The women's singles was a big upset! Table tennis beauties lost to South Korean players 2:3, and only 4 people including Sun Yingsha participated in the national table tennis
On January 15, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Doha Star Challenge just ended, and then the WTT regular challenge continued, still held in Doha. The individual winner of the Star Challenge has 600 points, while the individual champion of the Regular Challenge has only 400 points. The gold content has decreased, but because the two tournaments are held at the same venue, most of the players are the same.
However, in terms of national table tennis, the coaching staff only arranged four people to sign up for the competition, that is, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, and Wang Manyu. These four people only participated in the mixed doubles event, and the women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles, men's doubles, and men's doubles all gave up the national table tennis, which is a little regrettable. Because the national table tennis is absent from the other four events, the final championship is also confusing.
In the first round of the women's singles qualifying round, South Korea's Yoon Hsiao-bin faced Chinese Taipei's Zheng Xian-shang. The latter Zheng Xian has a very good look and is a well-deserved table tennis beauty. In the first game, Zheng Xianxian took the lead and won the first game 11:5. Next, Yin Xiaobin won two games in a row 11:7, 11:5, and the big score was 2:1. In the fourth game, Zheng Xianxian won another game 11:6, and the two sides tied 2:2.
In the deciding game, South Korea's Yoon Hyo-bin sealed the victory with 11:5 and won the game with a total score of 3:2 to advance to the next round. In this way, the women's singles was a big upset, and the table tennis beauty Zheng Xianxian lost to the Korean player with a total score of 2:3 and missed the promotion. Zheng Xianxian's strength is okay, but due to the impact of injury, his competitive state has been greatly reduced.
In the second round of the men's singles qualifying round, South Korean star Cho Dae-sung did not win easily, fighting hard in five games and defeating his opponent Park Kyu-hyun with a total score of 3:2. Zhao Dacheng was tied by the opponent in the case of a big score of 2:0, but fortunately, Zhao Dacheng locked the victory with 12:10 in the decisive game, and the total score was 3:2 to advance. Zhao Dacheng's competitive form is also very unstable. It is worth mentioning that Park Kyu-hyun once led 9:6 in the tiebreaker, but was finally reversed by Cho Dae-sung. In the recent World Table Tennis Championships trials in South Korea, Park Kyu-hyun ranked first in the points of the big round robin competition, and it seems that he still has a certain strength.
In the other fields of the men's singles qualifying round, Africa's Ibrahimdeo also played five games, eliminating England's Samuel Walker with a total score of 3:2 and advancing in a thrilling manner. The French men's singles Lebesson also played five games and eliminated Singapore's Chua Shaoheng with a total score of 3:2. Lebesson is a veteran of France, but now that the Lebrun brothers have appeared in the French team, Lebesson's place is gradually being replaced.
India's Anthony defeated France's Hugo Deschamps 3-1 on aggregate. Kojik lost three games in straight sets, 11:8, 11:9, 11:9, and a total score of 3:0 against France's Roland. France's Cassin also lost three games in straight sets, defeating his opponent Pickard 3-0 on aggregate, and Singapore's Feng Yixin defeated Raward's 3-0.