China Men's Table Tennis Team Achieves Major Victory! Defeating Former World No. 1 3-1, One Player Scores 11-0, Another Achieves a Dramatic 3-2 Comeback
Beijing time January 16 news, the 2025 WTT regular challenge Muscat station continues. In the men's singles 1/8 finals, Chinese player Chen Yuanyu defeated former world number one Dimitri Ovtcharov 3-1, Huang Youzheng reversed French veteran Simon Gauzy 3-2, and Xu Yingbin scored 11-0 in the qualifying round. On the women's singles side, Kuai Man, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, and Tan Yuxuan also advanced strongly.
The 2025 WTT Star Challenge Doha Station is the first WTT event that the Chinese table tennis team participated in this year. In the end, young player Kuai Man defeated Japanese player Miharu Kihara 4-0 in the final to win the women's singles championship.
The 2025 WTT regular challenge Muscat station is the second WTT event that the Chinese table tennis team participated in this year. In this competition, on the women's table tennis side, Kuai Man, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, and Tan Yuxuan successfully advanced in the women's singles 1/16 finals.
In the men's singles 1/16 finals, Chen Yuanyu and Huang Youzheng advanced smoothly. Xu Yingbin, the world youth champion, was unfortunately eliminated. His opponent in this round was Dimitri Ovtcharov, the former world number one and German veteran.
In the match against Ovtcharov, Xu Yingbin performed poorly and was eliminated by his opponent. Ovtcharov eliminated Xu Yingbin with a score of 3-0: 11-6, 13-11, 11-9. In the second round, Chen Yuanyu defeated Ovtcharov 3-1, which can be considered as revenge for Xu Yingbin.
In the 1/16 finals, Chinese player Xiang Peng played well, defeating French player Jules Rolland 3-0 in straight sets, with scores of 11-9, 13-11, 11-8. However, in the women's singles 1/8 finals, he was eliminated early again after the previous station.
In the men's singles 1/16 finals, Hong Kong, China player Wong Chun Ting easily defeated Indian player Harmeet Desai 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-7. In the men's singles 1/16 finals, Taipei, China player Huang Yancheng defeated "Africa's number one" Quadri Aruna 3-0. In addition, the previous champion Zhang Ben Zhihe also passed through the first two rounds smoothly. So, can Kuai Man win the championship again? Who can stop Zhang Ben Zhihe?