On January 14, 2022, the official website of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced the participation list of the "WTT Macau Championship 2021 China Star". The "China Star" lives up to its name, and all the men and women participating in the competition have a total of 32 players, except for the Chinese active players, who are representatives of China's overseas legions. At the same time, this is also the first time that Ma Long has participated in a mixed doubles competition in an international competition, when he will play with Qian Tianyi. The specific list of participants is as follows:
1. Men's singles 16 players
1, Ma Long 2, Fan Zhendong 3, Xu Xin 4, Liang Jingkun 5, Wang Chuqin
6, Lin Gaoyuan 7, Zhou Qihao 8, Xu Yingbin 9, Xiang Peng 10, Lin Shidong
11, Yuan Licen 12, Sun Wen 13, Xue Fei 14, Zhao Zihao
15、Lin Zhaoheng (Hong Kong, China) 16、Zhang Zicheng(Macau, China)
2. Women's singles 16 players
1. Chen Meng 2, Sun Yingsha 3, Wang Manyu 4, Liu Shiwen 5, Wang Yidi
6. Chen Xingtong 7, Qian Tianyi 8, He Zhuojia 9, Zhang Rui 10, Liu Weishan
11、WANG Xiaotong 12、KU MAN13、LIU Fei 14、DU Kai-bi (Hong Kong, China)
15、Li Qian(Poland) 16、Li Jie(Netherlands)
3. Mixed doubles 16 pairs
1. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha 2, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen 3, Fan Zhendong/Ku Man
4. Ma Long/Qian Tianyi 5, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 6, Liang Jingkun/Chen Meng
7. Yuan Licen/Wang Yidi 8, Yu Ziyang/Chen Xingtong 9, Zhou Qihao/He Zhuojia
10. Xiang Peng/Zhang Rui 11, Xu Yingbin/Liu Weishan 12, Xue Fei/Wang Xiaotong
13. Sun Wen/Shi Xunyao 14, Lin Shidong/Wang Tianyi 15, Zhao Zihao/Liu Fei
16. Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaiqin (Hong Kong, China)
Although Ma Long, the captain of the Chinese table tennis team and a grand slam, has won numerous championships, he rarely plays in mixed doubles events. Previously, he won the Mixed Doubles Championship at the Lucknow Asian Championships in 2009, the Mixed Doubles Championships championship with Ding Ning in 2012, and the Mixed Doubles Title at the 12th Games in 2013. However, in the international arena, Malone is still playing in the mixed doubles event for the first time, and this time if he can cooperate with Qian Tianyi to win the championship, it can also be regarded as creating another legend.
Although there were no foreign association players participating in this Macau Championship, the intensity was unprecedented. Almost all of the first-line players of the national team gather in Macao, and they all know each other very well. If you want to fight in this environment, in addition to rich experience in the competition, the ability to handle key balls, but also have excellent comprehensive strength. It can be said that the gold content of the Macao Tournament even exceeds that of the Olympic Games, and only China's National Championship can match it.
There are also several highlights of the Macau Championship:
The first is whether Malone can win the championship. Malone's competitive form has been very good. Previously, Malone gave up participating in the World Table Tennis Championships just to cultivate new talents. As long as Marlon competes, he has always been a big favorite to win the championship. Perhaps only Fan Zhendong can compete with Ma Long.
The second is whether the Paris combination can reach the top. Wang Chuqin /Sun Yingsha is the most promising player to represent the national table tennis player at the Paris Olympic Games. This Macau tournament is a good training opportunity. Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen the mixed doubles combination to have experience, to have tacit understanding, as well as Ma Long / Qian Tianyi, Lin Gaoyuan / Wang Manyu and other combinations are also very strong, it is not easy to defeat them.
The third is who belongs to the women's singles champion. Now the Competition for the Chinese Women's Table Tennis Team is extremely fierce. Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu have won and lost against each other, Liu Shiwen's sword is not old, and Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong have a strong upward momentum. Who won the Macau women's singles title is really hard to say.