Just past the Itttennis Federation Macau Championships, Won the men's and women's singles champions Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu, respectively, won up to 74,000 US dollars in prize money, won the runner-up Lin Gaoyuan and Liu Shiwen, the amount of prize money also reached 50,000 US dollars, high specifications, high standards, high prize money, is the most significant feature of WTT events, and at the beginning of the establishment of the World Table Tennis Professional League, As the chairman of Liu Guoliang, has been committed to creating a world's top sports event.
Previously, the International Table Tennis Federation Council passed a meeting resolution, decided to withdraw from a table tennis tournament that can benchmark the four grand slams of tennis, the past year or so, affected by the epidemic, this event has not been able to be held, and now with the houston world table tennis championships and The Singapore World Cup finals of the smooth development, but also let the International Table Tennis Federation in 2022, finally determined to officially put the event on the agenda, the original first game of this year, the official plan is held in Düsseldorf, Germany, but for now, The German chose to kick the ball back to the World Table Tennis Federation, or more precisely, to Liu Guoliang, the president of the World Table Tennis Union.
In desperation, this year's first race, Liu Guoliang is likely to continue to be held in China, but as the highest standard of table tennis competition, the number and scale of participants are more numerous than the Macao Championship. It is reported that the number of participants in this competition is initially set at 128 men and women, and men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed, all five events are set, and the total prize money of the event will reach a staggering $3 million, although this is a significant gap compared to the four grand slams of tennis, there is still a significant gap between tens of millions of prizes, but in the field of table tennis, this is already the highest standard of the game.
The specific time of this competition will start on March 7, 2022, and will continue until the end of March 20, the specific location of the competition has not yet been determined, but not unexpectedly, it will definitely be held in China, perhaps this is also the main reason why Liu Guoliang, has been insisting on keeping Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen and other veterans in the team, after all, this new event, if you want to be a hit, you need to have Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, such as a very influential veteran team, to play a role in promotion, here, let us look forward to it together, This WTT Grand Slam Asian tournament was a complete success.