WTT Doha Star Challenge round of 16 competition, Fan Zhendong ushered in the singles debut, this time Xiaopang only signed up for singles, and ushered in a strong opponent Francesca in the first round, fortunately, Xiaopang won 3-1, the double-line Dragons, singles against the German master Duda, Manyu is a three-line battle, mixed doubles, Manyu and Gao Yuan lost to Lin Shidong/Kuaiman.
In the first round of women's singles, Manyu faced Liu Yangzi, the rhythm of the first game was very fast, Liu Yangzi's first three boards were very passive, Manyu not only had an effect on the serve, but also changed in the serve, so that Liu Yangzi was overwhelmed, the last two points, Liu Yangzi was a quick winner, 11-3, Manyu won quickly, in the second game, Liu Yangzi still desperately added quality, Manyu gave too much pressure, forcing Liu Yangzi to fight every board, and if he didn't fight, he would be counterattacked by Manyu, the score was quickly pulled apart, 11-4, Manyu relied on the advantage of the hair extension, the total score was 2-0.
In the third game, Liu Yangzi began to target Manyu's forehand, and four consecutive line changes were changed to a large angle of Manyu's forehand, and after Manyu made a sideways mistake, he lost the hair and lost it, falling behind 1-6, and finally protected his forehand position in the game, and began to chase the score quickly, stopping Liu Yangzi 7-8, and coming back Liu Yangzi's rare forehand score, getting three game points, Manyu quickly took it out of bounds, 11-8, Liu Yangzi pulled back a game.
In the fourth game, Liu Yangzi's state has improved significantly, and he can beat Manyu's rhythm with more shots, and he dares to get started with hair extensions, and Manyu is a little anxious, Liu Yangzi is very fast, and the line change is very firm, in adversity, Manyu has luck, one wipes the edge and the other wipes the net, Liu Yangzi works hard to chase the score, and as a result, he loses two goals in a row on the backhand, Manyu narrowly wins 11-9, and defeats Liu Yangzi with a total score of 3-1.
Malone vs. Duda, the first game, the Dragons won 11-4, the second game, Duda picked up strongly, although the Dragons worked hard to chase points, they still lost 9-11, in the third game, Duda had the upper hand again, leading all the way to the end of the game, the last two forehand attacks were won, 11-7 overtake, in the fourth game, Duda's back-to-back still made the Dragons uncomfortable, and they were not scared, and they could always mobilize the Dragons, the situation was unfavorable, the Dragons shouted a timeout, Duda played very well, but a few simple return mistakes totally, the Dragons took advantage of the situation to play and grab, as Duda returned to the net, Malone 11-7 equalized。
In the decisive game, the Dragons ate the serve a little, but on the other hand, the Dragons also affected Duda through the change of serve, this game several times more than one shot, the Dragons regained their momentum, on the other hand, Duda's self-loss increased, the Dragons in the game 8 to 4, Duda was in a situation in all aspects, sending out multiple match points, and finally the Dragons scored with a serve, won 11-7, and the total score was 3-2 to reverse Duda, at the same time in the game, the teenager Kuo Man lost to Ni Xialian 2-3, and she was also the first national table tennis player to go out of the women's singles main event.