The Goa Star Challenge will be contested today on the final day of the main event, with Indian players leading the role and a number of potential rising stars from South Korea, including Zhu Qianxi who will play in the mixed doubles and derby with her teammates.
Men's Singles staged the Indian Derby
Due to Japan's national championships, Japanese players were collectively absent from all the matches in Goa, but India just filled the vacancy of China and Japan, with a whopping 80 players participating in the main and qualifying rounds. Among them, in the qualifying round, the French Casin was the most eye-catching, he eliminated South Korea's potential rising star Park Kang-hyun in the first round of the qualifying round, and today he will fight South Korea's Cho Dae-sung to hit the main event. India's homegrown players Dani, Bukayo Saka and Malik will all be in the main draw.
12 Indian women's singles players entered the second round of qualifying
This time in Goa, the number of Indian women's table tennis participants hit a record high, as many as 42 people participated, 12 people broke through the first round of the qualifying round, and today 12 people will participate in the second round of the qualifying tournament to impact the main event. Kotcha, Maji, Mukojie, Nayina, Bai Saya and many other players performed eye-catchingly.
In Women's Doubles, India has three pairs in the second round, two of them have a civil battle to determine one pair to enter the main draw, and one doubles team with Spanish beauty Zhang Xuan also entered the second round of qualifying.
The Mixed Doubles also saw three Indian pairs reach today's second qualifying round, ensuring a pair makes it to the main draw.
Three pairs of Men's Doubles players entered the second round of qualifying, and one of the derby pairs confirmed that the pair entered the main draw!
Hispanic-Chinese beauty, long-legged Zhang Xuan entered the second round of qualifying, she will face Indian local player Taki, and it is not a problem to enter the main match.