In a women's singles quarterfinal of the 2025 Doha Table Tennis World Championships on the 23rd local time, the world's No. 6 Japanese table tennis sister Miwa Zhang lost 0-4 (5-11, 8-11, 9-11, 5-11) to the world's No. 2 Chinese player Wang Manyu. After the match, she burst into tears during the interview.
Zhang Benmeihe ended the journey of this World Table Tennis Championships, and before the game, she shouted that she won three gold medals in a single session and finally ended with a bronze.
This World Table Tennis Championships is the first time that 16-year-old Zhang Benmeihe has challenged the World Championships singles, and she has participated in three events: singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. In the singles, he defeated the 2024 Asian Championships Women's Singles champion Kim Jin-young (North Korea) and entered the top 8 on his first appearance. However, she lost to Wang Manyu on the 23rd, and she was only one step away from the women's singles medal at the World Table Tennis Championships.
After the match, Zhang recalled with tears in her eyes: "Although I also have a strong feeling and play a good quality ball, it is difficult to score 11 points, and I feel strong again. Regarding the top 8 women's singles results in the first World Table Tennis Championships, she said: "To be honest, I was full of anxiety from the first round, can I win? Will you lose the first round? "Remorse is even greater. In order to be here again, I want to come back with strength. Miwa Haramoto made it to the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles with Teruma Matsushima. On the other hand, the Women's Doubles pair, who is partnered by Miyu Kihara, has already been confirmed to win a medal and will face off against China's Wang Manyu/Kuai Man in the semi-finals.
Zhang Benmei said energetically: "Because there is a Kihara player in the doubles, I regret losing today, but I want to change my mood immediately and take revenge in the doubles." "Things didn't go the way Zhang Benmei expected. In a women's doubles semi-final of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on the 24th local time, the Japanese combination Miwa Zhangmoto/Miyu Kihara lost 0-4 to the Chinese pair Wang Manyu/Kuaiman, missing the opportunity to complete the women's doubles seal of the World Table Tennis Championships for Japan again after 58 years after the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships Sachiko Morizawa/Saeko Hirota. At this point, Zhang Benmeihe ended the journey of this World Table Tennis Championships, and she finally ended with a bronze (women's doubles) after shouting before the game.