On August 30, 2022, the table tennis WTT Bulgaria race started, and 20 table tennis players signed up for the competition, and the singles qualifier 16 people played. In the first round of men's singles qualifying, Zhou Kai swept Spanish veteran cantero 3-0, which made a good start for the team.
26-year-old Zhou Kai is the oldest among the contestants. Many of his peers have left Guo Ping for a new journey. At present, the coaching staff in Guo Ping is mainly young players, so there are relatively few opportunities for veterans to go out to participate in competitions. Zhou Kai has achieved good results. He won the table tennis Super League championship, won the runner-up in men's doubles in the national championship with Xu Chenhao, and won the bronze medal in the men's team in the National Games last year.
In a recent Czech match, Zhou Kai was out early and lost to South Korean Park He Can in the fourth round of qualifying. This is a good signing. I'm not in the same area as my teammates and my opponent is weak. As long as he plays his normal level, it is no problem to get a seat in the competition. In the men's singles qualifying tournament in Bulgaria, he played three rounds and adopted the best-of-five system. Zhou Kai played Spanish player cantero in the first round against a 40-year-old veteran.