from the beginning, and the score rose alternately, and it was very stale, until it was 10-10, and the Japanese pair resolved the game many times later, and finally won 16-14. In the fourth game, they controlled the game, played more consistently, and won the game 11-6.
Another men's doubles game, Chinese Taipei star Zhuang Zhiyuan played the teenager Gao Chengrui, the 42-year-old Zhuang Zhiyuan, still on the court, he won the World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles championship, it has been ten years, and the men's doubles strength with Lin Yunru is still relatively strong, because now the partner is changing, it is also the old with the new, the world ranking is low, and it needs to start from the qualifying round.
Gao Chengrui is a relatively potential new star of Chinese Taipei, who began to emerge last year, fighting fiercely with Wang Chuqin, playing at a good level, playing with a very good temperament, and the quality of his will is also very tenacious, of course, the technique needs to be improved more, and today's opponent is the Indian pair Taka / Manash Shah.
In the first game, the two sides were entangled, it was very intense, and the score was not opened, Zhuang Zhiyuan/Gao Chengrui grasped the key point at the end of the game and won 11-9. At the beginning of the second game, the Indian combination began to fight, with tacit understanding, smooth connection, and relatively fast speed, 11-7 to pull back.
In the third game, it was another grappling, this time the Indian pair won 11-9, and in the fourth game, the Indian pair had already played with momentum, and the score lead was more calm, 11-6 to seal the victory.