At present, the WTT regular season challenge rashko station is in progress, and in the second round of the men's singles qualifier, national table tennis player Zhou Qihao lost 2-3 to Belgian player Olaf Kossoloki, with scores: 11-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 14-16.
Zhou Qihao
Zhou Qihao, who has defeated Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and other main players in domestic competitions, and has excellent results in domestic competitions, needs to start from the qualification round due to the relatively low ranking of international competitions, and he lost in the second round of the qualification round. In other words, as the champion of the domestic competition, he did not even enter the main competition of the international WTT Open.
That's surprising enough! Of course, for the national table tennis, more noteworthy, is still to come. The World Table Tennis Championships in Houston will begin at the end of November, and its Men's Singles players sent by China Table Tennis are Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Zhou Qihao.
Fan Zhendong
Due to the low world ranking, Zhou Qihao participated in the men's singles event of the World Table Tennis Championships, and it is very likely that he will meet other national table tennis teammates in advance, but Zhou Qihao has a good chance of winning against domestic players, whether it is Fan Zhendong or others. Therefore, the situation that the national table tennis does not want to see may appear: Zhou Qihao won the battle against Fan Zhendong and other domestic players, and then lost to foreign players, this possibility is there, not alarmist!
In order to cultivate new talents and build echelons, the national table tennis world table tennis championships abandoned ma long, Xu Xin and other veterans, and sent 5 young players to play in the world table tennis championships. In this open tournament, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Zhou Qihao, 4 World Table Tennis Players participated, and as a result, Zhou Qihao came up with such a show, which really made people worry about his future in the World Table Tennis Championships, and even questioned: Can Zhou Qihao do it at the World Table Tennis Championships?
In fact, zhou Qihao has always been a player who has performed remarkablely in various domestic competitions and competitions, so the national table tennis has also given him a valuable place in the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships this time. After a round of the Open Tournament, some fans wondered: whether it was the right choice to give up Ma Long, who was in good shape, and chose Zhou Qihao?
Of course, maybe the result of a tournament in an Open tournament doesn't say much, but at least it can say something. Although there is still time to adjust to the World Table Tennis Championships, for a competition like the World Table Tennis Championships, there is no room for trial and error in national table tennis! Zhou Qihao's one-round trip, or to attract enough attention to do it, what do you think?