On the afternoon of September 9, Beijing time, the women's singles quarterfinals of the table tennis WTT Oman Championship was officially born. The world champion of the national table tennis team Chen Xingtong won a big victory, swept the German star Mitham 3 3 3 3 4 advanced, successfully meeting with his teammate Qian Tianyi in the semi-finals, and the other half is Chinese Taipei player Chen Siyu fights Korean Chinese athlete Cui Xiaozhu.
The athletes in the top four are all Chinese faces. It seems that we are indeed a big table tennis country! Next, the battle between Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi will directly decide that one of them will be eliminated from the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships. If the promotion side can win the championship in the final, it will become the "fifth person" of the national table tennis women's team, which is worthy of everyone's attention!
There were 11 female players in the Oman Championships in the singles competition, but before the quarterfinals, they lost to only 2 people, that is, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, who are ranked high. According to the regulations of , whoever they can win the championship will be qualified for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, which has attracted close attention from fans and friends.
On the afternoon of September 9, Qian Tianyi took the lead in playing against the Romanian World Cup women's singles runner-up Samara. Although the opponent was once glorious, he is now a 33-year-old veteran. In the end, Qian Tianyi not only won 3-1 with a big score, but also scored a huge gap of 11-1, and advanced to the top four more easily.
Chen Xingtong's game was relatively late. Her opponent was German star Mitham, who was also the best among European local players. He only won the women's singles runner-up in of the European Championship this year, but it was still much worse than the world championship of the Chinese team. In the end, she was swept 0-3 and missed to advance to the semi-finals.
As for the other two duels, Korean Chinese player Choi Hyo-joo narrowly defeated Ukrainian player Pesoska 3-2, and won the decisive game 15-13, and was almost eliminated; while American Chinese player Zhang An lost 2-3, and Chinese Taipei star Chen Siyu advanced and was about to showdown with Choi Hyo-joo.
That's it, all the top four women's singles are Chinese faces, which also shows that our table tennis level is indeed strong - relatively speaking, the men's field is still a group of heroes, and the women's field is almost equal to China and Japanese players, plus Chinese athletes scattered around the world.
Next, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi will compete in the women's singles semi-finals. The winning side needs to win the final before being selected for the World Table Tennis Championships , but the losing side will be sure to miss the chance to go directly to Chengdu. Just a few days ago, Chen Xingtong hit Qian Tianyi 11-1 in the WTT Bulgaria Championship. So can she still laugh to the end this time? Let's wait for the latest competition between them to begin!
