On January 10, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Star Challenge Doha officially entered the main stage, and there was only one national table tennis player participating in the entire qualifying round, that is, Yuan Licen, who had just won the men's doubles championship in the table tennis men's finals. 3-0 in the first round, the opponent scored up to 5 points, 3-2 in the second round, Chinese Taipei's Yang Ziyi, who came back in three games in a row after falling behind twice, and 1-3 in the third round, South Korea's Cho Dacheng, only won one game 12-10 in the third game. Zhao Dacheng is in the 5/8 area of the men's singles main event, and the big seed is Lin Gaoyuan.
Fixtures –
18:00 T1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha VS Exech/Madarac
The Shatou pair took on qualifiers from Hungary, who upset Sweden's Falke/Bergstrom 3-0 and, to the end, Lin Gaoyuan/Chen Meng at the World Junior Championships. In the European Games, they won against Ionescu/Szokos!
18:35 T3 陈梦/王曼昱VS金娜英/李时温
In the Women's Doubles main draw, the 2023 WTT Star Challenge Lanzhou champion Chen Meng/Wang Manyu is the No. 1 seed, and Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong are in the top half.
In the final round of the qualifying round, the South Korean pair Kim Na Young/Lee Shi-wen 3-1 Chinese Taipei pair Zheng Xianxian/Huang Yuqiao advanced to the main event.
18:35 T4 Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong VS Akula/Gol Lampard
The latter defeated teammates Batra/Kamas 3-1 in qualifying, only losing 5-11 in the third game.
19:10 T3 Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong VS Gulani/Kuwari
Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong is the No. 3 seed, this round opponent is from Qatar, the strength is not strong, the next round is likely to face the new men's doubles pair Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito, Tomokazu Zhang seems to have waited for his good helper, the two belong to the left and right hand pairing, the qualifying performance is good, the final round of the Iranian pair Alameyan/Alamian, Tomokazu Zhang Ben avenged the loss of the Asian Games, when he partnered Hayasuke Togami.
21:30 T4 Ma Long/Wang Chuqin VS Falke/Magnus
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin are the No. 4 seeds in Men's Doubles, alone in the top half of the bracket, and this match should be the most important matchup in the first round of the 1/8 finals. The No. 1 seeds are South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun/Jang Woo-jin.
23:00 T1 Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi VS Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu
In the Mixed Doubles, the No. 1 seed is the top half of the bracket. There are three pairs of national table tennis pairs in the lower half of the zone, and the next round is expected to usher in the national table tennis derby against No. 4 seeds Lin Shidong/Kuaiman.
23:00 T3 Lin Shidong/Kuaiman vs Ghana Sekaran/Batra
Lin Shidong/Kuaiman won the WTT Challenger Amman last season!
1:20(+1) T2 Zhang Rui/Kuaiman VS Miyu Nagasaki/Miwa Zhangmoto
Zhang Rui/Kuo Man held the bottom half of the bracket alone against the No. 4 seeds.
1:55(+1) T3 梁靖崑/袁励岑VS艾什/埃克塞奇
The latter is a Brazilian-Hungarian multinational combination with average strength. Liang Jingkun/Yuan Lichen and Lim Gaoyuan/Lim Shidong are in the bottom half of the bracket and will most likely face South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon/Lee Sang-so in the next round.
2:30 (+1) T1 Zhou Qihao vs Jonatan Grote
Coming from Denmark, Zhou Qihao will next face 11th-seeded Qiu Dang, who had a first-round bye, but had just reached the semi-finals in the year-end finals, beating Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong.
The men's and women's singles seeds had a bye on the first day
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