On January 19, Beijing time, the WTT Macau Tournament ushered in the first match day, and the venue was quite compact, the tournament side arranged 12 matches to play, of which Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, the two world's top players, will usher in their debuts, and the opponent's strength is quite strong, and everyone pays attention to the world's first Chen Meng met Du Kaixuan, a sister of the Hong Kong team in China, in the first round.
I believe that this WTT Macau tournament everyone is also looking forward to a long time, after all, from the last game is also a long time interval, the day of no competition of the national table tennis athletes must have lived a very full, are spent in the tense training, but for the fans is particularly difficult to survive, there is no high-quality, high-level table tennis game can be watched on the boring, this game can be said to let many fans see their support of the athletes on the field.
The first matchday fixtures are as follows:
11:00 - Li Qian vs Wang Xiaotong
11:45 - Lin Shidong vs Zhou Qihao
12:30 - Fan Zhendong / Ku Man vs Yuan Li cen / Wang Yidi
13:15 - Lin Zhaoheng / Du Kaixuan vs Xiang Peng / Zhang Rui
14:00 - Liu Weishan vs Li Jie
14:45 - Xue Fei vs Wang Chuqin
17:30 - Zhang Rui vs Liu Fei
18:15 - Lin Gaoyuan vs Lin Zhaoheng
19:00 - Zhou Qihao / He Zhuojia vs Xue Fei / Wang Xiaotong
19:45 - Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha vs Ma Long / Qian Tianyi
20:30 - Chen Meng vs Du Kaixuan
21:15 - Fan Zhendong vs Zhang Zicheng
Judging from the official release of the schedule, the rhythm of the whole competition is still very fast, and the three events of men's singles, women's singles, and mixed doubles are played from the quarter-finals, the competition is still very fierce, and the number of events is also relatively dense, 12 games a day, not only the athletes who are part-time athletes may play two games a day, the audience seems to be a more test of energy and endurance.
Among them, everyone pays more attention to athletes like Fan Zhendong and Ma Long will also play, of which Fan Zhendong will partner with the left-hand young player of national table tennis, Ku Man, and play against Yuan Licen and Wang Yidi, although Fan Zhendong's strength is relatively strong, but from the mixed doubles project and Fan Zhendong's mixed doubles results, this competition is not necessarily easy to play, plus Wang Yidi, Yuan Licen are not weak, so it will be a big test for Fan Zhendong and Ku Man.
And the national table tennis veteran double slam winner Ma Long and the young general Qian Tianyi teamed up to play, is also a left-handed athlete, the opponent is the number one seed of this competition Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, I have to say that the reason why this competition of national table tennis let Ma Long, Fan Zhendong each bring a young left-handed athlete, or because the national table tennis women's team is indeed too little can play the left hand, Ding Ning after the real left-handed athletes currently have no main players, pairing the women's doubles will be more embarrassing.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that as the female number one of this competition is also the world's first Chen Meng singles debut is about to meet the Chinese Hong Kong women's team sister Du Kaixuan, the two have also had several encounters, but Chen Meng's advantages are still relatively obvious, comparatively speaking, Chen Meng's stability and the comprehensiveness of the playing style are much better than Du Kaixuan, so as long as Chen Meng himself does not power, the overall win is still very large.
Finally, on the first match day, in addition to Ma Long and others, Lin Gaoyuan will meet Lin Zhaoheng, and Wang Chuqin will play the national table tennis civil war and teammate Xue Fei, the young general Lin Shidong has always been regarded as "Xiao Fan Zhendong", and the first round is against the dark horse player Zhou Qihao, these matches will certainly be particularly exciting, and it is also worth everyone's expectation.