The finals of the 2022 Macau Table Tennis Championship will be from October 19th to 23rd.
On January 18, 2022, the WTT Macau Championship draw ceremony was held. The specific draws are as follows: Mixed Doubles: First half: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs Ma Long/Qian Tianyi, Fan Zhendong/Kui Man vs Yuan Lizen/Wang Yidi, Lin Zhaoheng/Du Kaiqin vs Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui, Zhou Qihao/He Zhuojia vs Xue Fei /Wang Xiaotong.
Lower half: Yu Ziyang/Chen Xingtong vs Sun Wen/Shi Xunyao, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei vs Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, Lin Shidong/Wang Tianyi vs Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng, Xu Yingbin/Liu Weishan vs Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen . Women's singles: First half: Chen Meng vs. Du Kaiqin, Zhang Rui vs. Liu Fei, Wang Manyu vs. Kuai Man, Chen Xingtong vs. Qian Tianyi.
Lower half: Li Qian vs Wang Xiaotong, Liu Shiwen vs Wang Yidi, Liu Weishan vs Li Jie, He Zhuojia vs Sun Yingsha. Men's singles: First half: Fan Zhendong vs. Zhang Zicheng, Yuan Lizen vs. Xu Yingbin, Lin Gaoyuan vs. Lin Zhaoheng, Lin Shidong vs. Zhou Qihao, second half: Xiang Peng vs. Sun Wen, Zhao Zihao vs. Xu Xin, Xue Fei vs. Wang Chuqin, Ma Long vs. Liang Jingkun.
On January 21, 2022, the third contest began in the women’s singles quarter-finals of the WTT Macau Championship. Olympic champion Sun Yingsha defeated Liu Weishan and became the third player to advance to the top four singles after Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen. player. On January 22, 2022, in the mixed doubles semi-finals of "WTT Macau Championship 2021 China Star".
Chinese combination Fan Zhendong/Kui Man defeated teammates Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui 3-0 and advanced to the final. In the final, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen defeated Fan Zhendong/Kui Man 3-0 and won the championship. On January 23, 2022, in the women's singles final of the WTT Macau Championship, Wang Manyu swept Liu Shiwen and won the women's singles championship. In the men's singles final, Chinese player Wang Chuqin defeated Chinese player Lin Gaoyuan 4-3 and won the championship.
Where is the future of table tennis?
Serving: scoring directly is a spectacle, creating offensive opportunities is a spectacle, placement and route changes are a spectacle, sneak attack on a long ball is a spectacle Straight lines are also very interesting to watch. For example, in the men's singles final of the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, Waldner's sneak attack had a very good timing. Return of serve: Many people think that the twist is an advanced technique.
In fact, I believe that there is no distinction between advanced and backward technologies and tactics. The key lies in people, who uses them, and how they are used. The top layer is a real fan, and the bottom and middle layers have the possibility of being transformed into the top layer. The ITTF's so-called reforms to improve the viewing experience are actually to satisfy the fans at the bottom, but they have ignored the needs of the middle and top fans.
These fans have a deeper need for the game. Therefore, the table tennis federation's reform has only attracted a large number of bottom-level fans, but they do not know how to open channels and convert these bottom-level fans to the middle and top levels. This is the most fatal problem. What is the future of table tennis development? My answer is: Leave it to the market and people who really like table tennis.