WTT Contender Doha 2023 Table Tennis Tournament – Xinhua

Yuan Licen (L)/Xiang Peng compete during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng (China) and Emmanuel Lebesson (France)/Lubomir Pistej (Slovakia) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar on January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yuan Licen (L)/Xiang Peng compete during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng (China) and Emmanuel Lebesson (France)/Lubomir Pistej (Slovakia) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar on January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng (R) compete during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between China’s Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng and Emmanuel Lebesson (France)/Lubomir Pistej (Slovakia) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar. January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng (R) celebrates after winning the men’s doubles round of 18 match between China’s Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng and Emmanuel Lebesson (France)/Lubomir Pistej (Slovakia) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar. , January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Chen Yi returns during the women’s singles quarterfinal match between China’s Chen Yi and Romania’s Bernadette Szocs at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Bernadette Szocs returns during the women’s singles round of 32 quarter-final match between Chen Yi of China and Bernadette Szocs of Romania at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Chen Yi returns during the women’s singles quarterfinal match between China’s Chen Yi and Romania’s Bernadette Szocs at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Chen Yi celebrates scoring during the women’s singles round of 32 quarter-final match between China’s Chen Yi and Romania’s Bernadette Szocs at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yuan Licen competes during the men’s singles quarterfinal match between China’s Yuan Licen and Brazil’s Vitor Ishiy at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Coach Liu Heng (R) gives instructions to Yuan Licen during the men’s singles quarterfinal match between China’s Yuan Licen and Brazil’s Vitor Ishiy at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yuan Licen celebrates victory during the men’s singles quarterfinals match between China’s Yuan Licen and Brazil’s Vitor Ishiy at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Vitor Ishiy reacts during the men’s singles quarterfinal match between Yuan Licen of China and Vitor Ishiy of Brazil at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yu Ziyang/Zhou Kai (R) compete during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between China’s Yu Ziyang/Zhou Kai and Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania)/Alvaro Robles (Spain) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar. January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yu Ziyang/Zhou Kai (R) compete during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between China’s Yu Ziyang/Zhou Kai and Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania)/Alvaro Robles (Spain) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar. January 18, 2023. (Photo: Nikku/Xinhua)

Yu Ziyang (R)/Zhou Kai celebrate victory during the men’s doubles round of 18 match between China’s Yu Ziyang/Zhou Kai and Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania)/Alvaro Robles (Spain) at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on January 18, 2023. (Photo : Nikku/Xinhua)

Kuai Man/Lin Shidong (R) compete in the mixed doubles round of 18 match between China’s Kuai Man/Lin Shidong and France’s Yuan Jia Nan/Emmanuel Lebesson at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar in January. 18. 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

Kuai Man (P)/Lin Shidong compete in the mixed doubles round of 18 match between China’s Kuai Man/Lin Shidong and France’s Yuan Jia Nan/Emmanuel Lebesson at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar in January. 18. 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

Kuai Man/Lin Shidong (R) compete in the mixed doubles round of 18 match between China’s Kuai Man/Lin Shidong and France’s Yuan Jia Nan/Emmanuel Lebesson at the WTT Contender Doha 2023 table tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar in January. 18. 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)