On January 5, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the specific schedule of the WTT Macau Championship. The first leg of the 2022 Tour Macau Championship will be held from January 19 to 23. The competition is set up in men's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles three events, no women's doubles, men's doubles. In this open tournament, the national table tennis side sent Olympic champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng and other 9 people to participate, and the world champion Lin Gaoyuan was not selected.
The WTT Macau Championships will feature three events: men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles, of which 32 are in men's singles, 32 are in women's singles, and 16 are in mixed doubles. At present, the specific schedule has been released. From the 19th to the 20th, the quarterfinals of the three events will be held. On the 21st, the quarterfinals of the three events will be held.
Next, the semi-final of the mixed doubles will be held on the 22nd, as well as the competition for the championship of the final. Meanwhile, there are the quarterfinals of men's singles, women's singles. On the 23rd, the semi-finals and finals of the men's singles and women's singles will be held. Despite many difficulties, Liu Guoliang's coaching staff still sent the strongest squad to participate in the competition, giving back to the Macao table tennis fans and supporting the hosting of the ITTF.
The men's national table tennis men's unilateral arrangement led by Olympic champion Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and other five people to participate, and world champion Lin Gaoyuan regrettably lost the election. In addition, Liu Guoliang's coaching team did not arrange for the new generation of young players to participate. In the women's singles, Olympic champion Liu Shiwen led, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other four people participated, Wang Yidi, Chen Xing and others regrettably failed.
Looking forward to the WTT Macau Championship, Olympic champion Ma Long said that he had participated in table tennis training in Macau last year and participated in the Macau WTT Tournament in December, and deeply felt the enthusiasm and support of Macao fans for table tennis. In addition, the national table tennis side also arranged for Ma Long to interact with Macau fans. Olympic champion Malone said that after a period of adjustment after the Tokyo Olympics, it was time to return to the field.