On December 23, I saw reports that the WTT China Macau Championship tournament had no points, which was incredible, was it difficult to make such a big move, just play a similar exhibition match or a warm-up match?
Seeing that there are 32 male and female singles players, 16 mixed doubles pairs, the formation is not small, I heard that there are no points, that is to say, this event is not in the International Table Tennis Federation or WTT World Table Tennis Federation system at all.
The list of participants that has been announced, Ma Long Liu Shiwen led the 7 major Olympians of national table tennis, such as Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, etc., are also announced, and the other players who have been announced are also "overseas legions", suddenly giving people a feeling like a "Chinese table tennis party", or a small warm-up competition of national table tennis.
Here, I can't help but think of the words of Ito Mimachi. The WTT World Cup in early December was a regular event of the WTT system with points and prize money, but Ito believes that it is irregular and meaningless, just like entertainment, she is a table tennis player, not an entertainment star.
Nowadays, it is appropriate to apply it to the Macau Tournament in China in the words of Ito Mimachi. No points, is the biggest hard injury, for many players, come to the competition, in order to win, earn points.
Ito Gave up the competition, not all because the event did not have points, but the Japanese table tennis domestic championships, the players are participating in the domestic competition, time conflict, too late, make a collective decision to abandon the competition.
It's normal, there's no points competition, naturally low popularity, and it's hard to attract.
But for the national table tennis, the meaning is different, you can use this event as a warm-up game, an exhibition match, for the 2022 official event to practice their hands.
For veterans like Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen, it is very satisfying to have a game to play, but fortunately, in this competition, their 3 names are listed.
At the inaugural WTT Macau China (Test Match), Ma Long and Sun Yingsha won the singles title respectively. Will the upcoming competition, in which both men compete, be able to defend their titles? Well worth looking forward to!