Table Tennis》17-year-old inside player Huang Peiyou realizes his dream and qualifies; 30-year-old Liao Zhenjue regains the title of national player

The 17-year-old Heku youngster Huang Peiyou defeated the first-silver player Li Xinyang 3:2 in the first qualifying match of the men's group of the 116th China Table Tennis Ranking Qualifying Tournament today, and was selected as the adult national player for the first time. The 30-year-old first-silver player Liao Zhenjue also defeated Zhang Youan 3:2 in the final round, regaining the national player title he had lost for a year, and was selected for the 13th time in his career.

Huang Peiyou, who finished fifth in the U17 national ranking tournament this year, won the U17 men's singles championship in three WTT youth challenges in Helsingborg, Sanafjordur and Gangneung this year. He also won the men's doubles runner-up with Chen Jianan at the national championship last month. Today, he defeated Chen Cheng'en, Ke Yongquan and Yu Yiqing in the first three rounds. In the fourth round, he faced the current national player Li Yanjun. Huang Peiyou fell behind 0:2 in the game and chased for 3 consecutive games, performing a great comeback. In the semi-finals, he defeated another current national player Cai Tianyu 3:0. In the finals, he also overcame the 1:2 deficit and came back from behind 3:2 in 2 games.

Huang Peiyou, who is currently studying in the third year of Neihu Polytechnic, said, "Ever since I started playing table tennis, I have been striving to be selected as the adult national player. I am really happy to be chosen!" Huang Peiyou, who has not been selected for the U19 national player, unexpectedly skipped a grade and won the adult national player title. He said that in fact, no matter what level the national player selection is, there is a bit of luck and fate. As a player, you can only go all out, and the result will be left to God!" He believes that as long as he shows his form, the result will naturally be good!

Huang Peiyou said that he has many people to thank for being selected as the national player this time, including Wang Taiwei, Chen Jianan, Sun Jiahong, Hong Zixiang, Li Yizhen, Xu Huichun and other seniors who have always taken good care of him at the Heku Head Office. He also hopes that he can play as far forward as possible in the next ranking competition and move towards the international competition.

Liao Zhenjue, who had been selected as a national player for 12 consecutive years after an unexpected break last year, made a comeback this year and defeated Cai Bangyuan, Zeng Weixun, Hong Zheyan, Zhang Ruiyang and two current national players Hong Jingkai and Zhang Youan, and returned to the national player ranks. He said, "I was not selected last year. This year's burden is not that heavy. Anyway, I have nothing to lose, so I focus on every game."