Before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger has passed, news has come from social media that the coaches and players of the first team of the national table tennis team will regroup on February 6 (the sixth day of the Chinese New Year) for about 20 days of closed training. After that, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin and other 28 people will compete in the WTT Regular Challenge Oman Scat on February 27.
The WTT Regular Season Challenge is a low-level tournament with very few points for the champion with only 200 points. There is also a quota limit for high-point ranking players. Therefore, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and other high-point pairs did not register for the competition. However, the main players will play in the first leg of the WTT Grand Slam in Düsseldorf, Germany on March 7, which is also in preparation for the Grand Slam tournament.
Grand Slam tournaments are the highest level in the WTT tournament system. It is planned to be held four times a year. Each 2 to 3 days of singles qualifiers, plus 10 days of regular matches. There are 64 players in men's and women's singles, 24 pairs in men's and women's doubles and 16 pairs in mixed doubles.
WTT Regular Season Challenge Omans Cate Station Chinese Table Tennis Team Entrants:
1. Male team members (16 people)
Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Xu Yingbin, Xiang Peng, Xu Haidong, Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, Sun Wen, Yu Ziyang, Xue Fei, Liu Dingshuo, Zhang Yudong, Cao Wei
II. Female Team Members (12)
Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, He Zhuojia, Zhang Rui, Ku Man, Liu Weishan, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Fan Siqi, Yang Huijing, Zhu Sibing, Qi Fei
Among the contestants registered this time are Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Qian Tianyi, Ku Man, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao and other six post-00s players. It can be seen that the national table tennis coaching staff attaches great importance to the post-00 players, who represent the future of the Chinese table tennis team. In addition, Cao Wei, who performed well with Wang Manyu in the doubles event of the 2021 National Games, will also play. Cao Wei was born in 1999 and is also one of the new forces in the Chinese table tennis team.