After entering the new year, the national table tennis has long begun to prepare for international competitions. Although it is still during the epidemic period, table tennis events have always been more active, and the players have not lacked matches. The national table tennis will soon compete in 3 major competitions, namely WTT Oman, Singapore Grand Slam and WTT Doha. Because the comparison time of the three competitions is relatively concentrated, it means that the next time the national table tennis returns to China should be a month later.
In order to give everyone a good rest, the athletes will compete in batches. The first is the Oman Race, where there are many participants in the national table tennis competition. In the men's singles, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin led the three main players to play, and the women's unilateral Chen Xingtong led the game, and the main players basically did not participate. However, young players such as Lin Shidong, Zhao Zihao, Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen and Liu Dingshuo were given the opportunity to participate. It is worth noting that Wang Chuqin is a three-time, mixed doubles is also replaced by a partner Chen Xingtong.
Oman's prize money is also generous, with a total prize money of up to $75,000, with singles champions winning $30,000, doubles champions $6,000 and mixed doubles champions $3,000. Oman is more like a training match for a Grand Slam tournament, and the national table tennis game just wants to give athletes more opportunities to participate. The competition starts on February 27 and ends on March 5.
The real contest is the second Singapore Grand Slam tournament. All 12 main players of national table tennis participated in the competition and strived to win the championship of five events. This is the first time that the International Table Tennis Federation has held a WTT Grand Slam event, everyone pays more attention to it, all the world's top ten masters participate in the competition, and the competition difficulty of the Grand Slam event is no less than that of the World Table Tennis Championships. Moreover, the prize money of the Grand Slam event is relatively high, and there are veterans such as Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and so on, and the competition has received widespread attention before it has begun.
Singapore's Grand Slam events are held next to Oman and also leave enough time for athletes to prepare. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are the two most tired main players in Grand Slam competitions, need to participate in three sports competitions, and the coaching staff is preparing for the Paris Olympic Games in advance. Due to xu Xin and Liu Shiwen gradually withdrawing from international competitions, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, as the mixed doubles champions of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, must be the number one mixed doubles combination of the team, and they can only win the mixed doubles gold medal by participating in more competitions, and the losses of the Tokyo Olympic Games are vividly remembered.
As for the final Doha event, the national table tennis did not send the main force to the competition, but sent many non-main players to participate like the Oman Race. Since the ITTF reformed the tournament, Doha has hosted many major events, and the players are familiar with the competition. In fact, Oman and Doha are more like opportunities for non-main players to take the position, if they can perform well in the competition, they can gain the trust of the coaching staff and participate in the three major competitions in the future. The national table tennis is about to start the competition, and this year's big battle has officially begun.