On January 11, the WTT Star Challenge Doha continued. In the mixed doubles field, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting/To Hoi Kim 3-0, clocked in at the speed of light, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 3-0, and the two pairs of national table tennis advanced to the semifinals of mixed doubles.
This competition is the first competition of the new season, and the main players of national table tennis participate. In the first round, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Hungary's Ekseić/Madarac 3-0, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu defeated teammates Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi 3-1, and Lin Shidong/Kuaiman defeated India's Ghanasekaran/Batra 3-0. In the quarterfinals, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha faced Hong Kong, China's Wong Chun Ting/To Hoi King, and Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu once again ushered in the civil war against Lin Shidong/Kuo Man.
In the mixed doubles 1/4 finals, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha quickly entered the state, starting 6-1 in the first game and easily winning 11-3. In the second game, the Shatou combination scored one after another and won another game 11-2. The third game. In the third game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha led 4-0 at the beginning, expanded the lead 8-2 in the middle game, won the third game 11-3, and defeated Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin 3-0 to advance to the semifinals.
Lin Shidong/Kuo Man took a 4-2 lead in the first game and won the first game 11-4. In the second game, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man scored 3 points in a row after a 2-2 draw at the beginning and opened the score 5-2, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu overtook the score 7-6, and Lin Shidong/Kuo Man scored 2 points in a row after 9 draws to win this game 11-9. In the third game, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu started 4-1, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man chased the score to a 6-6 draw, won another game 11-7, and defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 3-0 and entered the semifinals.
Of the six people who participated in the mixed doubles 1/4 finals of the national table tennis, except for Sun Yingsha, the other five people all played three in this competition. Subsequently, in the women's doubles 1/4 finals, Kuo Man partnered Zhang Rui against the inter-association pair Polkanova/Szokos, and Wang Manyu partnered Chen Meng against the Romanian pair Samara/Dragoman. In the Men's Doubles quarter-finals, Wang Chuqin partnered Ma Long against Singapore's Guo Yong/Feng Yaoen, and Lin Gaoyuan partnered with Lin Shidong to face Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Shinozuka Daito. After the doubles match, Sun Yingsha, Kuo Man and Wang Manyu faced Japan's Miyu Nagasaki, Luxembourg's Ni Xialian and Australia's Liu Yangzi in Women's Singles, while Lin Shidong took on Germany's France's France, Lin Gaoyuan took on France's Cassin and Wang Chuqin took on South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun in Men's Singles.