On January 18th, Beijing time, the Doha Station of the ITTF WTT Regular Challenge is underway. What is going on is the first round of the main competition. As for the national table tennis, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin and others will only participate in the mixed doubles competition and give up singles. Therefore, the championship in singles is confusing, and the outcome is unpredictable. The absence of national table tennis has also given athletes from foreign associations many opportunities to win gold and silver.
In the men's singles 1/16 finals, world champion Boll faced South Korean star Zhang Yuzhen. Due to injuries, Bol missed international competitions for a long time, and his world ranking has repeatedly declined. He has now fallen out of the top 100. But Bol has rich experience and still has technical and tactical strength. Bol is 42 years old this year and is a well-deserved evergreen in the table tennis world.
In the first game, Boll played very proactively. The scores of both sides increased alternately. Boll was superior in key points and won the first game with 12:10. In the second game, Zhang Yuzhen began to fight. The Korean men's singles style has always been fierce and tenacious. However, Zhang Yuzhen made too many mistakes, and Boll won another game 11:4. In the third game, Boll took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and sealed the victory with 11:6. The total score was 3:0 and the young Zhang Yuzhen was defeated.
In another men's singles match, Greek chipper Gionis faced Singaporean teenager Guo Yong. The latter, Guo Yong, is a new generation player in the table tennis world. He is not very old, so his strength has not yet matured. Facing the difficult chipper, Guo Yong was beaten steadily. Gionis, the chipper, scored 11: 6, 11:2, 11:3 easily won three consecutive games, with a total score of 3:0. It can be seen that the young player Guo Yong is completely incapable of chipping.
Next, the famous player from Hong Kong, China, Huang Zhenting, played against South Korean player Lin Zhongxun. Huang Zhenting plays straight and has rich experience. In the first game, veteran Huang Zhenting took the lead and won the first game 11:8. In the second game, Huang Zhenting suddenly went offline. Lin Zhongxun seized the opportunity and scored a small climax. Lin Zhongxun refused to give up the ball and directly sealed the victory with 11:0, successfully regaining the game. Next, Lin Zhongxun also completely suppressed Huang Zhenting.
Lin Zhongxun won two consecutive games with 11:8 and 11:6, with a total score of 3:1, and defeated Huang Zhenting, winning a complete victory. It is a pity that Liu Guodong's favorite disciple Huang Zhenting was eliminated with a total score of 1:3, and he scored 0 points in a single game, and was beaten 11:0. Huang Zhenting has a straight style of play and was once second only to Olympic champion Xu Xin. However, as he grows older, his competitive status inevitably begins to decline.
In other competitions, Chinese Taipei youngster Feng Yixin lost three straight games, 11:5, 11:9, 11:5, with a total score of 3:0 against his opponent Sulawajura. Singaporean teenager Feng Yaoen also won three games in a row, defeating Portuguese player Apollonia 11:9, 11:4, 11:7, with a total score of 3:0. World champion Falk fought fiercely for four rounds and defeated his opponent Zamudenko with a total score of 3:1.
