In the early morning of September 15, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Regional Tournament Panagyurishtai in Bulgaria ended the singles 1/4 finals and doubles semifinals, and the singles semifinals and doubles finals were all released. The results of national table tennis are mixed. The two Men's Doubles pairs will meet in the final, while the two Women's Doubles pairs will reach the semi-finals, and the Mixed Doubles pair will compete with Chinese Taipei. Sun Wen and Zeng Beixun are fighting for the men's singles final, and in the women's singles semifinals, Han Feier is the only one in the national table tennis team, facing the challenge of three Japan players, and the situation is not optimistic.
Men's singles
The two national table tennis players met in the quarterfinals of the 1/4 zone, and as a result, Zeng Beixun and Xue Fei fought five games, narrowly won 12-10 in the deciding game, and advanced to the semifinals with a big score of 3-2. Tsang's semi-final opponent was France's Flavien · Cotton, who defeated Germany's Kai · Stumper 3-0 to advance.
Sun Wen beat Philippe · Zeliko 3-1 and also secured a place in the semi-finals. Philip has won consecutive victories over national table tennis players Zhao Zihao and Quan Kaiyuan, but fortunately, Sun Wen stopped it in time to avoid the embarrassing situation of being "three in a row". Sun Wen's opponent in the semifinals is the tournament's second seed Anders · Linde.
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Women's singles
Two national table tennis players Han Feier and Wang Xiaotong competed for a place in the semifinals, Han Feier was tied for two leads, and finally locked the victory 11-5 in the deciding game and refused to turn the tables. Han Fei'er faced the tournament's top seed Satsuki Oto, who comfortably defeated teammate Hitomi Sato 3-0 in the quarter-finals. The 20-year-old Satsuki Oto has grown rapidly this year, having just won the women's singles title at the WTT Challenger Lima 20 days ago, and has jumped to No. 21 in the world rankings.
Yang Yiyun lost again to Japan chipper Hashimoto Honoka and missed out on the semifinals. Hashimoto has won two more national table tennis players in a row in this tournament, and her semi-final opponent is also Haruna Koshio from Japan, and since then, the Japan women's team has also secured a place in the final in advance.
Doubles
The two pairs of national table tennis men's doubles pairs successfully met in the finals, and the national table tennis also locked the men's doubles championship and runner-up in advance. Among them, Zhou Kai/Zeng Beixun faced the Belgium pair Larsenfuss/Allegro in the semifinals, easily won the first two games 11-8, 11-3, but then the opponent tied the score 12-10, 11-5, and the two sides also did not give in to each other in the deciding game, and finally the national table tennis combination won the battle and sealed the victory 16-14.
Another pair of national table tennis pairs, Sun Wen and Xu Haidong, won the semi-finals with an easy victory, beating Japan's Sasa Suzuki/Keiji Hagiwara 3-0.
Unlike the national table tennis men's doubles pair, the national table tennis pair lost 0-3 to the Japan pair in both semifinals and missed the final. Among them, Xu Yi/Fan Shuhan lost 0-3 to Satsuki Oto/Sakura Yokoi, and Yang Yiyun/Zhu Sibing lost 0-3 to Hashimoto Honoka / Hitomi Sato, and finally the two Japan pairs met in the women's doubles final.
The two mixed doubles semi-finals were both matchups between the national table tennis pair and the Chinese Taipei pair, with each side winning one each. Xue Fei/Han Feier beat Li Yanjun/Huang Yuqiao 3-1, while Xu Haidong/Wang Xiaotong lost 1-3 to Zhang Youan/Zheng Puxuan, so the mixed doubles final Xue Fei/Han Feier vs. Zhang Youan/Zheng Puxuan is still a contest between the national table tennis combination and the Chinese Taipei combination.
September 15 is the last day of the tournament, with singles semi-finals and finals, as well as doubles finals.
The full schedule for 15 September is as follows:
15:00 Women's Singles Semifinals: Han Feier VS Satsuki Oto
15:35 Women's Singles Semifinals: Haruna Koshio VS Honoka Hashimoto
16:10 Men's Singles semifinals: Zeng Beixun vs Flavian · Cotton
16:45 Men's Singles semifinals: Sun Wen vs Anders · Linde
17:20 Mixed Doubles Final: Xue Fei/Han Fei'er VS Zhang Youan/Zheng Puxuan
21:30 Women's Doubles Final: Satsuki Oto/Sakura Yokoi vs Hashimoto Honoka Hashimoto/Hitomi Sato
22:05 Men's Doubles Final: Zhou Kai/Zeng Beixun VS Sun Wen/Xu Haidong
This will be followed by the women's singles and men's singles finals.