According to the original plan of the WTT Macau Organizing Committee, it is to invite world-renowned masters to participate, with both high points and high prize money. The level of the competition is also the top among the WTT events. However, with the passage of time, there is also the impact of epidemic control, and the registration list of WTT Macau has also changed several times, so that when the final official participation list is released, it makes us feel that the competition has almost changed from the original international star game to the national games star game. I believe this is also a way for Liu Guoliang to give back to the local fans in Macau. Because the number of national table tennis players participating in the Olympic Star Tournament reached 30, and among the non-national table tennis players, there are several players from Hong Kong, China and Macao, China, and there are only two players from other countries in the men's and women's singles events in the entire competition. One is Li Jie from He Lan, and the other is Li Qian from Poland. Fans and friends must have also seen that these two people are actually overseas teams in the table tennis project, which means that although they are now representing foreign associations in the competition, they are also properly Chinese.
For example, the official 16 people who came out of the women's singles, in addition to the two foreign association players Li Jie and Li Qian we just mentioned, the other 14 people, including 13 people from the national table tennis, and 1 athlete from Hong Kong, China. The 13 people of the national table tennis are Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Ku Man, He Zhuojia, Zhang Rui, Liu Weishan, Wang Xiaotong and Liu Fei, it can be said that the national table tennis has achieved certain results in the world and has a certain reputation, as well as players who have played well in the domestic National Games, the National Championships and other competitions, all of them will participate in the competition of the Macao Star. There is also Du Kaixuan from Hong Kong, China. If anyone is absent, it is Zhu Yuling from Sichuan, who recently participated in the preparation of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, and did not appear on this list. This also shows that even if she has not retired for the time being, and she is looking forward to participating in the competition and returning to the field in the future, from her current situation, she does not have the conditions to go directly out to participate in high-level competitions. In addition, although there was news that Ding Ning would return to compete, now she still gave up this opportunity to return to the field. On the contrary, it is gained in love, and at the same time, it is rumored that it is about to enter the palace of marriage. Here, too, let us send blessings to Ding Ning.
In terms of men's singles, among the players registered, it also basically covers all the main players and marginal main players of national table tennis, as well as the main accompanying players. For example, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Zhou Qihao all appeared on the list. In addition, young potential players such as Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, Sun Wen, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Zhao Zihao, and Xue Fei also appeared in the registration list. If there is anyone missing here, it is that Xu Chenhao, who has defeated Ma Long in the Olympic simulation competition and also picked Xu Xin, does not appear in the list. I hope that Xu Chenhao in the future can continue to appear in the world table tennis arena in important competitions. After all, his strength is still there. And currently under 27 years old, he should not choose to officially retire like Matt for the time being.
Since the WTT Macau Star Competition only has three events, there are basically no national table tennis players who only participate in the mixed doubles event. Everyone is basically in a state of concurrent. For example, the ace combination of Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin, as well as the new Olympic-level duo of Sun Yingsha / Wang Chuqin, as the mixed doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, will play again in this WTT Macau Competition. In the World Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, who originally had the ability to compete with Sun Yingsha / Wang Chuqin for the title, only because lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, who had to form two new pairs with the host of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, finally got the opportunity to compete head-on with other masters and impact the championship. In the future Olympic roster competition of national table tennis, the combination of Wang Manyu and Lin Gaoyuan will also continue to maintain a state of impact on the Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha combination.
In addition, the combination of Chen Meng/Liang Jingkun, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi, and Fan Zhendong/Ku Man is the first time to partner in the official competition, and what kind of results they will achieve in the competition remains to be tested by the competition. Of course, Ma Long, Chen Meng, and Fan Zhendong all became mixed doubles partners with their new teammates in this competition, which really met the basic characteristics of this event called the big party before the Spring Festival. I hope that this star event can bring us more happiness, and I believe that the players can use this competition to feel the support and enthusiasm of the local fans in Macao again.