On November 2, Beijing time, the WTT Challenge Rushko station officially ushered in the second round of the men's singles competition, and the national table tennis star Zhou Qihao was upset, and finally lost to Belgian Olaf Kossoloki.
It is a pity that Zhou Qihao wasted 3 match points in the whole game, the last round of the tour. Previously, Zhou Qihao had just pressed the line to qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships.
The Houston World Table Tennis Championships will be held at the end of this month, and in order to sprint to prepare for the World Table Tennis Championships, the national table tennis team decided to divide the troops into two ways.
Among them, Chen Mengfan Zhendong and other main forces continued to train in Wenzhou, and there was no task of going outside before the World Table Tennis Championships; another road, led by Liu Guozheng, Liu Zhiqiang and Qiu Yike, went out to the WTT event to achieve the purpose of training by competition.
Athletes who went out to participate in the WTT competition were: Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao Liu Dingshuo, as well as Wang Yidi and Liu Weishan of the women's team.
2021 is destined to be a year worth remembering for the national table tennis. After achieving an excellent result of 4 gold and 1 silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the national table tennis gradually ushered in its own replacement, and veterans such as Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen gradually faded out of the stage, and a new group of outstanding young athletes emerged.
Zhou Qihao, who was the same age as Fan Zhendong, seized this opportunity. He defeated Ma Long and Fan Zhendong at the Xinxiang Pass Tournament held in May, and also played a super ball with Fan Zhendong, attracting many new fans.
However, those familiar with Zhou Qihao know that he was actually very competitive in the internal competition of national table tennis around 2017, and once beat Ma Long. However, every time it comes to participating in the outside race, it is often upset and stopped in the first or second round.
This time in the WTT game, Zhou Qihao once again continued the attributes of the nerve knife, especially unstable, the men's singles event stopped in the first round, which made fans have to worry, in the World Table Tennis Championships, whether he can achieve his expected goals, when can he change his previous unstable attributes, play stably, and become the absolute main force of national table tennis?
For Zhou Qihao, the moment is a particularly good opportunity in his career, whether he can seize it or not depends on himself!