3-0! The first gold medal of national table tennis was born, Ma Lin's 7 major disciples surrounded Hina Hayata, and Lin Gaoyuan was happy
On January 12, 2024, Beijing time, on the third day of the main event of the WTT Star Challenge Doha, the national table tennis showed its terrifying dominance, and in the women's doubles final, Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong swept Diaknu/Xiao Yaoqian 3-0 and easily won the first gold for the national table tennis. In the women's singles field, 7 national table tennis players reached the quarterfinals and surrounded Hina Hayata. In the men's singles quarterfinals, the national table tennis alone has 6 seats, and the other two seats belong to Lin Yunru and Qiu Dang.
The first win in Doha came in the women's doubles, where Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong faced the European multinational pair Diaknu/Xiao Yaoqian in the final, Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong completely took the initiative, winning 11-3 in the first game and 11-1 in the second game, completely crushing their opponents. In the third game, the European pair gave it a go, but Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong grasped the key points and locked the victory 11-9, winning the first championship of the national table tennis competition.
Before the women's doubles finals, the men's singles quarterfinals and women's singles quarterfinals were all released, and the national table tennis group had obvious advantages, and the main players maintained a stable state, almost turning the international event into a domestic championship. In the men's singles field, Fan Zhendong eliminated Lin Zhongxun 3-1, Lin Shidong eliminated Darko Joczyk 3-1, Lin Gaoyuan eliminated Zhang Yuzhen 3-1, and Wang Chuqin eliminated Moregard 3-1. Veteran Ma Long swept Puka 3-0, and Liang Jingkun swept Hayasuke Togami 3-0.
Six national table tennis players advanced to the quarterfinals of men's singles, and the remaining two seats belonged to Lin Yunru and Qiu Dang. Lin Yunru fought hard in 5 games and narrowly defeated Japanese teenager Matsushima Teruku 3-2, and Qiu Dang eliminated Hugo Calderano 3-1. For Lin Gaoyuan, this situation is definitely good news, because he has risen to the sixth place in the world, only 200 points away from Hugo Calderano in front of him, and is expected to achieve a comeback in this tournament, while advancing to the quarterfinals, Hugo Calderano is out, Lin Gaoyuan is happy.
After the men's singles quarterfinals are all released, the 1/4 finals have also been determined, specifically: Fan Zhendong VS Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun VS Lin Yunru, Lin Gaoyuan VS Ma Long, Qiu Dang VS Wang Chuqin.
In the women's singles field, the dominance of national table tennis is even more terrifying, and Ma Lin's 7 disciples Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, and Zhang Rui all advanced to the quarterfinals. Sun Yingsha swept Zhang Benmeihe 3-0 and played 11-0 in the first game, which was quite crazy. Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, and Zhang Rui all won 3-1, eliminating Ni Xialian, Zheng Yijing, Shen Yubin, Yang Xiaoxin, and Tian Zhixi respectively. Chen Meng played 3-0 and swept South Korea's Zhu Qianxi. The other quarter-final spot in the Women's Singles went to Hina Hayata, who came from 2-0 down to win three games in a row against Linda Bergstrom.
After the women's singles quarterfinals are released, the 1/4 finals have also been determined, specifically: Sun Yingsha VS Hina Hayata, Wang Manyu VS Chen Xingtong, Zhang Rui VS Chen Meng, Qian Tianyi VS Wang Yidi.
At present, the national table tennis has won the women's doubles championship, the men's doubles and mixed doubles have won the championship and runner-up, as long as Sun Yingsha defeats Hina Hayata, Liang Jingkun defeats Lin Yunru, Wang Chuqin defeats Qiu Dang, then the national table tennis will win all the championships in advance of the competition, I wish the national table tennis all the best!