On January 9th, Beijing time, the Doha Star Challenge continued, and only Yuan Licen needed to play three qualifying matches in the national table tennis men's singles, following the 3-2 reversal of the second round of qualifying rounds to eliminate Chinese Taipei Yang Ziyi, facing the South Korean teenager Zhao Dacheng in the final round of the qualifying round, Yuan Licen lacked self-confidence and was timid! 1-3 was eliminated!
Yuan Licen, as the key training object of national table tennis, played very well in the just-concluded WTT Doha men's finals, Yuan Licen's partner Xiang Peng played very well, defeated the seeds of the tournament all the way, and advanced to the final 3-0 swept Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship! Yuan Licen is 23 years old this year, making rapid progress, which is obvious to all, and often partners Ma Long and Liang Jingkun to participate in the competition, which shows the importance that the national table tennis team attaches to him!
This tournament because Yuan Licen is ranked 49th in the world, need to start from the qualifying round, I thought that according to his state and strength, the qualifying round can just be trained by the game, and wait until the main match can be adjusted to the best state to impact better results, from the first round of the 3-0 quick victory over the Belgian teenager Larsenfuss, everything is within our expectations, but in the second round of the face of Taipei teenager Yang Ziyi, it was really sweaty to fall behind 0-2, fortunately, Liu Zhiqiang, the off-court guide, called a timeout in time to give encouragement, and finally 3-2 thrilling reversal!
The opponent in the third round is South Korean teenager Zhao Dacheng, ranked 87th in the world, who has defeated Fan Zhendong, and his previous men's doubles partner Lee Sang-so won the championship, but it has been very sluggish recently, and he is often eliminated in the qualifying rounds.
After losing the first game, Liu Zhiqiang, a guide on the sidelines, encouraged Yuan Licen to have confidence, not to have baggage, not to be timid, to completely release himself, in the second game Yuan Licen once led 6:1, but then suddenly lost power, was chased by Zhao Dacheng to 5:6, Liu Zhiqiang guidance hurriedly called a timeout, after the pause Yuan Licen still did not improve, was Zhao Dacheng 11:8 to win another game!
In the third game, Yuan Licen, who had no way out, played more resolutely, like the second round, and completely released himself when he was 9:10 behind, scored three points in a row, and pulled back a game at 12:10! In the fourth game, Yuan Licen still had a burden in his heart and did not let go, his mentality was not flattened, and he was always behind and passive, and finally Zhao Dacheng won another game 11:4 to win the game! Yuan Licen was also eliminated and missed the main game! Young people not only have to continue to hone and improve their skills, but more importantly, they also need to keep honing their mentality. There is still a long way to go in the future, and I hope that Yuan Licen will calm down, continue to improve, and continue to break through himself!