On January 11, Beijing time, the Doha Star Challenge continued, and the competition took the lead in deciding the top 4 of mixed doubles, with Chinese table tennis occupying 2 seats, South Korea 1 seat, and Romania 1 seat, and the specific top 4 lists are: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi and Ionescu/Szokos. No. 2 seeds Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada are out in an upset!
The national table tennis sent four mixed doubles pairs to participate in the competition, namely Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi and Lin Shidong/Kuo Man. In the last round, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi lost 1-3 to Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu and took the lead. World No. 1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 1/4 opponent is Hong Kong, China's Wong Chun Ting/To Hoi Kwan, Hong Kong yesterday swept the British combination Pitchford/Hussey 3-0, today's Hong Kong combination is in no state, if the two are judged, they were swept by Shatou 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-3) at the speed of light, and the Hong Kong combination only scored a total of 8 points in three games, without any resistance. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will next face South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi in the semi-finals.
In another Chinese derby battle, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man took the lead in entering the state, proactive, with tacit understanding, the first game was easily won 11-4, and in the second game, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu's state improved slightly, but there were continuous mistakes on the key balls, and they lost another game 9-11, and Lin Shidong/Kuo Man played very tenacious and patient in the third game, and reversed 11-7 in the backward situation. Next up will be an upset defeat of No.2 seeds Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata's Ionescu/Szokos.
The 1/4 finals of the South Korean team also ushered in a derby battle, Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi 3-2 (11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 2-11, 13-11) narrowly defeated Lin Zhongxun/Shin Yubin, the first four games of the two sides won 2 games in a row, the deciding game was very intense, until the last two points to decide the winner, the strength of the two sides is equal, but Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi played well yesterday, defeated the Chinese Taipei combination Lin Yunru / Chen Siyu, and then the Korean combination will challenge the world's No. 1 Chinese combination.
Japan's No.2 seeds, Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata, fought five games and lost 2-3 (11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11) to the Romanian pair of Ionescu/Szokos. The Romanian combination will next have a competition with China's new forces, Lin Shidong / Kuo Man should pay attention, must not be careless! I hope that the national table tennis can defeat their opponents, smoothly meet in the finals, and dedicate a wonderful game to everyone on the premise of winning the championship and runner-up!