The first event of the 2025 WTT season has begun with the Stars Challenge Doha Station, a medium-level competition worth 600 points. This time, the national table tennis team has only sent non-main players to compete, mainly to challenge opponents. Many Japanese main players participated, including Tomokazu Harimoto and his sister, Mima Ito, and Hina Hayata, as well as many European top players, making the competition quite fierce. The qualification matches have already concluded, with some famous players needing to participate in the qualifications, especially new partner combinations. In the singles qualification matches of the national table tennis team, Xu Yingbin lost in the last round and was eliminated from the qualifications, while Iran's Alamiyan stopped at the second round of the qualifications. In the final round of the men's singles qualification matches, Xu Yingbin lost 2-3 to South Korea's Cho Seung-min, with scores of 11-3, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, and 9-11. Meanwhile, world champion Sweden's Mattias Karlsson won 3-1 against Julian Chirita, with scores of 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, and 11-6. Last year, Karlsson could still participate directly in the championship based on his world ranking, which was within the top 30. Now, he even has to participate in the qualification matches for the star matches. However, he is still the main player of Sweden and won a silver medal in doubles at last year's Paris Olympics, with his doubles ability being significantly stronger than his singles. In the second round of the women's singles qualification matches, Zhongge Man defeated Huang Yuwei from Chinese Taipei 3-2, with scores of 11-7, 9-11,…

Recently, at the Korean National Women's Singles Table Tennis Finals, Chinese-born athlete Li Enhui defeated veteran Liang Xiaoyin 3-1 to claim the championship. This news has sparked heated discussions among fans and media. We all know that there are many Chinese-born athletes in other table tennis associations around the world. In European countries like Germany and France, Chinese-born athletes are often the main players. The same is true for the Korean national table tennis team, which also includes Chinese-born athletes. One well-known example is Tian Zhixi, but Li Enhui is another notable figure. While Tian Zhixi needs no further introduction as she is familiar to most fans, Li Enhui's journey has been one of late blooming. Public records show that Li Enhui hails from Hebei, China, and is a fellow townsman of Olympic champion Sun Yingsha. Born in 1995, she began learning table tennis at the age of 8. At 16, she was recognized by retired Korean table tennis player Liang Yingzi and became a naturalized citizen of South Korea. Many might assume that becoming a naturalized citizen as a table tennis player would guarantee entry into the national team, but this was not the case for Li Enhui. She truly embodies the concept of "late blooming." It took her 11 years, from her naturalization in 2011 to firmly establishing herself within the national team. Only in recent years has Li Enhui become a regular on the Korean national table tennis team's roster. At the Paris Olympics, Li Enhui competed with the Korean national team and won a bronze medal…