On January 8, in the men's doubles qualifying tournament of the WTT Star Challenge Doha, Tomokazu Zhang and his partner Daito Shinozuka got off to a good start in their first match, reversing their opponents 3-1 in a contest with Hong Kong's Yao Juntao/Chan Ho Wah.
In the first game, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Daiden Shinozuka cooperated with full of loopholes, Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua seized the opportunity to open the gap with Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daiden, and won the game point with a score of 10-4!
In the second game, although Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua continued to maintain the lead, the cooperation of Zhang Benzhihe/Shinozuka Daiden was quite tacit! In the end, Zhang Benzhihe/Shinozuka Daiden won the game with a score of 11-7 and chased the score to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daiden, Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua fell into a tense stalemate at the beginning, and the scores of the two sides came all the way to 10-10, but they never opened a significant gap with the other party. In the end, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka finally won the game with a score of 16-14 after losing 4 game points.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe won the game with a score of 11-6, defeated Yao Juntao/Chen Haohua 3-1, and advanced to the second round of the qualifying round.