Today, January 14, the WTT Macau competition roster was officially released, in the announced list of 16 men's and women's singles players, and 16 mixed doubles pairs participated. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, the seven Olympic champions, all participated. For a specific list, see the figure below:
As the mixed doubles event entered the Olympic Games, the announcement of the mixed doubles list has also attracted everyone's attention. In this competition, in addition to Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, the veteran golden partner, as well as the mixed doubles champion Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha of the Xinke World Championships and the mixed doubles champion Lin Gaoyuan Wang Manyu of the national championships, Ma Long's partner Qian Tianyi and Fan Zhendong's partner Ku Man also attracted everyone's attention. Some fans call the combination of Ma Long and Qian Tianyi "immediately rich", the combination of Fan Zhendong and Ku Man as an "anime" combination, and some fans also feel sorry for Japan's Ishikawa Yoshijun, saying that Ishikawa will be sad, what is going on? Why does Malone play mixed doubles, people think of Ishikawa Yoshijun?
It turns out that Ishikawa has always liked Malone's playing skills and low profile. During the team competition of the 2014 World Championships, a Chinese reporter asked Ishikawa: "In the next World Championships, there can be mixed doubles from transnational combinations to participate in the competition, if you choose a pair with China, who will you choose?" At that time, Ishikawa had a somewhat surprised expression on his face, and replied with a shy smile: "The Chinese players are very strong, I don't have a choice of positions, but if you mix doubles, you want to pair with Ma Long!" "Therefore, Ishikawa's desire to like Malone and want to play in mixed doubles with Malone is also well known."
However, this time the WTT tournament, because there is a table tennis tournament in Japan, just in conflict with the time of the Macau tournament, so the Japanese players have not signed up to participate. So when everyone saw this mixed doubles entry list, they all felt sorry for Ishikawa. But if Malone sticks to the Paris Olympics and Ishikawa has no idea of retiring, they still have the opportunity to work together in mixed doubles, don't you think?
If Malone can really pair up with Ishikawa, it will definitely be a dream combination of eyes."
However, Ishikawa did not come, the Chinese team mixed doubles combination is also a lot, and Xu Xin Liu Shiwen re-emerged from the jianghu, will be very exciting, look forward to January 19 Macao event as soon as possible, it is said that the ticket is selling very hot ah!