On January 17, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha regular season is about to usher in the first day of competition. In the previous qualifying matchup, Lin Zhaoheng, Zhao Dacheng, Lebesson and many other famous players were upset, but the national table tennis only signed up for the mixed doubles event and was directly shortlisted for the main event, so no one appeared for the time being.
According to the arrangement, the two pairs composed of the four main forces of national table tennis - Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha and Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu will appear at 18:00 and 18:35 on the evening of January 17 to hit the mixed doubles quarterfinals, and the first two of them will meet world champion Karlsson. In addition, Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru, Shen Yubin and other celebrities will also usher in their debuts, which are worth paying attention to! See below for more details.
The lineup of the WTT Doha regular season is also luxurious, and many famous players from foreign associations have signed up to participate, but the Japanese women's team has no interest and all give up, and most of the athletes in the national table tennis have also returned to China after the WTT Doha star match, but left two pairs to participate in the mixed doubles, this decision also made many fans puzzled, and then caused heated discussions.
As mentioned earlier, because Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha and Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu were ranked relatively high, they were directly escorted to participate in the main competition, so they did not appear in the first three days of qualifying competition. As for Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru, Shin Yubin and others, they also rested for three days, and they will not usher in their debut until January 17.
According to the official website, at 18:00 pm Beijing time on January 17, the national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha will be the first to appear and compete with the Swedish combination Karlsson/Carlberg. Although Karlsson is the winner of the World Table Tennis Championships, it was in the men's doubles event. As for mixed doubles, the Swedish team has always had poor results, so it is relatively difficult for this national table tennis team to advance.
18:35 Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu debuted, their opponent was Singapore's Zhou Zheyu / Zeng Jian - Singapore used to be a powerhouse in Asia, the women's team once defeated the Chinese team to win the World Table Tennis Championships, and the male players also brought a greater threat, but now it is difficult to mention the courage of the year, so Lin Gaoyuan/We are also more likely to advance in the future.
Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada did not participate in this competition, and the combination of Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yubin, Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi, Lin Yunru/Chen Siyu, and Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin are also the favorites to hit the final, and they will also appear in the two time slots of 18:00 and 18:35 to compete for the quarterfinals together.
In singles, on January 17 at 19:45 Ahn Jae-hyun vs. Simon, 20:20 Francesca vs. Ko Seung-rui, 20:55 Bol vs. Jang Woo-jin and Zhuang Ji-yeon vs. Lee Sang-so, 23:00 Karlsson vs. Hayasuke Togami, 23:35 Hwang Jin-ting vs. Lim Jong-hoon, and 0:45 the next morning Jang Ben-hwa vs. Duda are relatively high-tech and worth paying attention to.
Then let's wish the national table tennis team a successful start and win the competition, come on!