Zhang Benmeihe played Kai in the first round of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha: I feel very painful, but I am very happy

In the first round of the women's singles of the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships on the 18th local time, the 16-year-old Japanese table tennis sister Zhang Benmeihe, who was in the singles field of the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, defeated the Ukrainian veteran Diaconu 4-1 and entered the second round. Coupled with the mixed doubles and women's doubles wins, Zhang Benmeihe broke through the first match in a total of 3 events in this World Table Tennis Championships. "To be able to win in the first round first and achieve the initial goal. Frankly, I'm happy. ”

Zhang Benmeihe played in the first round of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

The first round of the whole line was triumphant, which undoubtedly made a good start for the journey of this World Table Tennis Championships. After 10:30 a.m. on the 18th, Zhang Benmei and her partner Miyu Kihara won 3-0 in the first round of women's doubles. The women's singles match, which began about two and a half hours later, was played on the same table played by his brother Tomokazu Haramoto, who won the first match of the men's singles, and Tomokazu Haramoto handed over the baton to Miwa Haramoto with a high-five.

In the first game with Diaconu, Zhang Benmeihe grasped several key points in the second half and took the lead. In the second game, the two sides fought to a 15-all draw, at which time Zhang Benmeihe's forehand exerted its power and won 17-15. In the third game, Zhang Benmeihe was disrupted by the opponent's tactics and lost 9-11, and there were certain ups and downs in his state. In the fourth game, Zhang Benmei and Yiyi fell behind 2-6, but she always said "The last is the mood." Mood! "Encourage yourself. I saw that Zhang Benmeihe resumed the offensive posture, chased the game score to 9-9, and cashed in the game point with a strong forehand. In the 5th game, Zhang Benmeihe directly controlled the rhythm with a backhand shot, and then she locked the victory of the whole game. "I didn't have much confidence in the first match [in women's singles], so I was happy to win. Although the media said that my third match was against a North Korean player, I felt that the first match was more nervous and it was difficult to predict before the match. It's great to win in the end. ”

In the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan last year, Miwa Zhang contributed to the silver medal for the Japanese women's table tennis team, but it was the first time to participate in a single event. Although it was painful, he broke through the first fight in 3 events. Faced with the high goal of "winning gold medals in three events" before the conference, Miwa Zhang said, "I want to play well in the first and second rounds, and I want to work hard one battle at a time. It seems that she wants to use the third line to advance to the second round as a confident motivation to sprint to the championship.