Chinese Taipei's Ye Yitian, ranked 189th in the world, lost 0:3 to the world's No. 44 national table tennis rookie Kuo Man in the women's singles round of 16 of the 2025 WTT Doha Star Challenge on the evening of the 10th Beijing time, and the upset journey came to an end.

Chinese Taipei's Ye Yitian, ranked 189th in the world

Although he missed out on reaching the top 8, Ye Yitian still received $1,600 in prize money and 75 points, and is expected to move up to around 136th in the world rankings next week, a career-high. The 17-year-old Ye Yitian broke through three levels in a row in the qualifying round, and after entering the main event, he defeated Thailand's Savitabut and South Korea's Zhu Qianxi in a row, and his performance was eye-catching.

On the same day, she encountered Kuaiman, who won the U19 women's singles championship of the World Junior Championships twice in 2021 and 23, Ye Yitian was not suitable for the opponent's serve at first, and lost 7 points in a row after the start of the match, and conceded 5:11. In the second game, Ye Yitian was constrained by the opponent's serve and strong forehand attack, and was never able to find a way to crack it, losing two more games at 7:11 and 4:11 to stop in the round of 16.

The top 8 players will stage the "Chinese Civil War" with Shi Xunyao, who is ranked 40th in the world, and it is also a duel between the former World Youth Champions. Shi Xunyao, who won the World Youth Women's Singles Championship in 2016, first drew Romanian veteran Samara in straight games in the first round, met the world No. 12 Japanese star Miu Hirano in the second round and defeated former world queen Zhu Yuling 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 in the round of 16.