On February 10, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the participation list of the first WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and all 12 main players in China's singles played, with Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng leading the team to compete for the championship. The total prize money of this Grand Slam tournament is as high as $2 million, and the men's and women's singles champions have a reward of $100,000, which is also a good opportunity for the national table tennis players.
The ITTF has been promoting tournament reform in recent years, and the WTT Grand Slam tournament is an important event, with 64 men and 64 singles players in each tournament, 24 pairs of doubles combinations and 16 mixed doubles combinations. The first leg of the tournament was selected in Singapore, which is also the "opener" of the WTT Grand Slam, and the competition naturally attracts much attention, and the total prize money reached $2 million.
In terms of time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam matches from March 7 to 20, with singles playing the preliminaries first, and the main tournament starting on March 11 and ending on the 20th. The prize money for the men's and women's singles champions is the same as $100,000, and the prize money for the doubles championship combination is $12,000. Judging from the participating players, the national table tennis is the main force, the men's singles are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin, and the women's singles are Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Liu Shiwen and Wang Manyu.
In terms of opponents, the seeded players of the men's singles all participated, and Hugo, Zhang Benzhihe and Lin Yunru were also the main competitors. Women's singles Ito Made a comeback, she had previously missed the World Cup, this time in Singapore, Ito is still an important opponent in the women's singles title. Of course, now whether it is Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha or Chen Meng, facing Ito Mimako also has an advantage, Liu Shiwen will also participate in the competition this time, if you meet Ito Mimachi, I believe that Xiao Zao will also go all out to strive for the best results.
At this stage, the national table tennis is training, and there is another event in Oman in February, which is the WTT regular challenge muscat station from February 27 to March 5, which should be led by Liang Jingkun and Chen Xing, looking forward to good results.