Among them, the male players are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin, Lin Shidong, Wang, Xu Haidong, and the female players are Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Kuai Nan, Liu, Manyu Wang, Wang Yidi, 17. 17 players, besides Xu Haidong, 16 players participated in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam.
So why don't these people take part in the WTT Star Challenge in Doha?
Qin Zhijian, secretary general of China Table Tennis Association, explained. He said that China has made various plans to participate in this multinational competition.
Recently, there have been intensive competitions, such as Oman Challenge, Qatar Regionals, Challenge, and then I mainly participated in the Singapore Grand Slam. These players participated in the Grand Slam and then went to the Doha Star Challenge in Qatar.
The first batch of 27 players from Guo Ping participated in WTT Oman Challenge. The men's table tennis team has 15 members, including Liang Jingkun, Lin, Wang, Zhao Zihao, Lin Shidong, Zhou, Xu Yingbin, Xu Haidong, Liu Dingshuo, Zhang Yudong, Yuan and Cao Wei. There are 12 players in women's table tennis, including Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Qian Tianyi, Fan Siqi, Yang, Kuaiman, Shi Qiyao, Qi Fei and Zhu Sibing. After the Oman Challenge, 8 people, including Liang Jingkun, Lin, Wang, Lin Shidong, Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia and Kuainan, went to the Singapore Grand Slam.
The second batch of young echelon players went directly to Qatar to participate in regional competitions and challenges. Most of these events are held at the same time as the Singapore Grand Slam.
The third group of players participated in the Singapore Grand Slam, including the top eight players who participated in the Oman Challenge. According to the original plan, 16 players who participated in the grand slam in Singapore moved to Doha Star Challenge in Qatar after playing the grand slam.
According to the plan, the three groups will return to China together after participating in the Qatar Star Challenge.
However, the plan has changed. Players participating in the Singapore Grand Slam will not participate in the Qatar Doha Star Challenge. That is, the third batch of contestants will not participate in the Qatar Doha Star Challenge.
Qin Zhijian gave the reason.
First, after two to three weeks of high-intensity confrontation, all the players who participated in the Singapore Grand Slam have completed their training and scored points. Secondly, the main players have spent a lot of physical strength and energy after the recent intensive and high-intensity competition, hoping to have a rest and avoid injuries caused by sports fatigue. The third is to combine the global epidemic changes and the external risks of the journey. Therefore, the 16 table tennis player who participated in the Singapore Grand Slam dropped out of the Doha Challenge in Qatar and went back to China to have a rest.
Besides, Xu Haidong retired. He was forced, too. Xu Haidong participated in the qualifying round of Doha Conventional Challenge, which has already broken through. Unexpectedly, he was injured again and had to quit the next game.
The WTT Doha Regular Challenge is in progress, and Guo Ping has many contestants and achieved good results. There are also many players in Japanese table tennis. Zhang Benzhi and his sister Zhang Benmei also participated in the competition. She is only 13 years old. She has started to participate in the adult competition this year, much earlier than Guo Ping's Kuaiman, Peng Xiang and Lin Shidong.
In the first round of WTT Doha Conventional Challenge, Zhang Benmei and Kloc-0 beat Matlova 3-0. Her second round opponent is Singaporean veteran Feng Tianwei. It would be great if she could beat Feng Tianwei. In any case, table tennis players should pay attention to Zhang Benmei and. The little girl has done well in the youth group and is very strong.