The ITTF WTT Doha Star Challenge continued on the 28th, and in the first matchday of the main competition, the national table tennis men's singles performed strongly, and all five of them defeated their opponents to advance to the second round. The women's singles competition suffered a heavy blow, five people played in the first round of the competition, three people were eliminated, Liu Weishan, Qian Tianyi and two seeded players were both cold out of the first round, and Fan Siqi, who was in a hot state recently, also lost to the Japanese famous Miyu Kato in the first round, only Zhang Rui and Qi Fei successfully advanced to the second round of women's singles. Doha Star Challenge will be five single second round competitions on the 28th, five men's singles players and two women's singles players will compete to meet the enemy, as opposed to the first round of competition, the national table tennis encountered greater challenges the next day, especially the men's singles, the opponents of the five players are very strong, and each game is facing a huge test.
The Doha Star Challenge March 28 Women's Singles Fixtures schedule is as follows:
17:35 Ziffy vs Yang Xiaoxin (Monaco)
20:20 Zhang Rui vs Solja (Germany)
The national table tennis women's singles players in the Doha Star Challenge strong performance is not good, a total of 11 players to participate in the competition of the women's singles competition, of which six players were eliminated in the qualifiers and did not qualify for the main tournament, and in the first round of competition, the three highest ranking national table tennis women's singles players in the world have been eliminated, and whether the national table tennis women's singles can continue to win the women's singles championship of this competition depends on the performance of Zhang Rui and Ziffy. Ziffy's second round of competition opponent is Monaco player Yang Xiaoxin, Yang Xiaoxin has a considerable strength, she has won the open championship many times, Ziffy has recently been in good shape, last week's challenge she also defeated a number of famous players after reaching the final four, the morale is currently booming, against Yang Xiaoxin's game, Zifi still has some advantages, normal play Zifi to win the problem is not big. Zhang Rui's opponent in this round of competition is the German famous Solja, the young Zhang Rui has been in a relatively stable state recently, Soljia's world ranking is higher than Zhang Rui, but it does not mean that the strength is stronger than Zhang Rui, from the current situation, Zhang Rui is the player with the largest probability of winning the national table tennis on this match day.
16:40 Xue Fei vs Dako (Slovenia)
19:40 Yuan Lichen vs Francesca (Germany)
23:20 Liu Dingshuo vs Aruna (Nigeria)
24:00 Chow Kai Ho vs Freitas (Portugal)
Next day 0:40 Zhao Zihao vs Zhuang Zhiyuan (Chinese Taipei)
The overall performance of the national table tennis men's singles in this competition was outstanding, four of the seven people participated in the qualification round, only one person unfortunately lost the game in the "foreign war", and the other two were eliminated by the opponent, and a total of five people participated in the main competition. In the first round of the men's singles competition, five players of national table tennis Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei, Yuan Licen, Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo all advanced to the second round after defeating their opponents. In the second round of the competition, the men's singles players of the national table tennis are facing a huge test, and the opponents of the five are very strong, and they must do their best to win. Xue Fei's second round of competition opponent is the European champion Dako, Xue Fei's recent state is actually not good, but he performed well in this game, winning three consecutive games to enter the main game, and easily defeated the opponent in the first round of the main game, but objectively speaking, Xue Fei has not encountered too strong opponents so far, against Dako, Xue Fei is facing a huge test.
Young player Yuan Lichen in the second round of the opponent Francesca is also a European champion, Francesca is a german men's table tennis fierce player, he has a considerable strength, he has many times with Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, the situation is not left behind, Yuan Lichen this round of competition against such players face a huge challenge. Whether Yuan Licen, who has reached the final of the two consecutive challenges, can continue to move forward is the biggest attraction of this round of competition, objectively speaking, Francesca's comprehensive strength is above Yuan Licen, and it is very difficult for Yuan Lichen to win. Zhou Qihao's opponent in the second round of the match is also a European fierce player, Portugal's Freitas has just played against Malone in a Grand Slam match, he has caused a lot of trouble for Malone, Zhou Qihao must be prepared for difficulties if he wants to continue to move forward, and if he is not careful, he may lose in the "foreign war".
Straight board star Zhao Zihao's second round of competition opponent is the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan in recent years to maintain the state is OK, but his competitiveness in the singles competition gradually declined is also an indisputable fact, Zhao Zihao if he can play his due level, against Zhuang Zhiyuan still has a certain advantage, the two just in the last game to hand, when Zhao Zihao won 3:1, this time again zhao Zihao is still optimistic about the outside world. Liu Dingshuo's second round of competition opponent is "African brother" Aruna, Liu Dingshuo's recent state of ups and downs, the first round of the main match is also difficult to win the opponent, this time with Aruna, Liu Dingshuo does not have the certainty of victory, in order to continue to move forward, Liu Dingshuo must overcome the problem of state ups and downs, as an "African brother", Aruna has a certain strength, Liu Dingshuo is difficult to say 100% win.