Sun Yingsha won 4-1, A Luo reached the top, and the two became double champions
On January 13, the WTT Doha Star Challenge came to an end, with Sun Yingsha defeating Chen Meng 4-1 in the women's singles final, and Wang Chuqin defeating Lin Shidong 4-2 in the men's singles final, and the national table tennis won all five championships in the first leg of the 2024 season, with Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin becoming the double champions of this tournament.
In this competition, the national table tennis sent 8 men and 8 women, including the main force. In the men's doubles and mixed doubles finals, Liang Jingkun/Yuan Licen defeated Ma Long/Wang Chuqin 3-1 to win the men's doubles championship, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Lin Shidong/Kuo Man 3-2 to win the mixed doubles championship. The women's doubles championship belongs to Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong. In the singles field, 8 people from each of the national table tennis competitions, 6 people broke into the top 8 of men's singles, 7 people broke into the top 8 of women's singles, won the top four of men's and women's singles, and locked the men's and women's singles championships in advance. Men's Singles World No. 1 Fan Zhendong retired due to injury after the fourth game of the men's singles quarterfinals. In the women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu 3-1 and Chen Meng defeated Qian Tianyi 3-0, while in the men's singles semifinals, Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Gaoyuan 3-1 and Lin Shidong defeated Liang Jingkun 3-0.
The singles final is a best-of-seven format. In the women's singles final, Sun Yingsha played against Chen Meng. In the first game, Sun Yingsha led 9-6 and won the first game 11-6. In the second game, Sun Yingsha made a 4-2 start, expanded the lead 7-3 in the middle game, and won another game 11-6. In the third game, Chen Meng established a 5-1 lead at the beginning and won the third game 11-2. In the fourth game, the scores of the two sides in the first half of the game were tight, and Sun Yingsha made a strong effort in the middle game to pull the score away 8-4 and won the game 11-7, leading 3-1. In the fifth game, the score of the two sides was deadlocked to 8-8, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row to get the match point, Chen Meng saved 2 match points, Sun Yingsha still won the fifth game 12-10, defeated Chen Meng 4-1, and won the first singles championship of the new season, and it is also the second championship after the mixed doubles in this competition.
In the men's singles final, Wang Chuqin played against Lin Shidong. The two had just played each other in the mixed doubles final, and Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated Lin Shidong and Kuo Man 3-2 to win the mixed doubles championship. In this matchup, in the first game, Wang Chuqin scored 3 points in a row when he fell behind 2-4 at the beginning, led 5-4, and won the first game 11-8. In the second game, Wang Chuqin quickly established a 7-1 lead and won another game 11-3. In the third game, Lin Shidong led 4-1 at the beginning, Wang Chuqin chased the score to 5 draws, and chased the score to 10-10 when he was 8-10 behind at the end of the game, Lin Shidong withstood the pressure and won the third game 12-10. In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin took a 5-3 lead, continued to lead 8-4 in the middle game, and won the fourth game 11-7.
In the fifth game, Lin Shidong started with 6-2 and recovered another game 11-4. In the sixth game, Wang Chuqin opened the score 7-4 in the middle game, won the game 11-5, defeated Lin Shidong 4-2, and won another championship after the mixed doubles. At this point, all the competitions in this station are over. Next, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will continue to play in the mixed doubles match of the WTT Challenger Doha.