On January 10, the WTT Doha Star Challenge 2024 kicked off, and in the first round of men's singles, Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan fought hard in five games and lost 2-3 to Danish player Anders Linde.
Zhuang Zhiyuan, born in 1981, once ranked third in the world in men's singles. As he gets older, Zhuang Zhiyuan has not performed well in the past 2023, participating in 17 races, multiple rounds of tours, and ranking 34th with 560 points by relying on a few races of tens of points.
Anders Lind, a Danish player born in 1998, defeated Xue Fei 3-1 in the regional tournament Olomouc last year to win the first senior singles title of his career.
In the match between Zhuang Zhiyuan and Linde, in the first game, Anders Linde led all the way, opened the score 9-3, and won 11-6. In the second game, Linde started 4-0, and Zhuang Zhiyuan played an attack wave after 2-4, overtook 8-5, and won 11-8 with a lead.
In the third game, Zhuang Zhiyuan led 9-5, Linde overtook 10-9, and the two sides fought between the two sides, and Linde won 13-11. In the fourth game, Zhuang Zhiyuan gradually opened the score and won 11-5.
In the deciding game, after 7-7, Linde scored consecutive points to win the game 11-7.