The latest news, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the WTT Macau Competition entry list, because the main competitors of the national table tennis do not participate in this competition, the national table tennis sent all the main forces to participate in the WTT Macau Competition, seven players participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games will all appear in the Macao Competition, Olympic champions Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu six people led the men's and women's singles participation list, in addition to the women's singles competition, Liu Shiwen also has to partner with Xu Xin to participate in the mixed doubles competition. Due to the large number of national table tennis players, not only the main players of the national table tennis men's and women's singles will participate in the Macao Tournament, but other young players have also been given the opportunity to participate, which is a training opportunity for young players. Due to the epidemic situation, only two foreign players participating in the Macau Tournament are Li Jie and Li Qian, in addition to Hong Kong players Lin Zhaoheng, Du Kaixuan and China Macao player Zhang Zicheng three players will also participate in this competition, the rest of the participating players are from the Chinese table tennis team, this competition A total of 30 people participated in the national table tennis, most of the players participated in singles and mixed doubles competitions.
In the men's singles competition, the 16 players are: Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao, Xu Yingbin, Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Sun Wen, Xue Fei, Zhao Zihao, Hong Kong Lin Zhaoheng and Macau Zhang Zicheng. Men's singles the most concerned focus is the Olympic champion Ma Long and Xu Xin two veterans re-emerged from the jianghu, after the Tokyo Olympic Games and the National Games, Ma Long and Xu Xin two on the major events in the high hanging free card, the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup finals both did not participate, at present, both have no intention of retiring, Ma Long is more high-profile, hope to have the opportunity to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, the national table tennis internal talent is abundant, although Ma Long, Xu Xin has the heart to continue the table tennis career, But whether the two are first-class remains to be seen. This competition is a test and an opportunity for Ma Long and Xu Xin, if they can continue to get good results, the possibility of the two participating in the team competition of this year's World Table Tennis Championships is very large, on the contrary, the speed of the replacement of the old and new national table tennis men's team may continue to accelerate.
In the women's singles competition, the players participating in the women's singles competition of the WTT Macau Competition are Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, He Zhuojia, Zhang Rui, Liu Weishan, Wang Xiaotong, Ku Man, Liu Fei, Du Kaixuan of Hong Kong, Li Jie of the Netherlands and Li Qian of Poland. Although there are not many women's singles competitions, but because the national table tennis front-line main force all participate, which makes the level of this Macau tournament no lower than the World Cup, the World Table Tennis Championship, the biggest attraction of the women's singles competition is who can win the Macao Championship, the world's first Chen Meng has been in a poor state after winning the Olympic Championship, has been in the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, the World Cup Finals, this Macao Tournament is the first international competition in 2022, whether she can re-prove herself worthy of everyone's attention. Veteran Liu Shiwen will also participate in this competition, with Liu Shiwen's current competitive state, the possibility of winning the championship is minimal, how she maintains her state is also one of the focus of the competition, and Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, the two "little devils" have achieved outstanding results in the past year, both of them are naturally eager to strive for the best results in the first competition of the new year, in addition, Wang Yidi, Chen Xing and the same name will also have a fairly strong competitiveness in this competition, and the competition for women's singles competition will be extremely fierce.
In mixed doubles, the 16 pairs were: Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong/Ku Man, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu, Ma Long/Qian Tianyi, Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng, Yuan Licen/Wang Yidi, Yu Ziyang/Chen Xingtong, Zhou Qihao/He Zhuojia, Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui, Xu Yingbin/Liu Weishan, Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong, Sun Wen/Shi Xunyao, Lin Shidong/Wang Tianyi, Zhao Zihao Liu Fei, and Hong Kong China's Lin Zhaoheng/Du Kaixuan. Olympic runners-up Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen will appear on the field again, whether the two can continue to "unify the rivers and lakes" in the mixed doubles competition is worth looking forward to, compared to the singles competition, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen are expected to go further in the mixed doubles competition. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, the mixed doubles gold medalist of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, is the number one favorite to win the competition, and as long as the two play normally, reaching the final should not be a problem. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long are paired with young players to participate in mixed doubles, Fan Zhendong's partner is only 17 years old, Ku Man is the national table tennis women's team key training object, this time with Fan Zhendong to participate in the mixed doubles competition, for both sides are a test. Ma Long's partner is the World Youth Champion Qian Tianyi, compared to Kuman, Qian Tianyi's technology is naturally more mature and more experienced, and Ma Long/Qian Tianyi may become the "dark horse" of this competition. In addition, the performance of Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu, Liang Jingkun / Chen Meng is also the focus of everyone's attention, and the competition for mixed doubles competitions is also fierce.
It can be said that this Macao competition, the national table tennis is basically "pouring out of the nest", the veteran newcomers and the core strength of the Mesozoic Generation, can be on all the top, Liu Guoliang this time is also to show all the bottom cards, it looks like an international competition, in essence, it has changed to become a big competition within the national table tennis, I think the coaching team this time also want to see if there is an outstanding young player can bravely fight out of the siege, the biggest role of the veteran this time is to act as a roadblock, the gold that will shine "filter" out, Look at the lineup this time, we all know how good the game must be, Liu Guoliang used this way of civil war to "pick gold", everyone wait and see!