On February 8, the World Table Tennis Federation announced the blockbuster news that the first WTT Grand Slam will kick off in Singapore Sports City, and the competition time is set for March 7-20, which will provide players with a total of two million US dollars in prize money. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen, the 7 Olympic champions of national table tennis, are likely to participate, and they must be brilliant stars.
It is reported that the WTT Grand Slam tournament in Singapore will invite 64 men and women's singles players, 24 pairs of doubles combinations, and 16 pairs of mixed doubles combinations will participate in the competition, the champion will not only receive generous prize money, but also receive 2,000 points, whether it is bonuses or points, are very attractive to players.
It should be known that at the WTT Macau Championship held in January this year, there were no points, and as a result, Wang Manyu, who won the women's singles championship, because there was no new points, the world ranking was still suppressed by Ito Mimachi and could only remain in the fourth place; and Liu Shiwen, who won the women's singles runner-up, also continued to decline in the world ranking because she did not gain points, and has fallen to 17th.
At present, the national table tennis has been assembled in Lingshui, Hainan, to carry out intensive training. According to the current schedule, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Xing and others will take the lead in participating in the WTT Oman Challenge; then, some of these people who go abroad first will participate in the WTT Grand Slam competition together with Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and other Olympic champions.
The local temperature in Lingshui is quite high, and the national table tennis soldiers have changed into short sleeves and shorts. When outdoors, Liu Shiwen, the "big sister" of women's table tennis, pays great attention to sun protection, not only wearing long-sleeved trousers, but also shrinking her hands into her sleeves when running.
Liu Shiwen also asked her sister Chen Xingtong to look in the mirror with her mobile phone and apply sunscreen. Compared with Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen attaches great importance to grooming and is very exquisite.
After her girlfriend Che Xiaoxi left the team, Liu Shiwen is now inseparable from Chen Xing, and Chen Xingtong also has a heartfelt love for Sister Zao, and even holds a coconut in his hand and feeds Liu Shiwen to drink coconut water.
Seeing this scene, fans ridiculed Liu Shiwen as a spoiled little princess! You know, Chen Xingtong used to see that Sister Jujube was beautiful, so he asked if he could kiss Liu Shiwen's forehead, but he was also rejected by Sister Jujube.