On July 15, 2022, the WTT Star Challenge continued. The national table tennis men's singles won a great victory. The two took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals. Liang Jingkun defeated the host player Majoros 3-0. Wang Chuqin narrowly won in five games and finally 3- 2 re

On July 15, 2022, the WTT Star Challenge continued. The national table tennis men's singles won a great victory. The two took the lead to advance to the quarterfinals. Liang Jingkun defeated the host player Majoros 3-0. Wang Chuqin narrowly won in five games. 3-2 reversed Brazilian star Calderano .

Wang Chuqin is 22 years old and ranked 14th in the world. He is the main player of the national men's table tennis team. He has achieved good results in many international competitions. He performed well in two World Table Tennis Championships and won the men's doubles championship with his partner Malone. Partnering with Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championship while maintaining a very high external victory rate. This time Wang Chuqin played three categories and his overall performance was very stable. In singles, he was in the top half with Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan .

After directly advancing to the first game with a bye, Wang Chuqin defeated the American player Kanak 3-0, and then faced the Brazilian star Calderano, who is ranked fourth in the world and has defeated the main national table tennis players Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan , Calderano’s serve is very distinctive and he is good at mid-range standoffs, but the quality of his first three boards is not good, and his offense relies more on his backhand. Wang Chuqin’s skills and tactics are more comprehensive.

After the game started, Wang Chuqin played steadily and quickly took a 5-1 lead. Wang Chuqin's boards were of higher quality. Calderano did not have a good response strategy for this. He mainly limited his opponents through changes in rhythm, but against Wang Chuqin had no effect. Wang Chuqin continued to widen the point difference and took the lead with a score of 11-4. The game was one-sided and Wang Chuqin completely took the initiative.

Calderano’s serve added more changes in the second game. Wang Chuqin was well prepared, and Calderano’s landing point was calculated. Wang Chuqin scored 5 points in a row in a draw, establishing the lead. Calderano 3-8 Falling behind to tie the game at 9, Calderano scored 2 points in a row at the critical moment to equalize the score 11-9. Calderano is worthy of being the top player in the foreign association and quickly adapted to Wang Chuqin's game rhythm.

Calderano took a 7-3 lead in the third game, and then won another game 11-5. In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin fell behind and tied at 8, scoring 3 points in a row to tie 11-8. In the decisive game, Wang Chuqin held firm. After reaching 6 draws, they scored consecutively, winning 11-7, and finally reversed Calderano 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. If nothing else happens, Wang Chuqin’s opponent should be Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru .

In the match held at the same time, the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun played steadily, winning three consecutive games 11-9, 14-12, 11-6, and finally defeated the host player Majoros 3-0, although he advanced to the quarterfinals without a clean sheet. , but the first two games were fought to the end, and it was not easy to win. Next, Liang Jingkun needs to wait for the winner of South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon and Egypt's Assal to compete for a spot in the semi-finals.