The schedule of the star competition on January 12 was released! Wang Chuqin won the third line, and the national table tennis locked two championships in advance
As of the early morning of January 12, the 2024 WTT Stars Doha has concluded the second day of competition. A total of men's and women's singles 1/16 finals, doubles 1/4 finals and semi-finals were held on this match day, so the men's and women's singles top 16 and the three doubles finalists were all produced.
Wang Chuqin won on the third line, advancing to the round of 16 in men's singles, and both men's doubles and mixed doubles reached the finals. The national table tennis has locked the men's doubles and mixed doubles championships in advance.
Men's singles
[7 people participated,", they, Lin Shidong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, all advanced to the top 16. And Zhou Qihao lost to Qiu Dang 2-3 and stopped in the top 32.
Women's singles
8 national table tennis players participated in the women's singles 1/16 finals and achieved 7 wins and 1 loss. Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Zhang Rui, Chen Meng, Qian Tianyi, and Wang Yidi all successfully advanced to the top 16. Among the seven players who advanced, only Wang Manyu lost one game, and the others swept their opponents 3-0.
Wang Manyu faced Australia's Liu Yangzi, and won the first two games with ease. In the third game, Liu Yangzi had no way back, kept speeding up, and decisively changed the line when he had the opportunity, and the success rate was still very high, and he made a perfect start of 6-1. Even though Wang Manyu tried hard to chase the score to 7-8, after the opponent paused, he failed to achieve a rebound, and finally lost the game 8-11. In the fourth game, Wang Manyu consciously controlled the rhythm of the game, and in the case of falling behind 2-5 in the opening game, he chased it to a 6-6 draw in the game, and the two sides continued to score equally, until the stalemate reached a 9-9 draw, and finally locked the victory 11-9, thus winning the game with a big score of 3-1.
In the women's singles match of this station, Kuo Man fell out first, and she lost to the 60-year-old veteran Ni Xialian again. The two sides fought hard in five games, and Kuaiman lost 2-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, and the big score was 2-3.
Among the nine players who advanced to the round of 16 from the Foreign Association, there are three South Korean players Shin Yubin, Tian Zhixi and Zhu Qianxi, two Japanese players Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayata, as well as Swedish chipper Linda Bergstrom, Chinese Taipei player Zheng Yijing, German player Shan Xiaona, and Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian.
Among the players in the foreign association, it is Han Ying who is the most regrettable to be out. She fell behind twice, equalized twice, and even took a 7-2 lead in the deciding game, and the reversal was imminent, and victory was in sight, but at this critical moment, Tian Zhixi put a short ball, and Han Ying sprained her right ankle in running to save the ball. After a medical timeout, he finally had to retire. This is not the first time Han Ying has withdrawn from the competition with an injury. As she grows older, the 40-year-old Han Ying has become more and more experienced, often reversing and winning in a passive situation, but the chipping style itself is very physically demanding, and she is too thin to continue the game if she is accidentally injured.
Szokos faced chipper Linda Bergstrom, who was upset 3-1. Szokos is accustomed to tough opponents, his serve is characteristic, and he has a strong ability to change straight lines. But against the chipper, there is a feeling that the power is not enough.
Men's Doubles
Three pairs of national table tennis participated in the men's doubles competition, and finally Yuan Licen/Liang Jingkun and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin met in the final to lock the championship in advance.
The pair of Yuan Licen and Liang Jingkun won three consecutive games after losing first and then winning. Especially in the quarterfinals and semifinals, they all lost one game first, and reversed and eliminated two pairs of Japanese pairs Hayasuke Togami/Teruma Matsushima, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito, and reached the finals.
The Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong "Shuanglin" combination, which was originally pinned on high hopes, was able to reach the final in the men's finals last week, but this time it was blocked by Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Dadeng out of the semifinals.
Ma Long and Wang Chuqin's "dragon head" combination is getting better, except for losing a game in the first round, the 1/4 finals and semifinals are stronger and stronger, both 3-0 clean opponents, and strong into the finals.
Women's Doubles
Three pairs of national table tennis teams participated, and only Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong entered the finals.
Zhang Rui/Kuaiman defeated Japan's Miwa Zhangmoto/Miyu Nagasaki 3-0 in the first round, making fans full of anticipation for them. As a result, in the 1/4 finals, she met the European cross-association combination Szokos/Polkanova, and she did not receive the serve well, but she couldn't fight each other, and finally lost 0-3, which also directly led to the loss of the lower half of the national table tennis.
In the first half of the region, two pairs of national table tennis combinations successfully met in the semifinals. Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong lost one game at 13-15, won three games in a row and reversed to advance to the finals. They will also face Europe's cross-conference pair Diaknu/Xiao Yaoqian, who eliminated Szokos/Polkanova 3-1 in the semi-finals.
Mixed doubles
The national table tennis 4 pairs of mixed doubles combinations participated in the competition, and remained undefeated in the foreign war, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha met in the finals, and the national table tennis won the mixed doubles championship and runner-up in advance.
Qian Tianyi/Liang Jingkun lost 1-3 to teammates Wang Manyu/Lin Gaoyuan in the first round, and then Wang Manyu/Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3 to teammates Lin Shidong/Kuo Man in the quarterfinals.
Lin Shidong/Kuaiman swept Romania's Ionescu/Szokos 3-0 in the semi-finals to advance to the final. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who held the top half alone, won three consecutive games 3-0 and advanced to the final.
On the third day of the main event, the singles 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals, and the men's and women's doubles finals will be held, and the men's and women's singles semi-finals will be determined, as well as the men's and women's doubles champions.
The specific schedule of the national table tennis players on the third match day of the main competition is as follows:
18:00 Chen Xingtong VS Shen Yubin
18:00 Lin Shidong VS Darko Joczyk
18:00 钱天一 VS 杨晓欣
18:35 樊振东 VS 林钟勋
18:35 陈梦 VS 朱芊曦
18:35 梁靖崑 VS 户上隼辅
19:10 Sun Yingsha VS Zhang Benmeihe
19:10 张瑞 VS 田志希
19:10 林高远 VS 张禹珍
19:10 王曼昱 VS 郑怡静
19:45 Wang Chuqin VS Moregard
19:45 Wang Yidi VS Ni Xialian
19:45 Malone VS Tomislav Puka
20:30 Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong VS Diaknu/Xiao Yaoqian
Time to be determined Ma Long/Wang Chuqin VS Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen
There will also be the men's and women's singles quarterfinals.