On January 9, 2024, Beijing time, the Doha Star Challenge continued, the first round of the men's singles qualifying tournament was all over, and only the young player Yuan Licen needed to participate in the qualifying round, and Yuan Licen lived up to expectations and swept the world's 85th Belgian teenager Larsenforth 3-0 and won a big victory.
A total of 8 people participated in the national table tennis men's singles in this Doha Star Challenge, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Zhou Qihao and Yuan Licen, 7 of them directly qualified for the main event, only Yuan Licen needs to play three qualifying matches, but everyone is still very confident in this, because in the WTT Doha Men's Finals that just ended, Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng Men's Doubles went all the way to the finals, and finally beat Lin Shidong 3-0/ Lin Gaoyuan won the championship, and Yuan Licen's performance in the competition was very good, which left a deep impression on everyone.
In addition to the five main forces, the national table tennis men's team also participated in three key training objects, namely Lin Shidong, Zhou Qihao and Yuan Licen. Yuan Licen is currently ranked 49th in the world, with good strength, but he is young and unstable, and needs to be cultivated and improved.
In the first round of this qualifying tournament, facing the Belgian youngsters who are ranked lower and have an obvious difference in strength, Yuan Licen also only let the opponent score 13 points and leave work at the speed of light. Yuan Licen swept Larsenforth 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 respectively to enter the next round, the whole game Yuan Licen played easily and magnificently, Larsenforss had no way to confront Yuan Licen, and it was basically difficult to form a stalemate, and he was quickly defeated.
Yuan Licen will usher in the second opponent of the qualifying round at 14:00 this afternoon, Yang Ziyi of Chinese Taipei, I believe that with Yuan Licen's strength and state, the qualifying round is mainly to train on behalf of the competition, and the real showdown has just started from the main match, let's wait and see!