On the evening of January 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Regular Challenge entered the final match, and the men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles 4 champions will be born, and in the previous match day, the two pairs of mixed doubles of national table tennis Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu won the mixed doubles championship and runner-up, and the national table tennis team only sent the above 4 players to participate in the mixed doubles event, and finally ended successfully!
On the evening of January 20, the last match day, the finals of the men's, women's doubles and women's singles events have ended, Lim Jong-hoon/Lee Sang-so (South Korea) won the men's doubles championship 3-2 Lin Zhaoheng/Ho Kwan Kit (Hong Kong, China), and Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi (South Korea) won the women's doubles championship 3-0 Kaufman/Winter (Germany);
In the women's singles final, two South Korean players, Shin Yubin and Tian Zhixi, met in the final, and as a result, Tian Zhixi showed a tenacious side when the score was 1-3 behind, and won the championship 4-3 in three consecutive games! It is worth mentioning that this is also Tian Zhixi's second win of the women's singles championship in the international competition after 9 years, congratulations to Tian Zhixi!
In the final of the men's singles, German veteran Boll faced Japan's top men's singles player Tomokazu Zhangmoto, 42 years old, ranked 182nd in the world in men's singles, and Tomokazu Zhangmoto, 20 years old, ranked 11th in the world.
This men's singles final is quite interesting, and it can be seen from the age that Bol is 22 years older than Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and it is completely a contest between two generations. As we all know, Bol is the world champion, as early as 2002, the 21-year-old Bol won the men's singles championship of the Table Tennis World Cup, and you must know that at that time, Tomokazu Zhang was not yet born, so this men's singles final is full of highlights.
In this tournament, Bol's road to promotion is very strong, 3-0 Zhang Yuzhen (South Korea) in the first round, 3-0 Alamiyan (Iran) in the second round of the 1/8 finals, 3-1 Lee Sang-so (South Korea) in the 1/4 finals, and Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei) in the semifinals.
Tomokazu Zhangmoto's path to qualification: 3-1 Duda (Germany) in the first round, 3-0 Feng Yaoen (Singapore) in the 1/8 finals in the second round, Simon Goetz (France) 3-2 in the quarterfinals, and Hayasuke Togami 3-2 in the semifinals (Japan).
Bol and Tomokazu Zhang have played each other a total of 4 times in their history, with each side winning 2 times and equally, so here are the details of this men's singles final.
In the first game, after the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Zhang Benzhihe scored 3 points in a row, and Bol chased the score to 5-7 in the middle, and then Zhang Benzhihe scored 2 points in a row, 9-5 The score was pulled apart, Bol chased 3 points in a row, and the score came to 8-9, and at the critical moment, Zhang Benzhihe scored 2 points in a row, taking the lead 11-8.
In the second game, Bol took the lead 3-1, Zhang Benzhi and 5-4 in the middle of the score, Zhang Benzhi and continuous scoring in the middle and late sections, and opened the score 8-5, and then Bol chased 3 points in a row, the score came to 8-8 draw, Zhang Benzhihe got 1 point, 9-8 to take the lead, at the critical moment, Bol was not relentless, scored 4 points in a row, won the second game 11-9, and chased the big score to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Bol took the lead 5-1, Zhang Benzhihe suddenly lost his fire, Bol has been extending the lead to the end of the game, 10-4 to get 6 game points in the third game, Zhang Benzhihe saved 2 game points, Bol still won the third game 11-6, and the big score was 2-1 to overtake Zhang Benzhihe.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead 5-1, and in the middle of the game, Bol chased the score to 5-7, and then Zhang Benzhihe scored 3 points in a row to get 3 game points in the fourth game 10-5, and after Bol got 1 point, Zhang Benzhihe won the fourth game 11-6 and chased the big score to a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, Bol took the lead 4-1, Zhang Benzhihe chased to 3-4, after Bol scored 1 point, Zhang Benzhihe scored 4 points in a row, 7-5 to overtake the score, the score chased 2 points in a row, and then Zhang Benzhihe also scored 2 points in a row, 9-7 again to overtake.
Bol chased another point, and then Zhang Benzhihe seized the opportunity, scored 2 points in a row to win the fifth game 11-8, and the big score was 3-2 to overtake Bol again, and the game process was very exciting!
In the sixth game, Zhang Benzhihe took the lead 5-2, stopped Bol, and came back from the pause, Zhang Benzhihe continued to expand the lead 8-3, and Bol chased 2 points in a row, and the score came to 5-8. Tomokazu Zhang scored 1 point, 9-5 was only 2 points away from victory, but Bol did not give up, scored 6 points in a row, and won the sixth game with an 11-9 reversal, chasing the big score to a 3-3 draw, and the game entered the decisive game.
In the final game, Zhang Benzhihe led 5-3, and the two sides exchanged venues. In the middle and late stages, Tomokazu Zhang still maintained a 2-point lead at 7-5, but then Bol scored consecutive points and finally won the final game 11-8, thus defeating Tomokazu Zhang with a big score of 4-3 and winning the men's singles championship of this event!
It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time in 7 years that Bol has won the international singles championship after the 2017 Korea Open, congratulations to Bol! The 42-year-old Bol has created a miracle, and he deserves a big thumbs up from all fans!