Doha: Qatar and Arab champion Aya Mohamed faces a difficult task in the women’s competition, opening her campaign against France’s Prithika Pavade.
Aya will compete with strong home crowd support, aiming to present an honorable image of Qatari table tennis on home soil and in front of local fans.
Attention will also be on a highly anticipated clash between Japan’s Miwa Harimoto and China’s Shen Yubin, renewing a familiar rivalry between the two players. Harimoto is eager to make amends for her painful loss to compatriot Hina Hayata in the Frankfurt final and reclaim her place on the global podium.
In the later rounds, potential high-profile encounters loom, including matchups involving China’s Liang Jingkun and Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, in an open race for the title.
