On February 25, 2022, Beijing time, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced the list of wild cards for the first Grand Slam tournament, and 4 members of the national table tennis team won the official Grand Slam wild card, including 3 new stars Xiang Peng, Ku Man, Lin Shidong and Ito Mimako's imitator He Zhuojia. For young players, competing in grand slam tournaments at the highest level is undoubtedly a good opportunity to accumulate experience.
The inaugural Table Tennis Grand Slam tournament will be held from 7 to 20 March 2022 in Singapore. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Liu Shiwen and other 12 players qualified for the singles main event, and Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha directly qualified for the doubles main event.
All the main players of national table tennis participate in Grand Slam events, which is of course the favorite to win the championship in each individual event. Because it is the top professional event in the table tennis world, the official will also issue wild cards, in addition to issuing wild cards to the host players, additional wild cards will be issued according to ranking and performance, and 4 national table tennis players will get wild cards.
According to the news released by the World Table Tennis Federation, Ito Mimachi's imitator He Zhuojia directly won the wild card of the main game, and He Zhuojia ranked 37th in the world, which is the representative of the granular playing style, of course, very powerful. After the news was announced, He Zhuojia immediately sent a thank you to the World Table Tennis Federation and the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and she will go all out to strive for good results.
In addition, the 17-year-old Chinese youngster Lin Shidong also directly advanced to the main competition, Lin Shidong performed well in these two seasons, showing maturity that does not match his age, which should be said to have great potential. Being able to get a Grand Slam regular wild card this time is very helpful for him to accumulate experience and improve his self-confidence, and I hope he can grasp it well.
World Youth Championship men's singles champion Xiang Peng and World Youth Championship women's singles champion Kuo Man also won wild cards, and they will participate in the qualifying round, which is also a good opportunity to exercise. Judging from a series of arrangements for national table tennis, Xiang Peng, Ku Man and Lin Shidong are indeed the key training objects, and this time they can get the opportunity to participate in the first Grand Slam event, which is indeed too precious, I hope they will not waste the opportunity, give full play to their strength, and share the pressure on the main players!