On January 10th, Beijing time, the Chinese national table tennis team achieved a great victory with all five female players winning their matches, fully demonstrating their dominance. Ma Lin made an impressive comeback, and the championship is basically in the bag.
In this Doha Star Challenge, the Chinese national table tennis team can basically say that they have secured one championship title, which is the women's singles championship. After all, the top five female stars of the women's team have all advanced, defeating four major foreign association opponents, perfectly showcasing their strength. Now that all the strong opponents have been eliminated, the pressure is not as great. Compared to Wang Hao, the position of the women's team head coach Ma Lin is as stable as Mount Tai.
This time, the national table tennis team has experienced two major extremes. First, the women's team has won all their matches, with a total of six people advancing to the main draw, five of whom directly qualified for the main draw, and one, Zhongge Man, who advanced through the qualifying rounds. However, except for Zhongge Man who was eliminated, the rest have all won.
The quickest match to end was Kuai Man against Ye Yitian, with a 3:0 sweep. Although Kuai Man performed poorly in two doubles matches, losing in the first round in both women's doubles and mixed doubles, she proudly advanced in singles, showing her strong strength. Previously, she also eliminated Daito Satsuki, so her strength is beyond doubt.
With Kuai Man's advancement, He Zhuojia on the other side also sent off Chen Meng's nemesis, Szocs, with a 3:0 victory, avenging Zhongge Man. Why do we say revenge? Because previously Szocs won against Zhongge Man with a 3:2 score. Then He Zhuojia directly took her out with a 3:0 victory. Her special playing style against foreign associations is tried and tested, and you can ask Zhang Benmeihe about it, although Meihe has already returned home.
Qian Tianyi faced the special playing style of Acula and swept her with a 3:0 victory. It seems that after suffering a loss at the hands of Acula before, mainly after Wang Yidi lost to her, the national table tennis team must have specifically studied her, with no problems and no pressure appearing.
Then Shi Xunyao faced Zhu Yuling, which was an internal battle within the national table tennis team. Although Xiao Zhu represented Macau, China in the competition, she was originally a member of our Chinese Table Tennis Association, so the match was played quite harmoniously. In the end, Shi Xunyao defeated Zhu Yuling for the first time. She had never won against Xiao Zhu before, but this time she finally did.
The last match was a more intense one between Chen Yi and Hina Hayata. Chen Yi almost threw away a good game, making people nervous. Because in this match, Chen Yi quickly entered the state and took the lead against Hina Hayata. She won the first three sets with scores of 11:4 and 11:6, except for the second set where she lost 9:11, the rest were with a big advantage.
However, in the fourth set, she wasted the good start. In the fourth set, she led 8:3, then lost seven points in a row to trail 8:10, caught up to a tie at 10:10, but then lost the match point, ultimately losing 10:12. It was really a pity that such a big advantage was not seized, otherwise there would be no decisive game. Fortunately, Chen Yi held on in the decisive game, and Sun Xun on the sidelines provided enough emotional support. She won Hina with a score of 11:7, crushing Japan's ace player.
Five matches consecutively eliminated four major foreign associations, each one a tough opponent. Hina Hayata, Szocs, Ye Yitian, and Acula all fell under the rackets of the women's line. Ma Lin's position can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, at least compared to Wang Hao, who is in a precarious situation.
Originally, in the men's singles from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals, there were only two people left. Xiang Peng was easily eliminated by Matsushima Kakeru with a 3:1 score and sent back home, leaving only Huang Youzheng. In the end, facing the stronger Qiu Dang, he still could not create a miracle. With his 1:3 loss, it meant that the men's singles of the national table tennis team had already been completely wiped out in the round of 16!