On January 11, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Star Challenge Doha is underway. In the women's singles 1/32 finals, Australian Chinese veteran Liu Yangzi played against Indian star Batra, who defeated Chen Xingtong and Hina Hayata. The two sides played five rounds, and finally the Chinese veteran Liu Yangzi won the total score of 3:2 to advance.
In the women's singles 1/32 finals, Egyptian player Mecherif played against South Korean women's singles chipper Xu Hyo-won, as we all know, Xu Hyo-won is very good-looking and can be described as a well-deserved table tennis beauty. The opponent Mei Sherif is the winner of the African Cup of Nations women's singles championship and has a certain amount of hard power, but South Korea's Seo Hyo-won has a significantly better record, and has even defeated Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi and others. In the first game, Xu Xiaoyuan took the lead and won the first game 11:6.
In the second game, Mesherif began to counterattack, strengthening the quality of the first three boards, and pulled back a game 11:9. In the third game, Xu Xiaoyuan won 11:6. In the fourth game, Xu Xiaoyuan was reversed by his opponent while leading at the beginning, and Mecherif won 14:12. In the deciding game, Xu Xiaoyuan once started 5:1 and led 9:7 in the second half, but in the end, Mecherif locked the victory with 11:9 and won 3:2 on aggregate.
In this way, the women's singles was a big upset, and the table tennis beauty Xu Xiaoyuan lost to the African player Mesherif 2:3, missed the promotion, and played in the first round of the main event. In another women's singles match, Sweden's Carlberg played against Brazil's Takahashi Bruna, the first two games won one game each, and then, Carlberg won two games in a row 11:4, 11:8, full of firepower, and won the women's singles top 32 list with a total score of 3:1.
In the women's doubles 1/8 finals, the national table tennis king Manyu and Chen Mengqiang teamed up, and the two were also the top seeds in the women's doubles of the Open Tournament, facing South Korean player Kim Naying/Li Shiwen, Chen Mengwang Manyu showed no mercy and lost three games in straight sets, winning 11:7, 11:3, 11:8, with a total score of 3:0, and successfully advanced to the top eight list. After the game, in an interview with the media, Wang Manyu said that the opponent has a certain strength, so it is better to meet such an opponent.
Talking about the key to winning, Wang Manyu said that the overall cooperation and state of himself and Chen Meng on the court are also relatively good. Chen Meng said frankly that he and Wang Manyu gradually formed a two-person style of play on the court, which became more and more formed and more obvious. Although the opponent had a strong impact and sometimes fell behind in the score, he played relatively compactly, so he finally won the game. Looking ahead to the next matches, the two said they would give it their all.