Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju (???) and Cheng I-ching (???) routed their opponents in a quick three-set match on Tuesday to reach the mixed doubles semifinals of the 2022 World Table Tennis Star Contender tournament in Doha, Qatar.
The world No. 1 mixed doubles duo defeated Austria’s Daniel Habesohn and Sofia Polcanova 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 in 17 minutes in their semifinal in Lusail Sports Arena.
The Taiwanese dominated the match throughout, never trailing by more than two points, while taking advantage of their opponents’ errors to go on six-point streaks in the first and second games.
With their victory, Lin and Cheng will advance to the semifinals, where they will face the world No. 8 pairing of Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs of Romania on Wednesday.
In addition to Lin and Cheng, another five Taiwanese singles players or doubles pairings won their matches on Tuesday to advance to the next round of competition.
In women’s doubles, two teams — Cheng I-ching and Li Yu-zhun (???), and Huang Yi-hua (???) and Chen Szu-yu (???) — advanced to the semifinals on opposite sides of the bracket, setting up a possible all-Taiwan final if both win their matches on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Lin Yun-ju and Liao Cheng-ting (???) advanced to the semifinals in the men’s doubles event, while Lin Yun-ju and Chen Szu-yu made it through to the quarterfinals in the men’s and women’s singles competitions.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel