2021 is gone, and 2022 is finally here. For table tennis fans, everyone is naturally very concerned about the New Year's competition arrangement, and at present, part of the schedule in January has been released, of which Ma Long and other national table tennis main players will usher in a conference battle at the WTT Macau Tournament, and Zhang Benzhihe and other Japanese table tennis masters will also go out to participate in the national championships in their own countries.
At present, it seems that Japanese players should not participate in the Macau Tournament, so we have no chance to see the Sino-Japanese table tennis war, but the Japanese and German leagues will continue in January, so we are still expected to see the top masters of foreign associations meet and stage a wonderful showdown, and fans and friends can feast their eyes!
According to the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation and the relevant reports of the World Table Tennis Federation, there are not many international competitions in January, and only three are arranged, namely the first WTT Düsseldorf tournament held in Germany from January 12 to 15, the second WTT Düsseldorf tournament from January 17 to 20, and the WTT Macau Tournament held in China from January 19 to 23.
However, the two races in Düsseldorf are of a low level, with only a few europeans such as Francesca, Shan Xiaona, and Ni Xialian, and there is no main force to register in China, Japan and South Korea; the Macau competition is almost only played by Chinese athletes, plus a few Chinese players, and there are no points, which also makes the game lose some points.
To be precise, although the WTT Macau Tournament is called an international competition, it is actually not worthy of the name, and the World Table Tennis Federation does not regard it as an official WTT competition. But just as the so-called "mountain is not high, there are immortals are famous", because the national table tennis will send almost all the main forces to participate in the Macao Competition, its gold content is self-evident, even if there is no points, it is still expected!
Note: The athletes who have previously been confirmed to participate in the WTT Macau Competition include Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha, plus Du Kaixuan, He Junjie, Zhang Zicheng and Zhang Zijun of Hong Kong and Macau, China, as well as Li Jie of The Dutch Chinese and Li Qian of the Polish Chinese.
In addition to international competitions, the Japanese National Championship from January 24 to 30 is also the focus of attention of fans and friends, after all, the comprehensive strength of the Japanese table tennis team is second only to the national table tennis team, plus it is ito, Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hirano Miyu, Hayata Hina, Zhang Benzhi, Niwa Takashi and other top players of the foreign association, so their civil war is also very interesting.
Affected by the epidemic last year, the Japan National Championships only held two singles duels, and this year it resumed the competition in five events, of which Zhang Benzhi and He were also in men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and Ito Mimachi gave up mixed doubles, but everyone's focus was mainly on singles - the last champion and Kawa Ruiji and Ishikawa Yoshijun faced severe challenges!
In January, in addition to the national championships, there is also the T League continuing, the time is scheduled for January 7 to 9 three days, Zhang Benzhihe, Niwa Takashi's team will appear, but whether they will play we are not sure. As for the national table tennis world champion Hao Shuai may also appear again, and even hope to duel Zhang Ben and Dan Yu, it is worth everyone's attention!
Coincidentally, Germany's table tennis league will also start to restart on January 16, but the most concerned world champion Pol has recently been isolated due to the new crown infection, so whether you can see him on the field this month is still unknown, here is still to wish him a speedy recovery!
Overall, there are still many table tennis events in January, and I look forward to everyone playing their own wonderful in the New Year and presenting a high-level peak duel for fans and friends!