The national table tennis won a complete victory! won 9 consecutive victories, Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu advanced in both lines, and Zhang Benmei and were out. The competition for the first day of the 2024 WTT Doha Star Challenge has ended, and the national table tennis has won 9 consecutive victories in the foreign war, except for Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi, who lost in the civil war, the rest of the national table tennis players have successfully advanced, in addition to Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Lin Shidong, and Kuaiman have advanced in one day and both lines.
In this Doha Star Challenge, a total of 16 national table tennis players participated, except for the men's singles Yuan Licen who needed to start from the qualifying round, the rest of the national table tennis players and combinations started from the main match, and Yuan Licen regretted being out of the qualifying round. In the mixed doubles, four pairs of national table tennis players played, among which world No. 1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha encountered some difficulties, winning three games in a row 11-9, 11-9, 11-2 to defeat the Hungarian pair Eksage/Madarac. Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu and Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi started a civil war, and the two sides still knew each other well, so the game was more intense, and finally Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu eliminated Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi 3-1 (12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6). Lin Shidong/Kuaiman played against the Indian pair of Ghana Sekaran/Batra, the gap in strength between the two sides is still relatively large, Lin Shidong/Kuaiman only took ten minutes to sweep the opponent 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 and successfully advanced to the top 8.
In men's doubles, 3 pairs of national table tennis pairs, Ma Long / Wang Chuqin against Sweden world champion Falke / Karlsson, in the first game, Ma Long / Wang Chuqin took the lead in entering the state and got the match point 10-5, and then the Swedish combination chased 4 points in a row, at the critical moment, Wang Chuqin attacked successfully, Ma Long / Wang Chuqin won the first game 11-9, in the second game, the Swedish combination once led 7-5, and then Wang Chuqin / Ma Long scored 6 points in a row to win another game 11-7, in the third game, the Swedish combination launched a counterattack and pulled back a game 11-9, and in the fourth game, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin led all the way and locked the victory with 11-8, thus winning with a total score of 3-1. Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen played against the multinational pair of Ash/Exage, who were a temporary pair, and originally thought that there was no suspense in this match, but surprisingly, the two sides played five games, and finally Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen narrowly won 3-2 (4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6). Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong retired because of their opponents and directly advanced to the top 8 of men's doubles.
In women's doubles, the national table tennis 3 pairs played, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu against the Korean combination Kim Naying/Li Shiwen, although the Korean combination is relatively young and full of hard work, but the tactics have not changed much, and the level of off-court guidance is even more average, so this game showed a one-sided situation from the beginning, and finally Chen Meng/Wang Manyu won 3 games in a row 11-7, 11-3, 11-8. Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong defeated the Indian pair Akula/Golpard 11-6, 11-7, 11-5, and Kuaiman/Zhang Rui faced the Japanese pair Miwa Zhangmoto/Miyu Nagasaki, which can be called the focus of this round.
Zhou Qihao, who appeared at the end, played against Denmark's Jonathan, although the latter defeated Xiang Peng, he never won against the main force of national table tennis, so for Zhou Qihao, as long as he played at a normal level, there would not be much suspense in the game. In the first game, Zhou Qihao played very actively, relying on the advantage of the first three boards, quickly took the lead, and soon won the first game 11-4. In the second game, Zhou Qihao continued to attack, leading 7-1 and winning another game 11-5. In the third game, Jonathan launched a counterattack and once led 9-7, but then Zhou Qihao stepped up his offensive and locked the victory 12-10, thus winning with a total score of 3-0, and then Zhou Qihao will face the German star Qiu Dang, who defeated Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun in the previous men's table tennis finals, Zhou Qihao needs to be prepared to deal with difficulties. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.