On March 10, Beijing time, the wtt Star Challenge 1/8 final, women's singles, South Korean sister Tian Zhixi defeated Bruna Takahashi 3-1, 17-year-old rising star Shin Yubin defeated Japan's Hirano Miyu 3-1, both advanced to the quarterfinals; and in the quarterfinals, Tian Zhixi and Shen Yubin will stage a civil war to compete for the top 4 places. Subsequently, chipper Xu Xiaoyuan and Kim Ha-young engaged in a civil war, and after four rounds of battle between the two sides, Kim Ha-young won 3-1 (13111, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5) to advance to the quarter-finals!
Kim Ha Hidehara, a former Tianjin chinese player whose original name was Li Yiran, once beat the 13-year-old Ito Mimako in 2013; however, she failed to play in the fierce competition of national table tennis, and then chose to naturalize in South Korea in 2016 and began to represent South Korea in international competitions in 2020. It is worth mentioning that in the South Korean team selection of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, Kim Ha-young won the first place in the group with a record of 17 wins and 1 loss, but unfortunately she was not eligible to participate last year, and could only give up her position to her teammates behind the ranking.
In yesterday's match, Kim Ha-young defeated Illland 3-2; in today's match, Kim Ha-young fought with chipper Seo Hyo-won and eventually won 3-0 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the first set, Xu Xiaoyuan had the advantage at the beginning, but Kim Ha-young adjusted his state to fight back in the second half, and when Xu Hyo-won won the set point 10-9, Kim Ha-young equalized and overtook, and finally won the first set 13-11.
In the second set, the two sides played very glue, Xu Xiaoyuan's chipping ball is not easy to play, the two sides fiercely fought until 8 draws, Jin Heying took the lead, to win another round at 11-9; in the third set, Xu Xiaoyuan's combination of attack began to take advantage, Jin Heying's mistakes increased, and he has been in a passive state, and finally Xu Xiaoyuan won back a set at 11-8.
In the fourth set, Kim Ha-young started with 4 consecutive points to dominate, after which she suppressed Xu Xiaoyuan all the way and won easily 11-5, winning 3-1 to advance to the top 8!