The curtain came down on Monday the 28th of the Qatar World Table Tennis Championships, which were held at the Lusail Sports Arena for two weeks in the midst of ranked players and world champions from different countries. The tournament included three international tournaments: WTT Contender Doha 2023, WTT Feeder Doha 2023 and WTT Youth Contender Doha 2023, on the last day of the tournament five finals were held in different categories of the youth competition. In the U-11 youth singles final, Laotian Xaysana Xaysavath won the title after defeating American Abinav Prasanna (3-0). In the U-15 youth singles, Korean Kwon Hyuk won the title after defeating his compatriot Lee Seung-soo (3-1), Korean Yoo Yerin won the U-15 singles after defeating his compatriot Choi Seoyeon 3-0. Romania’s Eduard Ionescu won the U-19 youth singles after defeating his compatriot Andrei Istrate (3-2), in the U-19 women’s singles, Romania’s Elena Zaharia won the title after defeating Korea’s Lee Daeun (3-2). . Qatar Table Tennis Association (QTTA) Chairman Khalil Al Mohannadi praised the strong technical level of the tournament in its 28th edition and said in a statement after the coronation today that the Qatar Table Tennis Association is one of the few associations. world to organize this combined tournament because this type of tournament requires double effort and a team with a lot of potential and experience. Al Mohannadi concluded the statement by saying that in the upcoming season, the players will have free time from February 8 to compete in league competitions, the Amirs Cup and the Qatar Singles and Doubles Championships. In January 2023, QTTA hosted the Asian Qualifiers for the 2023 Table Tennis World Cup Finals in South Africa at the Lusail Sports Arena, with the participation of approximately 115 male and female players from 20 countries, the Qatari team, Ahmed Khalil Al Mohannadi, Mohammed Abdulwah. , made it to the World Cup finals, which will be held next May.
