In the second round of the men's singles qualifying tournament of the WTT Doha Star Challenge, national table tennis player Yuan Licen won three games in a row after falling behind 0-2 and defeated her fierce rival Yang Ziyi. Yuan Licen played against Yang Ziyi once last year, when he narrowly won 3-2, and this time it was the same score. The only difference is that this time it was a big reversal in a desperate situation, and this time the two sides won and lost each other to reach the tiebreaker.
This is only the second round of qualifying, and there is a third round of qualifying to follow. Yuan Licen was originally 7-1 ahead in the deciding game, but he didn't expect to be lax and Yang Ziyi seized the opportunity to tie the score, and the final tiebreaker was only a two-point narrow victory. Yang Ziyi, a player, is very oppressive in the middle and far platform with the ball, and Yuan Licen really does not have the upper hand in this link.
In the first two games, Yang Ziyi only needed to play the ball to hold the ball, and mobilized Yuan Licen to lose his position through flexible landing point changes, thus winning two games in a row 11-7 and 11-8. Yuan Licen's forehand retreat was disrupted at first, and the rhythm was greatly reduced. It was only from the beginning of the third game that he gradually found a way to limit it, and Yang Ziyi fell behind 0-4 with a forehand short ball at the beginning.
Yang Ziyi chased two points with a fast backhand, and Yuan Licen changed the line continuously with his backhand, suppressing the opponent's backhand position to directly expand the score to 8-3. Yang Ziyi made a service error and quickly lost the game 3-11 by eating a forehand short ball. Yuan Licen made some changes in the first three boards, and did not play with the opponent continuously, Yang Ziyi was uncomfortable, could not find the rhythm of holding the ball, and quickly lost the third game.
At the beginning of the fourth game, Yang Ziyi attacked the far platform with a forehand, and led 4-2 with a forehand on the serve. After Yuan Licen called a timeout, he chased the score to 5-5 through the COSCO platform. Yang Ziyi's backhand was fast with a straight ball, Yuan Licen brushed the edge with her backhand, and Yang Ziyi made a forehand serve and made a mistake to fall behind 6-9.
Yuan Licen hit a backhand in the middle to get the game point 10-7, and finally won 11-8 to tie the total score. Yang Ziyi led the score at the beginning of the game, but was thrown away from the score in the middle game. In the second half, he wanted to chase the score and attack in a hurry, Yuan Licen obviously did a better job in the COSCO platform, and his concentration was stronger, and Yang Ziyi did not have the upper hand in this advantageous link.
In the deciding game of the fifth game, Yuan Licen pulled a straight backhand, received the serve and rubbed the long backhand, and won a 4-1 start. Yang Ziyi called a timeout, and Yuan Licen served and pulled back to extend the score to 7-1. Yang Ziyi seized the opportunity of Yuan Licen's laxity, continuously pulled the forehand position, changed the line of the forehand, and directly tied the score.
Yuan Licen swung a short backhand position, and pressed a forehand backhand to lead 9-7. Yang Ziyi chased the score to 8-9. Yuan Licen received the serve and pulled back 10-8 to get the match point, and the forehand grabbed a mistake, and the offense began to be anxious again. Yang Ziyi's last goal did not have the upper hand in the COSCO platform offensive link and lost 9-11.
Yang Ziyi's advantage in the far stage in the next three games became smaller, and the scoring rate was not as high as in the first two games. Yuan Licen played so hard against this competitor, and the next match against South Korea's Cho Dae-sung was indeed a disadvantage. Although Zhao Dacheng has participated in the mixed doubles and doubles many times, he has defeated Fan Zhendong this year, and swept the British star Jinke Hall 3-0 in the men's singles qualifying round.
Winning the three games so easily, Zhao Dacheng has great hopes of making it to the main draw. Therefore, the final round of qualifying Yuan Licen is definitely a hard battle, as long as there is slackness in the game, Zhao Dacheng will seize the opportunity to overtake. Zhao Dacheng is particularly good at reversing, and Yuan Licen still has to maintain offensive focus.
In addition, the French duo of Yuan Jiannan and Lebrun defeated Diaz/Bayo 3-0, 11-5, 11-7 and 11-8 in three games. The pair have already reached the main draw, and although they have not partnered many times, they are also the main competitors of the national table tennis team at the Paris Olympics, after all, they are the mixed doubles pair of the host country.
In Men's Doubles, the main attraction was the combination of Tomokazu Haramoto/Daito Shinozuka against Iran's Alamiyan/Alamian. For Tomokazu Zhangmoto, as long as he wants to enter the doubles main draw, he must defeat the pair, the Alamyan brothers defeated Tomokazu Zhang in the Asian Games, and the Japanese table tennis was defeated by the Iranian team in the Asian Games, thus missing the opportunity to win a medal, and even did not get the third place.
It was a battle of revenge for Tomokazu Haramoto, who also defeated Yoshimura in the men's singles qualifiers. Tomokazu Zhang is also tasked with avenging his teammates, and this game is really a game without retreat. It's time to show the strength of Tomokazu Zhangmoto, he has three in this competition, if he can't make it to the main match in doubles, the position of the first brother will be in jeopardy.
In addition, the Swedish combination Falck/Bergstrom lost 0-3 to the Exech/Madarac combination, the strength of the Falke combination is very strong, but the two are partnered for the first time, Bergstrom is still a chipper, and the tacit understanding between the two sides is not very high, which can be regarded as an upset.
In the final round of the qualifying singles, German veteran Duda played against India's Desai, which was also a very interesting match. Yukiya Uda will face Europe's Hibos, who has not appeared on the international stage for a long time, and he is also fighting for his singles points this time and trying to make it to the main draw to make it further.
Therefore, the qualifying round of this Star Challenge is still more interesting, and it is also full of suspense.