On the afternoon of January 12, 2022, the ITTF announced the WTT Macau Championship 2021 China Star promotional video. Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Ma Long, Liu Shiwen and other national table tennis main players all appeared on camera to promote the event. In the second half of the promotional film, it is the CEO of the ITTF Group and WTT Director Steve. Denton, ITTF President Petra. Sorin, Executive Vice-President of the Itttennis Federation and Director of WTT, Karil. Al. Muhannadi, Executive Vice-President of the Ittf and Chairman of the WTT Council, Liu Guoliang, also spoke to promote the Macau Tournament.
The promotional film began to be led by Wang Chuqin:
Wang Chuqin: WTT Macau Championship
Sun Yingsha: China Star 2021
Liang Jingkun: Welcome to Macao
Chen Meng: Here is the coolest table tennis arena
Xu Xin: There is the fiercest confrontation and competition
Lin Gaoyuan: There are high tournament prizes
Liu Shiwen: The veteran style is still the same, and the rookie is brave to move forward
Fan Zhendong: Don't say anything, pick up the racket and play
Wang Manyu: Enjoy the charm of table tennis
Malone: Showing yourself and working tenaciously is the ultimate challenge
This was followed by the promotion of the Macau Match by four leaders of the International Table Tennis Federation:
ITTF Group CEO and WTT Director Steve Denton: It is not easy to hold a tournament during the epidemic, thank you to the Macao SAR government for its help to world table tennis.
ITTF President Petra. Thorin: Players belong to the arena, and organizing a game is the greatest support and encouragement for them.
Italienne Federation Executive Vice-President and WTT Director Carriel. Al. Muhannathi: The WTT event is back in Macau and is a perfect example of the perfect combination of sport and the city.
Liu Guoliang, Executive Vice Chairman of the ITTF and Chairman of the WTT Council: Come to Macao to watch the WTT competition, we are waiting for you!
Although the time of the promotional video is only a short time of 1 minute and 46 seconds, there is still a lot of information revealed. First of all, the 10 people who appeared in the promotional film, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liu Shiwen, Fan Zhendong, Wang Manyu and Ma Long, will definitely participate in the Macau Competition. Otherwise there would be no need to shoot them in the promotional film.
Secondly, the news that Ding Ning will participate in the Macau Tournament may be untrue. As the captain of Ding Ning's former national table tennis women's team and a Grand Slam player, he should show his face in the promotional video. Otherwise, there are three veterans, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, and ding ning alone cannot be said.
Finally, there are no Zhou Qihao, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi and others in the promotional film. These people are most likely not participating in the Macau Race. However, with Wang Yidi's current good competitive state, it is a pity not to participate.
In addition to the above-mentioned personnel of the Chinese table tennis team, Du Kaixuan and He Junjie of Hong Kong, China; Zhang Zicheng and Zhang Zijun of Macao, China; Li Jie of the Netherlands; and Li Qian of Poland decided to participate in the Macau Competition. However, due to the prevention and control of the epidemic, many associations are unable to send people to participate in the Macau Competition. This has resulted in a reduction in the number of participants in the Macau Tournament, which will be a knockout format with 16 mixed doubles pairs, 16 men's players and 16 women. The tournament will start from the quarter-finals. For five days from 19 to 23 January, there will be three events: mixed doubles, men's singles and women's singles.