On January 9, 2024, the table tennis WTT Star Tournament Doha continued, and the national table tennis received good news, the men's singles fell behind 0-2, and won three games in a row.
16 national table tennis people signed up for singles, only Yuan Licen is the qualifying round, need to pass three rounds of tests, earlier against the Belgian teenager Larsenforss, Yuan Licen won 3-0, and then against Chinese Taipei player Yang Ziyi, who ranked 139th, this promotion is not difficult, because Yang Ziyi, a player, did not have a particularly outstanding performance, and there is a significant gap with Yuan Lizen.
Yuan Licen is a post-00 young player focused on training by the coaching staff, ranked 49th in the singles world, and there is still some room for growth at the age of 23, in fact, from the perspective of competitive level, Yuan Licen's strength is higher than the current position, and the men's finals partner Xiang Peng won the men's doubles championship, which can explain the problem.
It is worth mentioning that Yuan Licen signed up for two events this time, men's doubles and Liang Jingkun teamed up, national table tennis has always been optimistic about his potential, and previously let Ma Long and Yuan Licen cooperate, in addition to Yuan Licen, there are Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, everyone is also looking forward to these young players growing up as soon as possible, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen won the men's doubles championship in the finals is a surprise, but whether it can be maintained has to draw a question mark.
After the start of the game, Yuan Licen was a little out of state in the first game, it stands to reason that the quality of the veneer is higher, but the formation of a stalemate can not beat the opponent, Yang Ziyi 10-2 got the game point, Yuan Licen chased 5 points in a row, but unfortunately fell too behind, Yang Ziyi took the lead with 11-7, and the two sides played back and forth in the second game, Yuan Licen's senseless mistakes continued, he still played unstable, Yang Ziyi won another game with 11-8.
Yang Ziyi played more than expected on the spot, but the main reason was that Yuan Licen played badly, facing unfamiliar players, reading the game was too poor, Yuan Licen led 6-3 in the third game, Yang Ziyi wanted to win and was afraid of losing, and her mentality changed, using a conservative strategy, she wanted to wait for the opponent to make mistakes, this situation often happened, Yuan Licen scored 5 points in a row, and returned 11-3 with color, and finally found some rhythm.
In the fourth game, Yuan Licen still subconsciously retreated, and he was reminded to lean forward and give full play to his advantages, Yang Ziyi led 4-2, Liu Zhiqiang called a timeout to Yuan Licen, and after coming back, Yuan Licen won the game 11-8, and suddenly dropped the line when Yuan Licen led 7-3 in the decisive game, Yang Ziyi chased to 7 draws, but fortunately Yuan Licen seized the opportunity and ended the game 11-9, and finally reversed Yang Ziyi 3-2.