On 9 January, Beijing time, the qualifying rounds of the Doha Star Challenge were all over! The four world champions were collectively upset, namely: Chinese Taipei Zhuang Zhiyuan, Sweden's Falke, Japan's Yoshimura Maharu, and Luxembourg's Chinese Ni Xialian! National table tennis future star Yuan Licen lost 1-3 to South Korean teenager Zhao Dacheng and regrettably went out! Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto's men's doubles, Yukiya Uda, and Shinozuka Daiden advanced one after another.
Following the first round of Zhuang Zhiyuan/Gao Chengrui, Mladenovich/Ni Xialian out, Japanese mixed doubles world champion Yoshimura Maharu lost 1-3 to Iran's Alamian, and Sweden men's doubles world champion Falke/Linda lost 0-3 to Hungary's Eksage/Madaraz, which shows the fierce competition in this tournament, and also shows that the young generation of players have a very strong impact, and must continue to improve and have a strong ability to adapt in order not to be eliminated.
There are 16 people participating in this tournament of national table tennis, 8 people have signed up for men's singles, 7 of them directly advanced to the main competition, only Yuan Licen is one person due to the low ranking, must start from the qualifying round, the first round Yuan Licen swept Larsen Forss 3-0, the second round 3-2 reversal Yang Ziyi, the third round of facing the South Korean teenager Zhao Dacheng, Yuan Licen played very conservatively, did not let go, and the mentality was unstable, 1-3 lost to the opponent, regrettably stopped in the qualifying round! Yuan Licen is the key training object of national table tennis, but the young people are unstable, there is still a long way to go, I hope that the next men's doubles match with Liang Jingkun can not be affected, adjust the mentality, and achieve better results!
As the so-called few happy and a few sad, some people regret to be out, and some people are surprised to advance, the Japanese team played well in the qualifying round, Zhang Benzhi and men's doubles partner Shinozuka Daito swept the Iranian pair Alamyan 3-0/ Alamian advanced to the main match, in addition, Yuya Uda swept Romania's Hippos 3-0 and successfully advanced to the main match, Shinozuka Daden narrowly defeated Hong Kong, China Lin Zhaoheng 3-2 also successfully qualified, the overall strength of the Japanese team table tennis is still very strong, and it will continue to become the main competitor of national table tennis in the future, especially the rising star has made great progress, which has caused a lot of pressure on the national table tennis.
Starting today on the 10th, 8 people will appear on the main force of national table tennis, starting at 18 o'clock tonight, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, Kuo Man/Zhang Rui, Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen, Zhou Qihao will appear successively, so stay tuned!