On January 18, Beijing time, the WTT Championship draw was revealed, and Ma Long suffered a draw, whether it was mixed doubles or men's singles, he had to face a strong opponent in the first round. Liu Shiwen also wants to prove herself that her women's singles first-round opponent is Wang Yidi. Chen Meng's luck is good, and singles are expected to reach the top 4.
Ma Long is a national table tennis grand slam, table tennis GOAT, if it is not for age reasons, he should be the well-deserved banner of national table tennis. But Ma Long is 33 years old after all, and at last year's World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long did not participate, and Fan Zhendong won the championship.
But Malone will not easily give up his love of table tennis, you know, he is the Tokyo Olympic men's singles gold medalist, achieved the Olympic title.
Now, Ma Long will be tested, the first round of mixed doubles, Ma Long partner Qian Tianyi, this is his first time in the international competition mixed doubles, but the opponent is the World Table Tennis Champion combination Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, from the degree of tacit understanding, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly better. Therefore, Malone is more fierce in the mixed doubles project.
In the first round of men's singles, Ma Long also suffered a big test, his opponent is the world champion Liang Jingkun, who is in the ascending period, facing Ma Long, Liang Jingkun will definitely do his best to impact the national table tennis Grand Slam winner.
As a result, Malone competed in the WTT Championship and had a hard time dealing with it from the first game.
Liu Shiwen's singles attracted attention, if she wants to participate in the team world table tennis championships in April, she must prove that her strength is in the top 5 of the national table tennis women's singles, Liu Shiwen's opponent in the first round is Wang Yidi, which is the best test for her.
Chen Meng's women's singles signing is very good, her opponent in the first round is Du Kaixuan, if she wins smoothly, she will face the winners of Zhang Rui and Liu Fei.
In this competition, the overall level is very high, a total of 32 participating athletes, the national table tennis accounted for 27 people, the "opponent" only 5 people. Therefore, such a competition is no less fierce than that of the National Games. The competition runs from January 19 to 23.
In addition, there are no points in this competition, but the prize money is generous. As long as you play, you can get 100,000 yuan. The national table tennis players have rested for a long time and now need to regain their state.