At the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, the first sister of Japanese table tennis, Zhang Benmeihe, escaped from death, completed revenge and reached the top 16

Miwa Zhangmoto, the world's No. 5 Japanese table tennis sister, raised her arms high after winning a desperate fight against Kim Qinying. The 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships entered the fifth day of competition on the 21st local time, and the women's singles entered the third round of competition. For Jang Ben Mi-hwa, she will have to face what has been called the biggest hurdle in the first half of the singles since the draw results were released - a strong encounter with North Korean star Kim Jin-young.

The first sister of Japanese table tennis, Zhang Benmeihe, won the desperate fight against the invincible Kim Qinying and raised her arms high

Despite her short stature, Kim is a player who can disrupt the rhythm and timing of her opponent's shots, and is a silver medallist in the mixed doubles at Paris 2024. Kim won the women's singles title at the Asian Championships in the fall of the same year, beating Miwa Jang in the final. For Zhang Ben, today's showdown is a battle of revenge.

In the first game of this battle, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but in the end, it was Zhang Benmei and the first to take the lead. In the second game, Kim Qinying was full of firepower, and Zhang Benmei and He only had the power to parry and watched the opponent equalize the game. In the 3rd and 4th games, Jang Ben-mi, who had a good rhythm and attacked well, won two cities in a row, and thought it would be over, but Kim Qinying was still very tenacious. In the 5th and 6th games, Kim Qinying chose to retreat to defend and enter a protracted battle, and suppressed the opponent by reducing Jang Ben Mihwa's physical strength and concentration, and finally dragged the game into the deciding game. However, there was a one-sided situation in the deciding game, Zhang Benmeihe started to sprint 6-0 as soon as he came up, and then did not relax his attack, winning 11-3 while sealing the victory of the whole game. The Japanese media said after the game that although it was painful to win seven games in a fierce battle, Miwa Zhang got rid of the crisis of defeat with a beautiful gear shift. Her growth and progress are visible to the naked eye on the field, and it is highly anticipated what kind of performance she can play in the future. In the Women's Singles, Miwa Teo, who entered the round of 16, will face Singaporean, ranked 71st in the worldZeng Jian competed for a ticket to the top 8.

● 2025 World Table Tennis Championships Women's Singles Round 3

Jang Ben Mi-wha 4 (11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3) 3 Kim Jin-young (North Korea)