In the early morning of January 12th, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Challenge ended the fourth day of competition, and the doubles finals were officially released!
First of all, let's look at the men's doubles event, the national table tennis team sent 3 pairs to participate, namely Ma Long / Wang Chuqin , Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong , Liang Jingkun / Yuan Licen, in summary, it is not difficult to see that the national table tennis coaching staff did not send the men's doubles world No. 1 pair Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin to participate, the intention is very obvious, that is, to make more attempts for the Paris Olympics.
Among the three pairs of national table tennis men's doubles above, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong is the highest ranked in the world and is the No. 3 seed in the men's doubles of the tournament, but it became the first of the three pairs of national table tennis to lose out, in the second round of the men's doubles, that is, in the 1/4 finals, 0-3 defeated the Japanese combination Tomokazu Zhangmoto / Shinozuka Daito, you must know that this pair of Japanese pairs is a temporary team, and the men's doubles world ranking is only 212, which is a big upset!
In addition, the top two seeds of the men's doubles of the tournament also lost out, the top seeds of South Korea Jang Woojin/Ahn Jae-hyun, after winning two consecutive matches, in the men's doubles semi-finals, the fourth seeds of the men's doubles, the national table tennis pair Ma Long/Wang Chuqin.
The second seeds in Men's Doubles and another Korean pair, Lim Joong Hoon/Lee Sang-so, suffered an even worse defeat in the first round, losing 0-3 to sixth seeds Hayasuke Togami/Teru Matsushima of Japan.
In the second round of the men's doubles, that is, in the 1/4 finals, the national table tennis combination Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen eliminated the Japanese combination Hayasuke Togami / Matsushima Terukong 3-1, and in the next semifinals, Liang Jingkun / Yuan Licen once again "successfully resisted Japan", and still eliminated the Japanese pair Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito, who defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong in the previous round, and entered the men's doubles final strongly.
So far, Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen have successfully met in the men's doubles finals, and the national table tennis team has locked the men's doubles championship of this event in advance, congratulations to the national table tennis team!
Next, look at the women's doubles event, the national table tennis also sent 3 pairs to participate, namely Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi, Zhang Rui/Kuo Man, as the top seed of the women's doubles in the tournament, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu lost to teammate Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi 1-3 in the semifinals, which is a big upset.
In addition, the second seeds of the Women's Doubles, South Korea's Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin, suffered an even worse defeat, losing 2-3 to Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu/Ng Wing Lam in the first round.
However, in the second round, that is, the women's doubles 1/4 finals, Zhang Rui/Kuaiman defeated the Austrian/Romanian multinational pair Polkanova/Szokos 0-3 and unfortunately missed the women's doubles semifinals.
In the women's doubles semi-finals, Polkanova/Szokos lost 1-3 to the other Spanish/Romanian pair Xiao Yaoqian/Diaconu.
At this point, the women's doubles final was officially released, with national table tennis players Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi playing against Xiao Yaoqian/Diaknu, wishing Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi good luck and striving to win the women's doubles championship for the national table tennis team.
Finally, looking at the mixed doubles event, the national table tennis mixed doubles sent 4 pairs to participate, led by the world No. 1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, and the remaining 3 pairs were Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi.
As a result, in the first round of mixed doubles, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi lost to teammate Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 1-3, and in the second round of mixed doubles, which is the 1/4 finals, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu faced Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, and lost with a score of 0-3, which really surprised fans.
So far, Wang Manyu has lost in both women's doubles and mixed doubles, but this is also a relief for Wang Manyu, because he can have more energy to devote to the women's singles event, after all, Wang Manyu is the only one of the five main players of the national table tennis women's team, the only one who fights in the third line, and now Wang Manyu can put all his energy into the women's singles event after losing in the women's doubles and mixed doubles.
In the mixed doubles event, there was also a big upset, that is, the second seeds of the mixed doubles, Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata, suffered a defeat in the quarter-finals, losing 2-3 to Romania's Ionescu/Szokos, which really surprised fans.
In the following semi-finals, the national table tennis combination Lin Shidong/Kuo Man swept the Romanian pair Ionescu/Szokos 3-0, and successfully met Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha in the mixed doubles final.