Beijing time on July 13, 2022, the Budapest station of the WTT Star Challenge entered the first competition day. World champion Lin Gaoyuan blasted the national table tennis team's first 11-1 in this competition. He scored 3-3. 0 passed easily. Except for Lin Gaoyuan, Xiang Peng , Fan Siqi , Liu Weishan all won in the first round of singles. Only Yuan Licen suffered a first round trip, losing to French star Simon Gautz 1-3.
In the first round of men's singles, Lin Gaoyuan, Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen and other national table tennis players took the lead in making their debut. The 27-year-old Lin Gaoyuan showed a good competitive state. He defeated Hungarian player Exage 3-0, and the game In the second game, Lin Gaoyuan scored an 11-1. This was the first 11-1 scored by the National Table Tennis Team in this competition. Lin Gaoyuan was quite strong. The victorious Lin Gaoyuan will face German players Qiu Dang in the next round, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge.
The young player Xiang Peng has participated in several competitions before. He quickly entered the state and defeated Korean player Lee Sang-soo 3-1. In the fourth game of the game, Xiang Peng scored 11-3. The advantage was also very obvious. Xiang Peng won. Will face Brazilian player Calderano in the next round. It is a pity that Yuan Licen was eliminated in the first round of the main competition. He lost to French star Simon Gautz 1-3, ending his journey in this competition early.
In addition, Malone 's opponents have also been announced. Malone, who had a bye in the first round, will face French 15-year-old Felix Le Brun in the second round of men's singles. It is worth mentioning that Malone and Wang Chuqin are in the men's singles. The opponents in the first round are also the LeBrun brothers. Their opponents are on the rise and Malone cannot take it lightly.
In the women's singles field, Liu Weishan fought hard for 5 games and narrowly defeated Batra 3-2. Liu Weishan will face Japanese player Hayata Hina in the next round. Fan Siqi was in hot form. She swept French player Yuan Jianan 3-0 and faced German player Mittelham in the next round. The opponents of Wang Manyu and have also been announced. Wang Manyu, who had a bye in the first round, will face South Korean player Kim Ha Young in the second round. The latter defeated Yang Haoyin in a derby match. The score was 3 to 2, which was a thrilling win. In addition, Wang Yidi 's opponent is Korean chipper Seo Hyo-won .
National Table Tennis Team also got off to a good start in the mixed doubles. Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu defeated Huang Zhenting / Du Kaiqin with 3-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals in a thrilling manner. In this competition, both Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu are doing three things, so the pressure is really high. There was a Japanese derby match in the first round of Mixed Doubles. Zhang motochi and /Hina Hayata completed a comeback from being behind 0-2 and eliminated Yukiya Uda/ Mima Ito 3-2. Miu Hirano of Japanese team also made her main match debut. She defeated Romanian player Dragoman 3-0 and faced Yang Xiaoxin in the next round.
Overall, although the National Table Tennis Team has been away from the competition for a long time, the players still show a good competitive state. As the game progresses, I believe the players will be in better and better condition. I wish the National Table Tennis Team all the best!
