On January 20, 2024, the table tennis WTT Doha Challenge came to an end, with South Korean players ending with 3 championships and 1 runner-up, and the women's singles final was thrilling, Tian Zhixi narrowly defeated Shin Yubin 4-3, saving match points and winning three games in a row, reversing the top seed to win the championship, and scoring 400 points to improve the ranking.
Tian Zhixi and Shen Yubin are the main force of the Korean women's team, Shen Yubin is only 19 years old, ranked 9th in the world in singles, second only to the eight masters of China and Japan, has won the championship of the same level many times, and now he has three and has advanced to the finals twice, the opponent is 31-year-old Tian Zhixi, ranked 33rd in the world, used to play in the second team of national table tennis, and later chose to go out to develop, and the results during this period are remarkable.
The situation of the two is different, Tian Zhixi is a naturalized player, Shen Yubin is cultivated locally, so the coaching staff has a focus, originally everyone was more optimistic about Zhu Qianxi to win the championship, but lost to Jin Naying and went out early, but the South Korean team still had no problems, seized the good opportunity of the absence of national table tennis, and successfully won the championship and runner-up in the finals.
The game won 4 games in 7 games, Shen Yubin led 9-6 in the first game, Tian Zhixi chased to 8-9, Shen Yubin scored 2 points in a row, and took the lead with 11-8, the quality of the two sides of the board is not too high, Shen Yubin is more focused, and there are relatively few unnecessary mistakes, Tian Zhixi has a slight ups and downs, and the second game is a key point, Tian Zhixi seized the opportunity to pull back a game with 11-9, Tian Zhixi's serve has changed, and Shen Yubin is not very adaptable.
In the third game, Tian Zhixi continued to compete for the first three boards, Shen Yubin improved the speed of connection, and came up with a coping strategy, Tian Zhixi missed a number of game points, Shen Yubin narrowly won 16-14, the young player has a calm mentality, dare to fight and dare to play is worthy of affirmation, the fourth game The opponent was obviously affected, and he lost his rhythm when he played too quickly when he pulled back, Shen Yubin won another game 11-9, and Tian Zhixi's comprehensive strength was still slightly inferior.
In the fifth game, Shen Yubin wasted a number of match points, and was reversed by Tian Zhixi, winning 18-16, and in the sixth game, Tian Zhixi played with momentum and won the game 11-8, and in the decisive game Shen Yubin's mentality problem, Tian Zhixi ended the game 11-5, and finally reversed Shen Yubin 4-3, Tian Zhixi won two championships, Shen Yubin is also worth the trip, the next world ranking update, there will be a certain change in singles points.
Just in the match that ended earlier, the men's doubles Lin Zhongxun/Lee Sang-so reversed the Hong Kong combination Lin Zhaoheng/Ho Junjie 3-2, and the women's doubles Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi swept the German combination Winter / Kaufman 3-0, the South Korean team won 3 championships and 1 runner-up, as for the national table tennis is the most efficient, four people won 1 championship and 1 runner-up, mixed doubles Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha narrowly defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 3-2, but the next point match was not registered.