After two days of qualifying competition, the complete list of the 2024 WTT Star Challenge Doha was born, and the schedule for the first day of the main event was also released.
Seven players of national table tennis have three players, including Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, and Qian Tian.
1. Wang Manyu and Kuo Man. Ma Long played in the men's doubles, and Sun Yingsha was absent in the women's doubles.
Seven national table tennis players directly qualified for the men's singles main event, and only Yuan Licen participated in the qualifying round, but lost to South Korean player Zhao Dacheng 1-3 in the final round (third round) of the qualifying round and missed the main event.
In addition to Zhao Dacheng, there are also Hamet Desai (India), Yukiya Uda (Japan), Ho Kwan Kit (Hong Kong, China), Shinozuka Daito (Japan), Pressure Mountain Kasin (France), Jakubu Dias (Poland), Oveidou Ionescu (Romania), a total of 8 players from the qualifying round to break into the main event.
Men's Singles Zone 1 4, two national table tennis players Fan Zhendong and Lin Shidong are in the same district, both of them have byes in the first round, and if all goes well, they will meet in the quarterfinals. Fan Zhendong's main opponents on the road to promotion are Alex Lebrun and Lin Zhongxun, and Lin Shidong's main opponents are Darko Jochik and Lee Sang-so.
Men's Singles 2 Zone 4, Liang Jingkun alone in the district, will face a considerable test. He also had a first-round bye. National table tennis old opponents Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Lin Yunru, Hayasuke Togami, etc., also gathered here.
Men's Singles 3 Zone 4, Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long were drawn to the same district again. The two had a bye in the first round and directly advanced to the round of 32. Lin Gaoyuan's biggest obstacle is Zhang Yuzhen;Malone is likely to meet veteran Bol, and if he makes the cut, he will most likely meet Anton Carlberg.
Men's Singles 4 Zone 4, Zhou Qihao and Wang Chuqin joined hands to guard the area. Wang Chuqin had a bye in the first round and waited for the winner between Falke and Ahn Jae-hyun. Zhou Qihao will face Denmark's Grote in the first round, and if he successfully advances, he will meet Germany's Qiu Dang, who played well in the WTT men's finals. Brazilian star Hugo Calderano and Nigerian veteran Aruna also met on a narrow road.
Eight players from the national table tennis participated in the women's singles competition, and because they were ranked in the top 20 in the world, they directly qualified for the main competition.
Four Chinese Taipei players Li Yuzhen, Huang Yuqiao, Liu Xinyin, Chen Siyu, as well as Andrea Dragoman (Romania), Christina Carlberg (Sweden), Seo Hyo-won (South Korea), Olawan Paranam (Thailand), a total of 8 players broke through from the qualifying round and broke into the main event.
Women's Singles 1 Zone 4, Sun Yingsha guards the area alone. Sun Yingsha had a first-round bye and advanced directly to the round of 32, and the next main competitors are two Japanese players, Miwa Zhangmoto and Hina Hayata.
Women's Singles 2 Zone 4, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong are in the same district. The two also had a first-round bye, and some competitive opponents in the area include Shen Yubin and Zheng Yijing.
Women's Singles 3 Zone 4, Chen Meng and Zhang Rui both belong here. The area is home to three Korean players, including Tian Zhixi, Zhu Qianxi, and Xu Xiaoyuan, as well as German chipping veteran Han Ying.
Women's Singles 4 Zone 4, 3 national table tennis players gathered here, namely Qian Tian.
1. Kuo Man, Wang Yidi. There are many Chinese players in the district who are very competitive, such as Yuan Jianan, Yang Xiaoxin, and Ni Xialian at the "grandma level".
The national table tennis sent a total of 3 pairs to participate in the competition, Ma Long Wang Chuqin "dragon head" combination in the 2 4 district, the two have partnered to win the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles championship;Lin Gaoyuan Lin Shidong's "Shuanglin" combination, in District 3 4, won the men's doubles runner-up in the men's finals that just ended last week;Another pair is Liang Jingkun and Yuan Licen, in the 4 4 districts, Yuan Licen just partnered Xiang Peng last week to win the men's doubles championship in the finals.
Foreign associations are also trying different combinations in this tournament, such as the Korean team splitting old partners Jang Woo-jin and Lim Joong-hoon, Jang Woo-jin partnering Ahn Jae-hyun, and Lim Joong-hoon and Lee Sang-so pairing. The Japanese team is also a new pair, Tomokazu Haramoto and Daito Shinozuka, Hayasuke Togami and Teruma Matsushima.
The national table tennis sent 3 pairs to participate in the competition, including Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi, Chen Xingtong, Zhang Rui, and Kuo Man.
Women's doubles world No. 1 South Korean pair Shin Yu-bin Tian Zhi-hee, and world No. 4 Chinese Taipei pair Li Yuzhen and Zheng Yijing also participated.
The elite of national table tennis was exerted, and 4 pairs of high-level combinations were sent to participate in the competition at one time, including the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, in the 1 4 district;Lin Shidong, the world's No. 3 player, Liang Jingkun and Qian Tianyi, who participated in the Pyeongchang Asian Championships, and Wang Manyu and Lin Gaoyuan, who have outstanding doubles ability, are contracted in the 3 4 districts, and Liang Jingkun, Qian Tianyi, Wang Manyu, and Lin Gaoyuan are facing a "civil war" situation in the first round.
The world No. 2 Japanese pair Tomokazu Hayata, the world No. 4 Korean pair Lin Zhongxun Shin Yubin, the world No. 8 Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen Tian Zhixi, the number one pair of Hong Kong, China Wong Chun Ting Du Hoi Kwan, and the Indian number one pair Nanasekaran Batra are also among them.
On the first day of the main competition, except for Zhou Qihao in singles, the rest of the national table tennis players had byes in the first round, and the national table tennis players' games were mainly the 1 8 finals of three doubles.
Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingshavs Exech Madarac.
Chen Meng, Wang Manyuvs Kim Na Young Lee Si Won.
Qian Tianyi Chen Xingtongvs Akula Gorpart.
Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidongvs Gurani Kuwari.
Ma Long, Wang Chuqinvs Falck Carlsen.
Liang Jingkun, Qian TianyivsLin Gaoyuan, Wang Manyu
Lin Shidong Kuaimanvs Ghana Sekaran Batra.
January 11 at 1:20Zhang Rui Kuaimanvs Miyu Nagasaki Miwa Zhangmoto.
Liang Jingkun and Yuan Licenvs Ash Exech.
Zhou Qihaovs Jonatan Grote.
Which pair do you think will face a big challenge in the first round?