Chinese Starlet Kuai Man Wins Women's Singles Title 4-0, Zhang Benzhizhe Wins Men's Singles Title 4-0
January 12th News: The curtain has fallen on the 2025 WTT Star Challenge Doha Station. Chinese young player Kuai Man won the women's singles championship, defeating Japanese player Miharu Kihara 4-0 in the final. Japanese player Zhang Benzhizhe won the men's singles championship, defeating Danish player Nathan Groote 4-0 in the final. Zhang Benzhizhe's sister, Zhang Benmei, was eliminated in the second round.
The 2025 WTT Star Challenge Doha Station is the first WTT event that the Chinese table tennis team participated in this year. This time, the Chinese team sent a lineup of second-line players such as Qian Tianyi, He Zhuojia, Xiang Peng, Kuai Man, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, and Zong Geman to compete.
In terms of the strength of the national table tennis team's participating players, the women's team is stronger, while the men's team is slightly weaker. The results of the competition are also a concrete manifestation of strength. No one from the men's team advanced to the top 8, while five from the women's team advanced to the top 8, with Kuai Man winning the women's singles championship.
On the other hand, the Japanese team sent a main lineup led by Hina Hayata, Miyu Hirano, Saya Daikoki, and the Zhang Ben siblings. However, Hina Hayata, Miyu Hirano, Saya Daikoki, and Zhang Benmei were eliminated early.
Among them, Zhang Benmei was eliminated in the second round by Thai player Orawan Palalee with a score of 2-3, and Hina Hayata lost to Chen Yi with a score of 0-3 in the second round. Zhang Benzhizhe was eliminated early, while his brother advanced to the top 4, defeating "Africa's Big Brother" Aruna 4-0 in the semi-finals.
In another men's singles semi-final, Danish player Jonathan Groote showed a very domineering performance against Japanese player Daiki Yoshizuka, sweeping him into the men's singles final with a straight three games, with scores of 12-10, 11-6, 11-8.
In the men's singles final, Zhang Benzhizhe faced the dark horse Groote. In this match, Zhang Benzhizhe faced an opponent slightly inferior in strength and won the championship with a straight four games. Prior to the women's singles final, Chinese young player Kuai Man defeated Japanese player Miharu Kihara 4-0 to win the championship.