On January 9, 2024, the table tennis WTT Star Tournament Doha continued, the first round of the men's singles qualifying tournament ended, and the national table tennis got off to a good start.
Eight national table tennis men's singles people signed up for the competition, seven of which directly qualified for the main tournament by virtue of their world rankings, except for Yuan Licen, who needed to start from the qualifying stage and won three games in a row to stand out.
The 23-year-old Yuan Licen has good strength, and is now a young player focused on training by the coaching staff, and the men's singles is currently ranked 49th.
This time, there are six non-main players, the men's team Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Zhou Qihao joined, Xiang Peng failed to qualify, which made many fans feel a pity, the women's team Qian Tianyi, Kuo Man, Zhang Rui were shortlisted, young players were trained, and the masters of the foreign association competed, this opportunity is still relatively rare, as for Zhang Rui as the hero behind the scenes, everyone hopes that she can have better results.
The first round of the qualifying round is not difficult, the opponent is the Belgian teenager Larsenforss, ranked only 85th, lost to the national table tennis many times in the past, there is a significant gap between the two, after the game began, the first game Yuan Licen played a momentum, Larsenforss was helpless about it, COSCO Taiwan held each other at all, Yuan Licen led the way in an all-round way, blasted out 11-4 to take the lead, in general, Larsenforss level is limited.
In the second game, Yuan Licen took advantage of the situation to chase and opened the difference again, Larsenforss changed his serve, but the quality was still not high, and he failed to bring any threat, but he made unnecessary mistakes, and his mentality was affected, Yuan Licen led 8-2, and then won another game 11-4.
In the third game, Larsenforss also adjusted, but failed to have an effect, Yuan Licen led 4-1, Larsenforth called a timeout, and after coming back, Yuan Licen seized the opportunity to end the game 11-5, and finally swept Larsenforss 3-0, which is the first victory of national table tennis in this event, Yuan Licen got off to a good start, and then played against Chinese Taipei player Yang Ziyi, it should not be a big problem to continue to move forward, and the highlight is still to come.