Notable names fell on the third day of qualification at the 2019 Chinese Nationals. Underdogs challenged mixed doubles top seeds and young players overthrew big names in singles qualification round.
XD: Lucky Loser Shocked Out Defending Champion
2018 Asian Games mixed doubles champion also the defending national mixed doubles champion Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha made a shocking early exit in the mixed doubles round of 16. The defending champion looked burnt out in the match making many unforced errors and lost 2-4 to the 'lucky losers' Xia Yizheng/Che Xiaoxi who, in fact, placed third at last year's nationals. The no.6 seeds Yu Ziyang/Chen Meng also did not survive their opening round in mixed doubles, as they suffered a 0-4 loss in opposition to Xue Fei/Zhang Rui.
On the other hand, Liang Jingkun/Zhu Yuling were on the verge of bowing out. The no.5 seeds were not quite used to playing against the defensive style of Ma Te/Liu Fei and were 3-1 down. They started to turn things around after saving game 5 at 18-16 while Ma Te went a bit too aggressive in game 7 and the game went by in favour of Liang Jingkun/Zhu Yuling. While Fang Bo/Wang Yidi failed to survive the 7-game thriller like they did in the past 2 days experiencing a 4-3 defeat to the underdogs of the Nationals Zhao Zhaoyan/Huang Fanzhen.
MS: Early Exits for Prominent Names
The biggest upsets of all being Yan An, he was beaten 4-3 by Zhu Jinpeng in round 2 of qualification. Following that, national team member Zhou Kai was knocked out in round 3 losing 4-1 to Wang Bo. Surprise defeats were launched but the evergreen Chinese defender Hou Yingchao remains in the run with a clean 4-0 victory over Ren Hao in round 2 and a 4-1 victory over up-and-coming young player Xi Sheng in round 3. He will be playing against Wei Shihao, who benefited from the withdrawal of Hao Shuai in round 2, in the final round of qualification tomorrow.
Coming up tomorrow are the mixed doubles quarterfinals and semifinals. The race for positions in the main draw for the singles events will be closely contested as well. Set your clock and don't miss these exciting matches.
Catch Up:
Day 3 Morning Session 1
MS R2: Liu Dingshuo vs Li Jiaqi
XD R16: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs Xia Yizheng/Che Xiaoxi
Day 3 Morning Session 2
WS R2: Wang Tianyi vs Guo Yuhan
MS R2: Sun Zheng vs Mi Xiaohe...Liang Guodong vs Li Cheng
XD R16: Zhou Kai/Sun Mingyang vs Zheng Peifeng / Gu Yuting
Day 3 Morning Session 3
WS R2: Yuan Yuan vs Zhang Chi
MS R2: Xu Haidong vs Wang Erkang...Zhai Chao vs Yang Shuo
XD R16:
Fang Bo/Wang Yidi vs Zhao Zhaoyan/Huang Fanzhen
Liang Jingkun/Zhu Yuling vs Ma Te/Liu Fei
Day 3 Afternoon Session 1
WS R2: Yang Huijing vs Kuai Man
MS R2: Cao Yantao vs Zheng Peifeng
WS R3: Wang Yidi vs Guo Yuhan
MS R3: Liu Dingshuo vs Sun Zheng
Day 3 Afternoon Session 2
WS R2: Hu Xizi vs Yang Caiying
MS R2: Zhu Jinpeng vs Yan An...Zhao Zhaoyan vs Li Binbin
WS R3: Guo Lin vs Shi Xunyao...Fan Siqi vs Yang Yiyun
MS R3: Xie Fancong vs Xiang Peng
Day 3 Afternoon Session 3
WS R2: Che Xiaoxi vs Qin Yuxuan...Chen Yi vs Wang Xiaotong
MS R2: Xi Sheng vs Lai Jiaxin
WS R3: Guo Yan vs Yuan Xuejiao
MS R3: Wang Bo vs Zhou Kai
Day 3 Evening Session 1
WS R3: Yang Huijing vs Hu Xizi
MS R3: Zhao Zhaoyan vs Zheng Peifeng
Day 3 Evening Session 2
WS R3: Mu Jingyu vs Li Jiayuan
MS R3: Hou Yingchua vs Xi Sheng
You may be interested in:
Draws & Results (live scoring)
Mixed Doubles
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Team
Women's Team
AND The 2019 Chinese Nationals Guide provides an overview of the competition format, schedule, how you can watch and links related to the Chinese Nationals, so you won't have to miss a thing if you can't watch it all.
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